Can ARD be used to clone like 10 machines at once?

I have used the net restore in the past, but recently we purchased ARD and was wondering if this can be done since it would be easier to do with eithernet than firewire cable.
If it can be done, what do I need to do? I already made my master image using netrestore.

No. ARD does not have that feature.
Enable NetBoot on OS X Server to do a Network Restore.

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