Enterprise

In addition to the features offered in the RHN Basic subscription service, the RHN Enterprise subscription service allows you to manage your network of Red Hat Linux systems, manage users, and manage system groups through its System Set Manager interface.

RHN Enterprise is based around the concept of an organization. Each enterprise level Red Hat customer is assigned a Red Hat Customer Number. A Red Hat Network organization can be established for each Red Hat Customer Number. Each Red Hat Network organization contains users who have administration privileges to system groups. An Organization Administrator has overall control over each Red Hat Network organization with the ability to add and remove systems and users. When users other than the Organization Administrators log into the Red Hat Network website, they only see the systems they have permission to administer.

To create an account that can be used to entitle systems to the RHN Enterprise, go to http://rhn.redhat.com/ and click on the Create Account link under the Your RHN category. On the Sign Up for Red Hat Network page, click Create a Corporate Account. After creating a corporate account, users within your organization need to click the Join a Corporate Account link to create an RHN user account. In the Corporate Account Information section, they should enter the customer number and password configured when you created the corporate account. Before the new corporate user can log in, an existing Organization Administrator for the corporation must approve the addition of the user and configure the new user's roles and permissions. Refer to the Section called Your RHN in Chapter 6 for more information on approving new users.

The Red Hat Network features available to you depends on the subscription level for each Red Hat Linux system.

Systems subscribed to RHN Enterprise may access the following features:

1. System Set Manager that allows administrators to perform an action on a selected set of systems at the same time

2. Enhanced system details including the location of the system

3. System groups

4. System search

5. User management

6. Multiple administrators

7. Grant or deny users access to selected system groups

8. Organization Administrators can modify the user details of all users within the organization