OS X Lion Server - Technical Specifications

General requirements

• Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
• 2GB of memory
• OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
• 10GB of available space
• Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
• Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.

Feature-specific requirements

Wiki Server

Interacting with Wiki Server requires a modern web browser such as:

• Safari 5 or later
• Firefox 4 or later
• Chrome 11 or later
• Mobile WebKit-enabled browsers
• Internet Explorer 9 or later

Podcast Producer 2

512MB of RAM per core and a Quartz Extreme-enabled video chipset. For optimal performance, an Xsan clustered file service is recommended.

How to get OS X Lion Server

Upgrading from Snow Leopard, Snow Leopard Server or OS X Lion.

Upgrading your Mac to Lion Server couldn’t be more hassle free.

Maintenance Program.

If you purchased the Apple Maintenance Program for OS X Server, you won’t need to do anything. A copy of OS X Server v10.7 will be shipped to you automatically.

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File and Print Services

• Mac (AFP, IPP)
• Windows (SMB/CIFS, IPP)
• UNIX and Linux (NFS, LPR/LPD)
• Internet (WebDAV)

Communication Services

• iCal Server 3 (CalDAV, iCalendar, iTIP, iMIP)
• Wiki Server 3 (XML, RSS)
• iChat Server 3 (Jabber/XMPP)
• Address Book Server 2 (CardDAV, vCard)

Mail Services

• SMTP (Postfix)
• POP and IMAP (Dovecot)
• SSL/TLS encryption (OpenSSL)
• Mailing lists (Mailman)
• Webmail (RoundCube)
• Junk mail filtering (SpamAssassin)
• Virus detection (ClamAV)

Podcast Services

• Podcast Producer 2
• Podcast Capture
• Podcast Composer^*
• Podcast Publisher

Web Hosting

• Apache web server
• SSL/TLS (OpenSSL)
• WebDAV
• Perl, PHP
• PostgreSQL

Directory Services and Authentication

• Open Directory (OpenLDAP, Kerberos, SASL)
• LDAP directory connector
• Active Directory connector
• BSD configuration files (/etc)
• RADIUS

Client Management

• Profile Manager
• Managed Preferences
• NetBoot
• NetInstall
• NetRestore
• Software Update Server
• Portable home directories

Networking and VPN

• DNS server (BIND 9)
• DHCP server
• NAT server
• VPN server (L2TP/IPSec, PPTP)
• Firewall (IPFW2)
• NTP
• RADIUS

Distributed Computing

• Xgrid

High-Availability Features

• Automatic recovery
• File system journaling
• Software RAID
• Disk space monitor

File Systems

• HFS+ (journaled, case sensitive)
• Xsan
• Read-only UFS

Administration

• Server app
• Server Admin^*
• Server Status widget
• Workgroup Manager^*
• System Image Utility^*
• Xgrid Admin^*
• Secure Shell (SSH2)
• Server Monitor^*
• SNMPv3 (Net-SNMP)

What’s Included in OSX Lion Server

Applications

• Server app
• Podcast Composer^*
• Server Admin^*
• Server Monitor^*
• System Image Utility^*
• Workgroup Manager^*
• Xgrid Admin^*

Services

• Address Book Server
• AFP
• DHCP
• DNS
• Firewall
• iCal Server
• iChat Server
• Mail
• NAT
• NetBoot, NetInstall, NetRestore
• NFS
• Open Directory
• Podcast Producer
• Podcast Publisher
• Print
• RADIUS
• SMB
• Software Update
• VPN
• Web
• Wiki Server
• Xgrid

Languages

• English
• Japanese
• French
• German
• Simplified Chinese
• Dutch
• Italian
• Korean
• Spanish
• Traditional Chinese

Key Technologies

• Apache
• AppleScript
• ATOM
• Bonjour
• CalDAV
• Carbon
• CardDAV
• CDSA
• Cocoa
• Configuration Profiles
• Fibre Channel
• FireWire
• H.264
• HFS+
• IPv4 and IPv6
• IPFW
• Jabber/XMPP
• Kerberos
• L2TP/IPSec
• LDAP
• MDM
• OpenCL
• Perl
• PostgreSQL
• PPTP
• Python
• Quartz Extreme
• QuickTime X
• RAID
• 64-bit
• SCEP
• SNMP
• Spotlight
• Thunderbolt
• Unicode 5.1
• UNIX
• USB
• VNC
• WebDAV
• Xgrid