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Chapter 1.
Major Features
The following are the major features released as part of RHN Satellite Server 5.1.0.
• RHN Satellite Server 5.1.0 introduces the Organizations feature, which allows administrators
to to create and manage multiple organizations across the Satellite. The Organizations
feature allows administrators to appropriate software and system entitlements across various
organizations, as well as control an organization's access to systems management tasks.
• Extended Update Support (EUS) has been added to RHN Satellite Server 5.1.0. EUS
channels are for administrators who want to stay with one major or update version of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1) and customize their package
updates for their particular version, rather than upgrade their systems to a new update version
that installs new software and features on production systems.
• User interface improvements featured in RHN Satellite Server 5.1.0 include a new search
feature for faster package and errata query and retrieval, as well as sorting and filtering
functionality to display specified information.
• The RHN Satellite Server 5.1.0 Application Programming Interface (API) has been expanded
and now features several new calls, including configuration management and activation key
API calls.
• RHN Satellite Server 5.1.0 introduces new features for interacting with and filtering Systems,
Groups, and User lists. Administrators can filter systems, groups, and users by keyword, and
run actions on just the filtered results (such as pressing the Select All button to automatically
mark the checkboxes).
• The following language preference enhancements and features are included in RHN Satellite
Server 5.1.0:
• When the Interface Language is set to Use Browser Settings, the RHN Satellite Server user
interface will be displayed in the user's browser default language.
• The language setting is displayed on the top left corner of every page of the RHN Satellite
Server user interface. You can change the language at any time by clicking the (change)
link next to the language setting.
• When a user's browser is set to a language that is unsupported by the RHN Satellite Server
user interface, English will be the default language displayed.
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