RED HAT SATELLITE 6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux system management

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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Red Hat® Satellite is a system management solution that makes Red Hat infrastructure easier to
deploy, scale, and manage across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. This management tool
helps users provision, configure, and update systems to keep them running efficiently, with security,
and in compliance with various standards. By automating most system maintenance tasks, Red Hat
RED HAT SATELLITE Satellite helps organizations increase efficiency, reduce operational costs, and enable IT to better
HIGHLIGHTS
respond to strategic business needs.
• Efficiently manage the
Red Hat infrastructure life FEATURES AND BENEFITS
cycle easily, even in air- Red Hat Satellite automates many tasks related to system management and easily integrates into
gapped environments existing workflow frameworks. The centralized console gives administrators a single location for
• Easily create and manage accessing reports and for provisioning, configuring, and updating systems.
instances on bare metal, CONTENT MANAGEMENT
virtual machines, and private
Red Hat Satellite helps ensure the systematic application of content, including patches, to deployed
and public clouds
systems  — on physical, virtual, or cloud infrastructures — in all stages. This approach promotes greater
• Quickly and easily manage system consistency and availability, and it frees IT to respond more quickly to business needs and
configuration across vulnerabilities.
thousands of systems
FEATURE BENEFIT
• Powerfully manage content
across RPMs, Red Hat Content views Content views are collections of RPMs, Puppet modules,
container hosts, containers, container content, or OSTree content refined with filters and
and Puppet modules rules. They are published and promoted throughout life-cycle
environments, enabling end-to-end system management.

Red Hat content delivery network (CDN) Lets users control synchronization of Red Hat content
integration straight from the user interface

Federated life-cycle management Allows distribution and federation of provisioning, configura-

tion, and content delivery via Red Hat Satellite Capsule Server

Streamlined content synchronization Lets users build systems almost immediately after install
while content downloads in the background

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RED HAT SATELLITE
Ensure a standard operating environment (SOE) by getting updates on security patches, updates, and
• Visit our webpage enhancements. In addition, quickly improve system security by patching multiple systems all at once.
• Download the latest version
FEATURE BENEFIT
of Red Hat Satellite and
access documentation in the Ability to define and manage SOE Ensure SOE by getting updates on security patches, updates,
Red Hat Customer Portal. and enhancements.

Automated patching Quickly improve system security by patching hundreds or

thousands of systems all at once.

Deployment and tracking of Red Hat Deploy all Red Hat infrastructure as well as third-party
software and third-party software software by pulling out all those software bits in Satellite.
Once Satellite has that content, it also keeps track of it,
improving security and ensuring better tracking of what is
deployed on each system.

PROVISIONING
Administrators can provision on bare metal, virtualized infrastructure, and on public or private cloud
environments — all from a centralized console using one simple process.

FEATURE BENEFIT

Provisioning on bare metal Quickly provision and update your entire bare-metal
infrastructure.

Provisioning on Red Hat Virtualization, Easily create and manage instances across virtualized infra-
Red Hat OpenStack® Platform, VMware, structure or private and public cloud environments.
or multiple cloud providers

Provisioning using templates Create complex Kickstart and Preboot Execution Environment
(PXE) scenarios with powerful variables and snippets.

System discovery Discover and search across nonprovisioned hosts for rapid
deployment, even in environments where Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and PXE are not available.

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Analyze and automatically correct configuration drift and control, and enforce the desired host
end state, all from the Red Hat Satellite user interface. This interface lets you efficiently configure
Red Hat Enterprise Linux® systems for greater agility.

FEATURE BENEFIT

Remote execution Automates workflows and lets users take multiple actions
against groups of systems — including rebooting a system
after a patch install and conducting rolling upgrades across
hundreds of systems

Red Hat Insights integration Uses advanced analytics to help detect risks, enables the
creation of an Insights plan to remediate the risks and
helps run Ansible® Playbooks all through the same Satellite
interface

Red Hat Ansible Automation integration Allows for remote execution, desired state management,
and automation of configuration management

SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT
Easily report and map your Red Hat products to registered systems for end-to-end subscription con-
sumption visibility.

FEATURE BENEFIT

Subscription management Easily import and manage the distribution of Red Hat
software subscriptions.

Built-in reporting engine Report and map purchased products to registered systems
within Red Hat Satellite for end-to-end subscription usage
visibility.

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ARCHITECTURE
Connect your Red Hat managed systems to Red Hat Satellite on-premise, rather than connecting
systems directly to a Red Hat hosted solution. With Red Hat Satellite and Red Hat Satellite Capsule
Server, managing your growing Linux environment is easier than ever.

Red Hat Satellite Server

Red Hat Satellite Server connects directly to Red Hat to download updates and synchronize content,
but it also has the flexibility to work in a completely disconnected environment. Red Hat Satellite
capabilities include:

• Multitenancy.

• User and group role-based access control (RBAC) with external directories.

• Powerful graphical user interface (GUI), command-line interface (CLI), and application program-
ming interfaces (APIs).

• Advanced subscription management.

Red Hat Satellite Capsule Server

Red Hat Satellite Capsule Server facilitates content federation and distribution, in addition to
other localized services, including Puppet master, DHCP, Domain Name System (DNS), and Trivial
File Transfer Protocol (TFTP). Satellite Capsule Server helps you easily scale Red Hat Satellite as
the number of managed systems increases in your environment. It connects with Red Hat Satellite
Server to enable localized systems management, including federated services and provisioning.

ABOUT RED HAT

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powered approach to provide reliable and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage, and
virtualization technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and consulting services.
As a connective hub in a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat
helps create relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and prepare customers
for the future of IT.

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