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Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website
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The two virtualization entitlements specifically apply to host systems.
Guest systems that exist on unregistered hosts are treated the same as any physical
system — each guest consumes a channel and a system entitlement.
6.3.4.1. System Entitlements
The System Entitlements page allows you to view, add, and remove the entitlements for your
registered systems. Red Hat Network 4.0 allows you to apply and remove entitlements at will, allowing
you to adjust your Red Hat Network infrastructure as your organization grows and changes.
To enable the base entitlement, select the checkbox to the left of the system, then click the Set to
Management Entitled button. For add-on entitlements, select the system's checkbox, followed by the
desired entitlement from the drop-down box, and finally press the Add Entitlement button.
If clicking on an entitlement fails to update the information in the table, you may need to purchase
additional entitlements. Check the number of available subscriptions, listed in bold below the table.
Non-RHN Satellite Server customers may purchase more entitlements; click the Buy Now link at the
left of the page to do so.
When an entitlement expires, the last system entitled to the same service level (such as Management)
will be unentitled. For instance, if you have 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS systems entitled to
Management and either one of the RHN entitlements or one of the operating system subscriptions
expire, the last system subscribed or entitled will have their subscription or entitlement removed.
6.3.4.2. Virtualization Entitlements
This page only appears if you have applied Virtualization or Virtualization Platform entitlements. It
allows you to quickly assess whether you have used these entitlements in the most effective manner.
The first table on this page displays any Virtualization-entitled hosts that have more guest systems
than are allowed in the Red Hat Network service level agreement. If you would like to upgrade these
systems to any available Virtualization Platform entitlements, click the profile name of that system.
This displays the System Details page for the system. Click the Edit Properties link on the page to
edit that system's add-on entitlements.
The second table displays any Virtualization Platform-entitled hosts that have fewer than four guests. It
may be advisable to to downgrade these systems' entitlements to the Virtualization entitlement. To do
so, click the profile name of the system you would like to downgrade, then edit the add-on entitlements
from the resulting System Details page.
6.3.4.3. Software Channel Entitlements
The software channels listed on this page are the subscription-based channels to which your
organization has paid access. The table lists each of the supported operating systems that can
be managed via RHN, the number of such systems you have registered with RHN, and finally the
remaining number of entitlements for that operating system. Clicking on the name of the channel
opens a page that displays information about the channels associated with that channel entitlement.
Clicking on the number of entitled systems displays a list of the systems so entitled.
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