OSX Server Caching iOS updates

Hello,
I have a question regarding the OSX Server Caching feature, the documentation states that this feature will cache all updates(including iOS) which is great for the company i work at.
However, the biggest issue is that the server itself does not download or cache the iOS updates, if i were to add the *.ipsw files manually to "~/Library/iTunes/iPad Software Updates/" for example the server will NOT cache these.
If a computer in the network downloads the IPSW via iTunes, the server will not cache this.
If i were to restore a device in iTunes on the server and iTunes has to download the update, it is NOT cached.
We're trying to have all IPSWs ready to go from one device instead of 7-10 devices individually downloading each and every update from Apple but we cannot find a solution for this.
If anyone knows a good solution, that would be great.

The answer is here:
OS X Server: Caching service doesn't cache the iOS 8 update

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