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Start up multiple Mac systems from a server-based image. 

Features

• Configure multiple clients with the same 

operating system and applications

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• Define customized configurations for 

multiple workgroups, hosting up to 25 disk 
images per server 

• Replicate server configurations for deploy-

ment in compute farms and data centers

• Boot client systems “disklessly,” with no 

reliance on the local hard drive

• Deploy new systems in minutes with 

automatic discovery of NetBoot images

• Update an entire workgroup by updating 

a single disk image

• Modify startup disk images from the Finder
• Restore compromised systems instantly
• Deploy network-based diagnostic and 

repair utilities

• Host startup disk images on Mac OS X Server 

or other enterprise NFS or HTTP servers

• Deploy disk images across multiple subnets
• Deploy redundant NetBoot images on 

multiple servers for maximum availability 
and performance

Technology Brief
Mac OS X Server: NetBoot

The NetBoot service in Mac OS X Server makes managing a group of computers as 
easy as managing a single Mac. By enabling client systems to boot from a single 
server-based disk image, instead of from their internal hard drive, you can create a 
standard configuration and use it on all of the desktop systems in a department or 
classroom—or host multiple images customized for different workgroups. You can 
even create server configurations and run all of your servers from one image. Updating 
the disk image on the NetBoot server updates all of these systems automatically the 
next time they are restarted.

Every time you restart a NetBoot-enabled computer, it is automatically restored to its 
original state. The system reads the startup disk image from the server, and all software 
and system settings return to the configuration in the NetBoot image. This enables 
you to deploy new systems or repurpose existing ones with unprecedented efficiency. 
It also means you can quickly recover from user alteration, tampering, and network-
borne viruses, providing added protection for your network. At the same time, NetBoot 
improves usability by giving users a consistent computing experience across Mac 
systems anywhere on the network.

The administrator creates a startup disk image, which resides on the network server.

The images can also be stored on a remote NFS file server.

The image can be served via NFS or HTTP.

The local hard drive is not required to update the system image.

Multiple Mac OS X systems on your network can boot from the server-based image.

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