Lion Server for Home Use

Hey world!
I have five Macs of various types and ages spread throughout my house.
I've set up Lion server on a 21' iMac to manage the five apple computers on the home network. I must say that although I read some bad publicity, the iMac is absolutely steaming along! (I also increased to 6Gb RAM).
The way it's all configured (remember I'm a home user and not that IT literate) is that the ADSL modem feeds into the WAN port on my Time Capsule; I have an ethernet connection to the computer with Lion Server software, and WiFi feeds to the computers and four iPhones. I had an IT savvy buddy come over and set up the IP addresses for the ADSL and the server - all works well but he is actually anti Mac (refusing to know the intricacies) which makes the Mac nuances difficult to explain (again remember I'm not IT literate apart from the basics).
Instead of having to download software and firmware updates five times, I'd like to do it just once.
Can I configure Lion Server so that for software upgrades, it only downloads once to the server and then I can either distribute it or store it for use?
All I'm doing is trying to set up a secure and efficient home network. if anyone else has more tips on using a server in a home environment I'd appreciate your input.
Kind regards,
Namph

Go to Server Admin (installing it via Server Admin Tools if you need to) > select the server > Settings > Services and enable the Software Update service and go from there.

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    Spent over an hour on the phone with Enterprise Sales, who agreed that's not what was supposed to happen, but had no resolution.  It isn't critical to me timewise so they are mulling the situation over.
    My recommendation if you have SLS and clients to upgrade is to do the Lion/Lion Server purchase *first* for the server.  Hopefully then the Lion license will be available for your other machines.  I can't guarantee it, but I can guarantee that the other way *doesn't* work.
    KeS

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