Mount Lion Server Install of Mavericks Client

I was wondering whether you need to have Mavericks Server running in order to install Mavericks Clients as a Netinstall or Netbook image using System Image Image Utility. I have tried to perform the install from Mountain Lion server but no luck. I followed the same proceddure for installing Mountain Lion using System Image Utility but cannot locate the install. dmg file without have to 'unhide" it. Do I need to install Mavericks Client by doing so from Mavericks Server?
Thanks,
David

The rule of thumb is this:
To create 10.9 Mavericks nbis you will need OS 10.9 (server or client) System Image Utility
To create 10.8 Mountain Lion nbis you will need OS 10.8 (server of client) System Image Utility
To create 10.7 Lion nbis you will need OS 10.7 (server or client) System Image Utility
Once you've created the nbis with the appropriate OS version of SIU you can 'serve' all of them regardless of version from OS X Server versions 10.9, 10.8 or 10.7.

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[link] What I Wish I'd Known Before My Lion Server Install

All-
A couple people suggested that I post a link to this article from another forum... a few things that I needed to do to get a good Lion Server installation up and running solidly.
What I wish I'd Known Before My Lion Server Install
Cheers!

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