Unix Support Guide; Introduction; Supported Unix Variants; Prerequisites - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.0 Reference Manual

Chapter 9.

UNIX Support Guide

1. Introduction

This chapter documents the installation procedure for, and identifies differences in, Red Hat
Network functionality when used to manage UNIX-based client systems. RHN offers UNIX
support to help customers migrate from UNIX to Linux. Because of the limited scope of this task,
the features offered for UNIX client management are not as comprehensive as those available
for managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
Subsequent sections specify supported UNIX variants, RHN features supported by the UNIX
management system, the prerequisites for managing a UNIX system with RHN, as well as the
installation procedure for UNIX clients.

1.1. Supported UNIX Variants

The following UNIX variants, versions, and architectures are supported by Red Hat Network:
• Solaris 8, 9, 10 (sparc)
• Solaris 9, 10 (x86)

1.2. Prerequisites

These items are needed to obtain UNIX support:
• RHN Satellite Server 5.0.0 or later
• A Satellite certificate with Management entitlements
• Management entitlements for each UNIX client
• RHN packages for UNIX including python, pyOpenSSL, and the Red Hat Network Client
packages.
• Sunfreeware packages that provide supporting libraries. Some of these packages are
available via the RHN Satellite Server. Refer to
Packages" for the complete list.

1.3. Included Features

The following features are included in the UNIX support service level as they exist within RHN:
• The Red Hat Network Service Daemon (
configurable interval
Section 3.1, "Download and Install Additional
), which triggers
rhnsd
according to a
rhn_check
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