Activation Keys - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.3.0 Reference Manual

• Hardware Devices — Systems can be searched by specific hardware details such as driver names
and Device or Vendor IDs
• Description — Device summary information, such as brand or model name/number (such as
Intel 82801HBM/HEM)
• Driver — The kernel driver or module name (such as tulip.o or iwl3945)
• Device ID — The hexadecimal number corresponding to the device installed in the system.
• Vendor ID — The hexadecimal number corresponding to the vendor of the device installed in the
system.
The Activity selections (Days Since Last Checkin, for instance) can be especially useful in finding
and removing outdated System Profiles. Type the keyword, select the criterion to search by, use the
radio buttons to identify whether you wish to query all systems or only those loaded in the System Set
Manager, and click the Search button. You may also select the Invert Result checkbox to list those
systems that do not match the criteria selected.
The results appear at the bottom of the page. For details about using the resulting system list, refer to
Section 7.4.2, "Systems".
7.4.6. Activation Keys —
RHN Management and Provisioning customers with the Activation Key Administrator role (including
Satellite Administrators) can generate activation keys through the RHN website. These keys can then
be used to register a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system, entitle the system to an RHN service level
and subscribe the system to specific channels and system groups through the command line utility
Section 4.5, "Registering with Activation Keys"
rhnreg_ks. Refer to
Note
System-specific activation keys created through the Reactivation subtab of the System
Details page are not part of this list because they are not reusable across systems.
7.4.6.1. Managing Activation Keys
To generate an activation key:
1. Select Systems => Activation Keys from the top and left navigation bars.
2. Click the create new key link at the top-right corner.
Warning
In addition to the fields listed below, RHN Satellite customers may also populate
the Key field itself. This user-defined string of characters can then be supplied with
rhnreg_ks to register client systems with the Satellite. Do not insert commas in
the key. All other characters are accepted. Commas are problematic since they are
Activation Keys —
for instructions on use.
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