Enabling netboot disk images, Managing netboot, Turning off netboot – Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) User Manual
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To start DHCP:
1
Open Server Settings and click the Network tab.
2
Click DHCP/NetBoot and choose Start DHCP Service.
Enabling NetBoot Disk Images
You must enable one or more disk images on your server to make the images available to
client computers for NetBoot startups.
Note: You must also start DHCP on the server before client computers can use NetBoot.
To enable disk images:
1
In Server Settings, click the Network tab.
2
Click DHCP/NetBoot and choose Configure DHCP/NetBoot.
3
Click the Image tab.
4
Select the Enable checkbox for the images you want to make available for NetBoot clients.
Managing NetBoot
This section describes how to manage the ongoing use of a NetBoot installation.
Turning Off NetBoot
The best way to prevent clients from using NetBoot on the server is to disable NetBoot
service on all Ethernet ports.
Note: You can also stop NetBoot by disabling all disk images on the server.
To disable NetBoot on Ethernet ports:
1
Open Server Settings and click the Network tab.
2
Click DHCP/NetBoot and choose Configure DHCP/NetBoot.
3
Click the NetBoot tab and make sure no Ethernet ports are selected.
Disabling Disk Images
Disabling a disk image prevents client computers from using the image to start up over the
network.
To disable a NetBoot disk image:
1
In Server Settings, click the Network tab.
2
Click DHCP/NetBoot and choose Configure DHCP/NetBoot.
3
Click the Image tab.