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Chapter 12.
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UNIX Support Guide
12.1. Introduction
This chapter documents the installation procedure for, and identifies differences in, Red Hat Network
functionality when used to manage UNIX-based client systems. RHN offers UNIX support to help
customers migrate from UNIX to Linux. Because of the limited scope of this task, the features offered
for UNIX client management are not as comprehensive as those available for managing Red Hat
Enterprise Linux systems.
Subsequent sections specify supported UNIX variants, RHN features supported by the UNIX
management system, the prerequisites for managing a UNIX system with RHN, as well as the
installation procedure for UNIX clients.
12.1.1. Supported UNIX Variants
The following UNIX variants, versions, and architectures are supported by RHN Satellite:
Solaris Version sun4m sun4d sun4u sun4v sun4us x86
Solaris 8 yes no yes n/a no no
Solaris 9 yes n/a yes n/a no yes
Solaris 10 n/a n/a yes yes no yes
Table 12.1. Supported Solaris Architectures and Versions
12.1.2. Prerequisites
These items are needed to obtain UNIX support:
• RHN Satellite 5.0.0 or later
• A Satellite certificate with Management entitlements
• Management entitlements for each UNIX client
• RHN packages for UNIX including python, pyOpenSSL, and the Red Hat Network Client packages.
• Sunfreeware packages that provide supporting libraries. Some of these packages are available
via the RHN Satellite. Refer to
Section 12.3.1, “Download and Install Additional Packages”
for the
complete list.
12.1.3. Included Features
The following features are included in the UNIX support service level as they exist within RHN:
• The
Red Hat Network Service Daemon
(
rhnsd
), which triggers
rhn_check
according to a
configurable interval
• The
Red Hat Network Configuration Client
(
rhncfg-client
), which executes all configuration
actions scheduled from the Satellite
• The
Red Hat Network Configuration Manager
(
rhncfg-manager
), which allows command line
administration of RHN configuration channels