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6 Setting Up Computers and
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.