Mac OS X Server: How to Remotely Determine Which Version Is Installed

You may use the Server Admin or Terminal application to remotely determine the version of Mac OS X Server.
Using Server Admin

The Server Admin can be found in /Applications/Utilities/ folder. The Mac OS X Server CD-ROM also includes the "Admin-Install.mpkg" file that you can use to install Server Admin application on a Mac OS X 10.1 client computer. It can be found on the CD in this location:

/Mac OS X Server/Welcome to Mac OS X Server/Admin Install/Admin_Install.mpkg

Using the Terminal

Experienced administrators may determine the version of Mac OS X Server by using the uname command with an "a" flag (uname -a) via a remote Terminal session.

This command works with Mac OS X Server, but will only output system information that relates to the UNIX-based foundation of Mac OS X Server, known as Darwin. For example, it can provide the following output:

[macosxserver:~] admin% uname -a Darwin macosxserver.domainname.com 5.2 Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001; root:xnu/xnu-201.14.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc

To determine the version of Mac OS X Server via a remote terminal session, use the sw_vers command. For example, sw_vers can provide the following output:

[macosxserver:~] admin% sw_vers ProductName: Mac OS X Server ProductVersion: 10.1.2 Server BuildVersion: 5P68
Published Date: Feb 17, 2012