To change the SWS catalog, use the following, followed b a command line based software update

$ cd /Library/Preferences
$ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CataogURL http://server.example.com:8088/
$ softwareupdate -i -a

To allow AD users to be able to use things like Wiki, Blog and Podcast Producer in OSX, clear text authentication must be turned on between AD and OSX as by default, some hash format is used.

$ sudo serveradmin settings teams:enableClearTextAuth  = yes
$ sudo serveradmin stop teams
$ sudo serveradmin start teams
$ sudo serveradmin stop web
$ sudo serveradmin start web

To add an OD via command line, you need to first bind to it using the command below.

$ dsconfigldap -v -a server.example.com

then use dscl to add the custom search path (CSP).

$ dscl /search append / CSPSearchPath /LDAv3/server.example.com

However, i am not too sure how exactly you would select the CSP after using dscl, but i think the below could work.

$ dscl -q localhost -change /Search SearchPolicy dsAttrTypeStandard:CSPSearchPath

Restart Directory Services after the changes are made.

$ sudo killall DirectoryServices

There are 3 ways to do this. Some of which are for local service names within OSX. I suggest keeping them all in sync.

Edit the /etc/hostconfig file and change
HOSTNAME=-AUTOMATIC-
to
HOSTNAME=servername.example.com

sudo scutil --set HostName servername
sudo scutil –-set LocalHostName servername

systemsetup -setcomputername servername