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A system must be subscribed to one base channel only. This base channel is assigned automatically
during registration based upon the Red Hat Linux release and system architecture selected. In the case
of public free channels (RHL 6.2, 7.x, 8.0), the action will succeed. In the case of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux AS and other paid base channels, this action will fail if an associated entitlement doesn’t exist.
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.
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 4-5, the Relevant Channels page is shown by default when you click 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
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 Channel Details
for details. The Relevant page also contains links to ISO images. Refer to Section 4.6.3 Easy ISOs
for instructions.
Figure 4-5. Software - Relevant Channels
4.6.1.2. All Channels
The All Channels page can be retrieved by clicking All below Channels in the left navigation bar. It
works identically to the
Relevant
button with one exception; It displays all channels offered by Red