Unix Support Guide 12.1. Introduction; Supported Unix Variants; Prerequisites; Included Features - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.3.0 Reference Manual

Chapter 12.
UNIX Support Guide
12.1. 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.

12.1.1. Supported UNIX Variants

The following UNIX variants, versions, and architectures are supported by RHN Satellite:
Solaris Version
Solaris 8
Solaris 9
Solaris 10
Table 12.1. Supported Solaris Architectures and Versions

12.1.2. Prerequisites

These items are needed to obtain UNIX support:
• RHN Satellite 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. Refer to
complete list.

12.1.3. Included Features

The following features are included in the UNIX support service level as they exist within RHN:
• The Red Hat Network Service Daemon (rhnsd), which triggers rhn_check according to a
configurable interval
• The Red Hat Network Configuration Client (rhncfg-client), which executes all configuration
actions scheduled from the Satellite
• The Red Hat Network Configuration Manager (rhncfg-manager), which allows command line
administration of RHN configuration channels
sun4m sun4d
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Section 12.3.1, "Download and Install Additional Packages"
sun4u sun4v
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sun4us x86
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