User Guide

Table Of Contents
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Contents
Preface 9 About This Guide
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What’s New in System Imaging and Software Update
9
What’s in This Guide
10
Using This Guide
10
Using Onscreen Help
11
Mac OS X Server Administration Guides
12
Viewing PDF Guides on Screen
12
Printing PDF Guides
13
Getting Documentation Updates
13
Getting Additional Information
Part I System Imaging Administration
Chapter 1 17 Understanding System Imaging
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Inside NetBoot Service
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Disk Images
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NetBoot Share Points
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Using NetBoot and NetInstall Images on Other Servers
19
Client Information File
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Shadow Files
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NetBoot Image Folder
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Property List File
21
Boot Server Discovery Protocol (BSDP)
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BootP Server
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Boot Files
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Trivial File Transfer Protocol
22
Using Images Stored on Other Servers
23
Security
23
NetInstall Images
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Tools for Managing NetBoot Service
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Server Admin
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Workgroup Manager