User Guide

48 Chapter 3 Setting Up NetBoot Service
Turning NetBoot Service On
Before you can configure NetBoot settings, you must turn NetBoot service on in Server
Admin.
To turn NetBoot service on:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click Settings.
3 Click Services.
4 Click the NetBoot checkbox.
5 Click Save.
Setting Up NetBoot Service
You set up NetBoot service by configuring the following four groups of settings on the
Settings pane for NetBoot service in Server Admin.
 General. Enable the NetBoot ports, select where images and client data resides, and
set the number of AFP connections.
 Images. Enable images and select the default image.
 Filters. (Optional) Enable NetBoot and DHCP filtering to determine the hardware
addresses of client computers you want to image.
 Logging. Choose the level of detail that is recorded in the service log.
The following sections describe the tasks for configuring these settings. A fifth section
tells you how to start the NetBoot service after you configure it.
From the Command Line
You can also configure NetBoot service using the serveradmin and bootpd commands
in Terminal. See the system image chapter of Command-Line Administration.
Configuring General Settings
You can use the General settings to enable NetBoot service on at least one port and
select where image and client data resides.
To configure NetBoot General settings:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click the triangle to the left of the server.
The list of services appears.
3 From the expanded Servers list, select NetBoot.
4 Click Settings, then click General.
5 In the Enable column, click the checkbox next to the network ports you want to use for
serving images.