Organization-wide servers | Apple 10.5 Leopard manual

Getting Help Along the Way

If you need help—or simply want more information—you can always click the icon on any screen. This brings up a Help window, which you can keep at the side of the Server Assistant window or Server Preferences pane. As you move through installation and setup, you’ll see the Help information change to support you— wherever you are in the process.

Scenario 4: Leopard Server on an Xserve for a Workgroup at a Medium-to-Large Business with an Existing Server Infrastructure

Hub/Switch	Organization-wide servers

The Internet

Mac OS X server	Mac OS X computers	Windows computers	Airport Extreme
			or Time Capsule

You work at a larger company, but your workgroup has its own thing going on and needs to have things a certain way. No problem. With just a little information from your IT department, you’ll be able to set up and maintain a server for your workgroup with outstanding autonomy and flexibility.

Required Equipment

•Xserve (or other Mac capable of running Leopard Server)

•Four or more Macintosh computers running Leopard for your users

•Permission from your company’s IT department to run an Open Directory Replica server

This scenario assumes that you have the correct DNS name or IP address of your company’s Open/Active Directory Master server and permission from your IT department to set up a Mac running Leopard Server for your workgroup.