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Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website
This command performs all the actions that the Red Hat Network Registration Client does. Do not
run the Red Hat Network Registration Client program after running
A System Profile, including software and hardware information, is created for the system and sent
to the RHN servers along with the unique activation key. The system is registered with RHN under
the account used to generate the key, entitled to the RHN Enterprise service offering, subscribed to
the RHN channels selected during key generation, and subscribed to the RHN system groups selected
during key generation. The system will not be subscribed to channels that contains packages not
suitable for the system. For example, a Red Hat Linux 7.2 system can not be subscribed to the Red
Hat Linux 7.1 channel.
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6.4. Systems
If you click the Systems link on the left navigation bar, the Systems Overview page appears. The
pages in the System category allow you to select systems so that you can perform actions on them
and create system profiles.
6.4.1. System List
As shown in Figure 6-3, the System List page displays a list of all your registered systems.
The System List contains several columns for each registered system:
Select — Only entitled systems can be selected.
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Alerts — Shows which type of Errata Alerts are applicable to the system:
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— Critical errata available, update strongly recommended
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— Updates available and recommended
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— System not checking in properly
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— System not entitled to any update service
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— System is up-to-date
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Errata — Total number of Errata Alerts applicable to the system.
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Pkgs — Total number of package updates for the system. Includes packages from Errata Alerts as
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well as newer packages that are not from Errata Alerts. For example, if a system is subscribed to the
Red Hat Linux 7.1 i386 channel that contains version 2.5.4 of a package because that is the version
that shipped with Red Hat Linux 7.1, but the system has version 2.5.2 of the package installed, the
newer version of the package will be in the list of updated packages for the system.
System Name — The name of the system as configured when registering the system. The default
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name is the hostname of the system. Clicking on the name of a system takes you to the System
Details page for the system. Refer to Section 6.4.2 for more information.
Base Channel — The base channel for the system. To view all the channels for a system, go to its
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System Detail page by clicking on the name of the system in the System List.
Entitlement — Whether or not the system is entitled.
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