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A system can be subscribed to multiple child channels of its base channel. Only packages included in
a system’s subscribed channels can be installed or updated on that system. Some customers, such as
those using RHN Satellite and Proxy, have channel management authority. This authority, granted by
RHN as a separate role to certain customers, gives them the ability to create and manage their own
custom channels.
Channels can be further broken down by their relevance to your systems. Two such lists emerge:
Relevant and All .
4.6.1.1. Relevant Channels
As shown in Figure 4-6, the Relevant Channels page is shown by default when you click Software
Channels
in the left navigation bar. It displays a list of channels now associated with your systems.
Links within this list go to different tabs of the
Software Channel Details
page. Clicking on a channel
name takes you to the
Details
tab. Clicking on the packages number takes you to the
Packages
tab.
And clicking on the systems number takes you to the
Subscribed Systems
tab. Refer to Section
4.6.1.3 Software Channel Details for details.
Figure 4-6. Software - Relevant Channels
4.6.1.2. All Channels
The
All Channels
page can be retrieved by clicking
All
below
Software Channels
in the left nav-
igation bar. It works identically to the Relevant button with one exception; It displays all software
channels offered by Red Hat Network, regardless of whether you have systems associated with them.