Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.2 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENT, Installation Manual

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Chapter 2. Requirements
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• CREATE TYPE
• CREATE SESSION
Additional database requirements include:
• Security Identifier (SID)
• Listener Port
• Username
• Uniform Extent Size
• Auto Segment Space Management
• UTF-8 character set
Note
Ensure that the NLS/charset setting is set to "UTF8"' when using an external database,
not 'AL32UTF8' or other charsets. Using other charsets may lead to problems later.
The disk layout on the database machine is independent of the RHN Satellite Server and entirely up to
the customer.
2.4. Additional Requirements
The following additional requirements must be met before the RHN Satellite Server installation:
• Full Access
Client systems need full network access to the RHN Satellite Server solution's services and ports.
•
Firewall Rules
RHN strongly recommends firewalling the RHN Satellite Server solution from the Internet. However,
various TCP ports must be opened on the Satellite, depending on your implementation of RHN
Satellite Server:
Port Direction Reason
80 Outbound Satellite uses this port to reach
rhn.redhat.com
1
,
xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com
2
and
satellite.rhn.redhat.com
3
(unless
running in a disconnected mode for
Satellite)
80 Inbound WebUI and client requests come in via
either http or https
443 Inbound WebUI and client requests come in via
either http or https
443 Outbound To reach
rhn.redhat.com
4
,
xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com
5
and