Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.3.0 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENT, Reference Manual

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7.6.1.8. Retired Channels
The Retired Channels page displays channels available to your organization that have reached their
end-of-life dates. These channels do not receive updates.
7.6.1.9. Software Channel Details
If you click on the name of a channel, the
Software Channel Details
page appears. This page is
broken down into the following tabs:
7.6.1.9.1. Software Channel Details � Details
General information about the channel and the parent channel, if it is a child channel. This is the first
tab displayed when you click on a channel. It displays essential information about the channel, such as
summary, description, and architecture.
—In addition, a Globally Subscribable checkbox can be seen by Satellite Administrators and Channel
Administrators. This signifies the default behavior of every channel allowing any user to subscribe
systems to it. Unchecking this box and clicking
Update
causes the appearance of a
Subscribers
tab, which may then be used to grant certain users subscription permissions to the channel. Satellite
Administrators and Channel Administrators can always subscribe systems to any channel.
— Only customers with custom base channels may change their systems' base channel assignment.
They may do this through the website in two ways:
• Customers with a custom base channel may assign the system to that base channel.
• Customers may revert system subscriptions from a custom base channel to the appropriate
distribution-based base channel.
Note
The system base channel's distribution variant must match the variant installed on the
system. For example, a system that has Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.4 for x86 cannot
be registered to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v.4 for x86 base channel.
7.6.1.9.2. Software Channel Details � Errata
List of Errata affecting the channel. The list displays advisory types, names, summaries, and the dates
issued. Clicking on an advisory name takes you to its
Errata Details
page. Refer to
Section 7.5.2.2,
“Errata Details”
for more information.
7.6.1.9.3. Software Channel Details � Packages
List of packages in the channel. To download packages as a .tar file, select them and click the
Download Packages
button at the bottom-left corner of the page. Clicking on a package name
takes you to the
Package Details
page. This page displays a set of tabs with information about
the package, including which architectures it runs on, the package size, build date, package