Setting Up Computers and | 6 |
Computer Groups |
This chapter tells you how to set up and manage individual computers and groups of computers.
To manage an individual computer, you must create a computer account. To manage a group of computers, you must create a computer group composed of computer accounts or of other computer groups.
Use Workgroup Manager to view, create, edit, and delete computers and computer groups.
To view computers in Workgroup Manager, click the Computers button above the accounts list. To view computer groups in Workgroup Manager, click the Computer Groups button above the accounts list.
About Computer Accounts
A computer account stores data that allows Mac OS X Server to identify and manage individual computers. To create computer groups, you must first create computer accounts for each individual computer.
Before setting up a computer, you need the computer’s name and address. You usually use the computer name specified in a computer’s Sharing preferences, or you can use a descriptive name that you find more suitable.
A computer’s address must be the Ethernet address, which is unique to each computer. (A computer’s Ethernet address, or Ethernet ID, is also known as its MAC address.) When you browse for a computer, Workgroup Manager enters the computer’s name and Ethernet address for you. A client computer uses this data to find preference information when a user logs in.
For Windows computers, you must know the NetBIOS name of each Windows client computer. This name is entered in the name field. You don’t need to know the Ethernet address of Windows client computers.
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