Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 487)

NetBoot 487
These are estimates for the number of clients supported. See “Capacity Planning” on
page 488 for a more detailed discussion of the optimal system and network configurations to
support the number of clients you have.
NetBoot is not supported over wireless connections.
Client Computer Requirements
Any Macintosh computer that can run Mac OS 9.2.2 (all Macintosh computers released since
the iMac) can use Netboot to start up from a Mac OS X Server disk image. At the time of this
publication, this includes the following Macintosh computers:
m iMac
m iBook
m eMac
m Power Macintosh G3 (blue and white)
m Power Mac G4
m Power Mac G4 Cube
m PowerBook (FireWire)
m PowerBook G4
m Xserve
Note: You should install the latest firmware updates on all client computers. Firmware
updates are available from the Apple support Web site:
www.apple.com/support/
Older Macintosh computers—tray-loading iMac computers and Power Macintosh G3 (blue
and white) computers—require static addressing when using NetBoot. See “Network
Requirements” on page 488.
Client computer RAM requirements
The following are the minimum RAM requirements for a client computer starting up from a
Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X NetBoot disk image.
Start up from Mac OS 9 disk image: 64 MB
Start up from Mac OS X disk image: 128 MB
Client computers using Network Install must also have 128 MB of RAM.
Software updates for NetBoot system disk images
You should make sure to use the latest system software available when creating NetBoot disk
images. New releases of Macintosh computers require updates of system software, so if you
have new Macintosh clients you’ll need to update the disk images.