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Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website
4.4.1.5. System Details
If you click on the name of a system on any page, it will display the System Details page for the
system. From here, you may modify this information or remove the system altogether by clicking the
delete system link on the top-right corner.
The System Details page is further divided into tabs:
Details — Displays information about the system. This is the first tab you see when you click on
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a system. Under the System Info heading, a message should appear describing the status of this
machine. If it states "Critical updates available" you may click the update now link to apply all
relevant Errata Updates to the individual system. Be sure you review the Errata List for the system
before performing this action. After clicking the button, you will be asked to confirm the update.
Click the Confirm Update button to complete the update. After confirming, the action is added
to the Pending Actions list under Schedule => Pending Actions from the top and left navigation
bars, respectively.
The packages will be updated by the RHN Daemon. You must have the RHN Daemon enabled on
your systems. Refer to Chapter 5 for more details. The Details tab contains the following subsets of
information:
Overview — A summary of the system's details. In addition to the system status message,
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the Overview subtab contains basic System Info, Subscribed Channels, and System Properties.
Clicking the Alter Channel Subscriptions link takes you to the Channels tab, while clicking
the Edit these properties link takes you to the Properties subtab. See the following sections for
more information.
Properties — The profile name, entitlement level, notification choice, and physical location of
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the system, including street address, city, state, country, building, room, and rack. To modify this
information, make your changes and click the Update Properties button.
Hardware — Detailed information about the system, including networking, BIOS, storage, and
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other devices. This appears only if you selected to include the hardware profile for this machine.
If the hardware profile looks incomplete or outdated, click the Schedule Hardware Refresh
button to schedule a Hardware Profile Update for your system. The next time the RHN Daemon
connects to RHN, it will update your System Profile with the latest list of hardware.
Errata — Contains a list of Errata Alerts applicable to the system. To apply updates, select them
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and click the Apply Errata button. Clicking on the Advisory displays the Errata Details page for
the Errata Alert. Refer to Section 4.5.2.2 for more information.
Packages — Manages the packages on the system.
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Packages — The default display of the Packages tab describes the options available to you and
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provides the means to update your package list. If after exploring the packages, you believe the
list is outdated or incomplete (or you installed the packages manually and did not have RHN
install them), click the Update Package List button on the bottom right-hand corner of this
page. The next time the RHN Daemon connects to RHN, it will update your System Profile with
the latest list of installed packages.
List/Remove — Lists installed packages from the system's software System Profile and enables
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you to remove them. Click on a package name to view its Package Details page. (Refer to
Section 4.6.5.3.) To delete a package from the system, select its checkbox and click the Remove
Packages button on the bottom right-hand corner of the page.
Upgrade — Displays a list of packages that have a new version available based on the package
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versions in the channel for the system. Click on the latest package name to view its Package
Details page. To upgrade packages immediately, select them and click the Upgrade Packages
button. To download the packages as .tar files, select them and click the Download Packages
button. Refer to Section 4.6.5.2 for details.
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