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.

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