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Chapter 1. Major Features

The following are the major features released as part of Red Hat Network Satellite 5.5.
IPv6 enablement
RHN Satellite, RHN Proxy and RHN Client/Tools all work within an IPv6 environment.

Important

Restrictions: Satellite still needs IPv4 for external communications to RHN Hosted/Classic in order for satellite-sync to download content. The following are not supported in IPv6:
  • PXE Provisioning
  • Monitoring
  • Solaris Clients
Older Red Hat Enterprise Linux anaconda installers do not provision/install over IPv6. Please review the Red Hat Enterprise Linux release notes for instances where the anaconda installation over IPv6 worked.
OpenSCAP support
RHN Satellite now provides security audit state (Security Content Automation Protocol or SCAP) reports of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems running inside the Satellite environment. Includes client support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 and above as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 and above.