Apple Mac OS X Server (version 10.2.3 or later) - Manual (Page 522)

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Setup Overview
Here is an overview of the basic steps for setting up NetBoot:
Step 1: Evaluate and update your network, servers, and client
computers as necessary
The number of client computers you can support using NetBoot is determined by the
number of servers you have, how they are configured, hard disk storage capacity, and other
factors. See “Capacity Planning” on page 515.
If you support older computers that require BootP for NetBoot (NetBoot version 1.0), make
sure that only one server on each subnet is configured to supply BootP addressing. (See
“Network Requirements” on page 514 for a list of Macintosh computers that require BootP.)
Because this may impact your ability to implement a load balancing strategy, you may want to
set up a separate subnet for these clients, as described in the next step. For more information
about providing load balancing for NetBoot clients see “Load Balancing” on page 537.
Depending on the results of this evaluation, you may want to add servers or hard disks, add
Ethernet ports, or make other changes to your servers. You may also want to set up more
subnets for your BootP clients, depending on the how many you support.
You may also want to implement subnets on this server (or other servers) in order to take
advantage of NetBoot filtering. See “Filtering NetBoot Client Connections” on page 536.
If you plan to provide personalized work environments for NetBoot clients by using
Workgroup Manager (Mac OS X clients) and Macintosh Manager (Mac OS 9 clients), you
should set this up and import users from the Mac OS X Server Users & Groups database
before you create disk images. Make sure you have at least one Macintosh Manager user
assigned to the System Access workgroup for Mac OS 9 clients and the Workgroup Manager
for Mac OS X clients. See Chapter 6, “Client Management: Mac OS X,” on page 279 and
Chapter 10, “Client Management: Mac OS 9 and OS 8,” on page 435.
If you plan to provide authentication and personalized work environments for NetBoot client
users by using Workgroup Manager (Mac OS X clients) and Macintosh Manager (Mac OS 9
clients), you should set this up and import users from the Mac OS X Server Users & Groups
database before you create disk images. Make sure you have at least one Macintosh Manager
user assigned to the System Access workgroup for Mac OS 9 clients and the Workgroup
Manager for Mac OS X clients. See Chapter 6, “Client Management: Mac OS X,” and
Chapter 10, “Client Management: Mac OS 9 and OS 8.”
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