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that is associated with the Red Hat Linux 7.1 for the x86 architecture and that contains extra packages
needed only for the organization, such as a custom engineering application.
A system must be subscribed to one base channel and can only be subscribed to one base channel. 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.
The
Channel List
page provides a list of all base channels and their child channels. Clicking on the
name of the channel (base or child) displays the
Channel Details
page. Refer to Section 6.6.3 for
details.
6.6.2. Download ISO Images
This feature is only available to RHN Basic and RHN Enterprise subscribers.
To download an ISO image, click on the name of the corresponding CD-ROM image. For instructions
on burning the ISO image to a CD-R or CD-RW, refer to the
Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started
Guide
available at http://www.redhat.com/docs/.
6.6.3. Channel Details
If you click on the name of a channel, the
Channel Details
page will appear. This page contains the
following tabs:
•
Details
— General information about the channel and the parent channel if it is a child channel.
•
Package List
— List of packages in the channel.
Clicking on a package name displays a set of tabbed pages with information about the package.
This information includes which architectures it runs on, the package size, build date, package
dependencies, the change log, list of files in the package, and which systems have the package
installed. Refer to Section 6.6.5 for more information.
If you are looking for a specific package or a subset of packages, you can use the package filter
on the top of the list. Entering a substring to search for will search all the packages in the list
for the substring at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the package name. The filter
is case-insensitive. For example, typing
ks
in the filter might return all the
ksconfig
,
krb5-
workstation
, and
links
.
To download packages, select the packages and click the
Download Selected Packages
button.
Refer to Section 6.6.7 for details.
If you want to download packages that are displayed on multiple pages, click the checkbox beside
the package name and under the
Select
column. Click
Update Selection List
to add them to your
download list. After selecting all the packages, on the bottom status page, click on the link that
is the number of packages you have selected. Then click
Download Selected Packages
. Refer to
Section 6.6.7 for details.
•
Subscribed Systems
— List of entitled systems subscribed to the channel. The list contains the
following columns of information:
•
— Number of Security Alerts for the system.
•
— Number of Bug Fix Alerts for the system.
•
— Number of Enhancement Alerts for the system.
•
— Total number of package updates for the system. Includes packages from Errata Alerts as
well as newer packages that are not from Errata Alerts. For example, if a system is subscribed
to the Red Hat Linux 7.1 i386 channel that contains version 2.5.4 of a package because that is
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