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1. RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6 E redhat MANAGING RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX WITH RED HAT NETWORK SATELLITE To obtain the maximum value from their Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions customers use Red Hat Network Satellite to update configure and provision their systems Red Hat Network Satellite is an easy to use systems management platform that provides lifecycle management for small medium and large infrastructures It provides powerful systems administration capa bilities such as update management configuration management provisioning and monitor ing for all deployments It can manage all Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems whether they are physical or virtual from its web based interface Red Hat Network Satellite provides efficient management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux managing a thousand systems as easily as one For third party management frameworks there is extensive support for web based enterprise man agement WBEM ROAD TO THE CLOUD Choosing Red Hat as the standard for applications is the first step in moving toward a service oriented IT model that includes cloud capabilities As a host or a guest Red Hat Enterprise Linux delivers the core technologies to deploy both private and public clouds The application man agement tuning and security environment is consistent whether the workload is deployed on a physical system as a virtual guest on any of the leading hypervisors or with a public cloud provider In shared2. and virtualized environments alike the features and capabilities of Red Hat Enterprise Linux make it the ideal host and guest operating system REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE LIBRARY The Red Hat Enterprise Linux reference architecture library includes comprehensive solutions that help customers get the most out of their Red Hat Enterprise Linux based environments These reference architectures explain the capabilities of a given solution and provide instruc tions for implementing best practices for such things as provisioning management configura tion and performance tuning They also include information about interoperability with other products Find the solution that best suits your environment by visiting redhat com rhel resource_center reference_architecture html redhat Red Hat was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Raleigh NC Today with more than 60 offices around the world Red Hat is the largest publicly traded technology company fully committed to open source That commitment has paid off over time for us and our customers proving the value of open source software and establishing a viable business model built around the open source way NORTH AMERICA EUROPE MIDDLE EAST ASIA PACIFIC LATIN AMERICA 1 888 REDHATI1 AND AFRICA 65 6490 4200 54 11 4329 7300 www redhat com 00800 7334 2835 www apac redhat com www latam redhat com www europe redhat com apac redhat com info latam redhat com europe redhat com w
3. firewalls audit capabilities and system package and file integrity verification tools for a complete security architecture that covers deployment models ranging from Internet facing servers to trusted computers Backing up the core technology is the Red Hat Security Response Team recognized as industry leaders for addressing security vulnerabilities In summary Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides an unmatched security environment for customers and their applications Agility across physical virtual and cloud Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 allows businesses to deploy physical virtual and cloud computing within their datacenters With KVM integrated directly into the kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 technologies span all environments reducing complexity increasing efficiency and minimizing administration overhead while leveraging operating platform skills Integrated vir tualization enables interoperable physical and virtual deployments while fine grained control of compute resources CPU memory networking and 1 0 allow businesses to manage applica tion or guest service level agreements SLAs In addition power management enhancements reduce system carbon footprints Red Hat Enterprise Linux Add Ons Add Ons to Red Hat Enterprise Linux allow you to tailor your application environment with workload extensions to suit your particular computing requirements Availability e High Availability Add On Provides an infrastructure for improvi
4. flexibility through automated deployment features such as the kickstart tools automatic system updates and auditing capabilities of Red Hat Network Red Hat Network and its on premise version Red Hat Network Satellite helps organizations lower their per system deployment and management costs reduces unplanned downtime by automating and centralizing routine tasks and creates a consistent environment DATASHEET Red Hat Enterprise Linux powers many of the world s most demanding financial institutions Our technology partnership with Red Hat is key to us staying competitive in the market We look to Red Hat for technology leadership through updates and support that help us to improve our tuning so that we can give our customers the best possible experience Joe Panfil managing director of Enterprise Technology Services at CME Group http customers redhat com s CME www redhat com RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6 E redhat Integrated virtualization Red Hat is a driving force behind the development of open source virtualization technology Red Hat s approach to virtualization is easy to adopt because it is delivered as an integral part of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform Based upon kernel based virtual machine KVM technology Red Hat s virtualization capabilities are integrated into Red Hat Enterprise Linux and leverage the latest hardware virtualization capabilities provided by Intel and AMD pro
5. industry standard benchmarks as diverse as SpecWeb which measures web serving TPC H for large scale data warehouses and SpecVirt for server consolidation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is a foundation for getting the most from new server hardware on diverse workloads and across the IT infrastructure DATASHEET E RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX High Availability E RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX Resilient Storage A RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX ri 4 Load Balancer iz RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX Scalable File System RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX M High Performance Network N RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX Smart Management RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX Extended Update Support www redhat com RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6 redhat Security Security for Red Hat Enterprise Linux begins with a core feature known as Security Enhanced Linux SELinux Co developed between Red Hat and the U S government s National Security Agency NSA SELinux delivers a strong and flexible MAC framework to enforce role based access control and multi level security SELinux support has been woven into all parts of the platform including virtualization to provide critical guest separation regardless of the guest operating system With extensive application policies and a complete review of system privi leges Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 makes using SELinux easier than ever In addition to SELinux Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes system
6. platform built for the long term Every major version provides stable application interfaces and seven years of product support with an option for up to 10 years of lifecycle support e Interoperability A product family that enables seamless interoperability of systems from the laptop to the datacenter to the mainframe and interoperability with existing UNIX and Microsoft Windows deployments e Comprehensive service offerings Up to 24x7 support with one hour response time available from Red Hat and selected ISV and OEM partners redhat com support e Red Hat Consulting Red Hat Consulting will maximize cost savings and overall return on investment ROI and help you plan and execute successful IT initiatives Red Hat Consulting has a proven track record of helping customers fully utilize the value of their Red Hat Enterprise Linux invest ment across unique and varying environments redhat com consulting e Red Hat Training Red Hat offers a variety of learning styles delivery methods certifications savings programs and customized solutions to maximize return on your Red Hat Enterprise Linux investment redhat com training www redhat com 5 DATASHEET SERVER OFFERINGS e Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server e Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server up to 1 guest e Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server up to 4 guests e Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server unlimited guests e Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z e Red Hat Enter
7. RED HAT redhat ENTERPRISE LINUX www redhat com Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a high performing operating system that has delivered out standing value to IT environments for nearly a decade As the world s most trusted IT platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux has been deployed in mission critical applications at global stock exchanges financial institutions leading telcos and animation studios It also powers the websites of some of the most recognizable global retail brands Red Hat Enterprise Linux e Delivers high performance reliability and security e Is certified by the leading hardware and software vendors e Scales from workstations to servers to mainframes e Provides a consistent application environment across physical virtual and cloud deployments Designed to help organizations make a seamless transition to emerging datacenter models that include virtualization and cloud computing Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes support for major hardware architectures hypervisors and cloud providers making deployments across physical and different virtual environments predictable and secure Enhanced tools and new capabilities in this release enable administrators to tailor the application environment to efficiently monitor and manage compute resources and security DATASHEET CITIGROUP INNOVATES There is a big push within Citi to drive IT optimization and con sistency By delivering a com mon global Linu
8. cessor platforms The modular design of Red Hat Enterprise Linux allows customers to choose when and where to use virtualization For additional flexibility customers can deploy both Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows as fully supported guests in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtualized environment Red Hat Enterprise Linux also supports multiple virtualization use cases from hardware abstraction for existing software stacks to datacenter consolidation to virtualized clusters and private clouds Beyond core virtualization Red Hat Enterprise Linux offers leading support for advanced virtualized I O capabilities through SR IOV and NPIV standards A standard virtualization management infrastructure libvirt developed by Red Hat and adopted by other operating systems provides a flexible interface for defining managing and monitoring virtual machines Scalability and performance Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has been designed to deliver performance and scalability without sacrificing data integrity It allows scaling to 4 096 CPUs and 64 terabytes of RAM providing a solid foundation for supporting upcoming generations of hardware Within this broad frame work Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 provides support for a variety of networking infrastructures such as Infiniband and Ethernet and for storage infrastructures such as FCoE and iSCSI as well as for traditional NAS SAN and DAS devices Red Hat Enterprise Linux also offers high perf
9. esiliency in network and storage areas File system capabilities such as barriers and TRIM support allow for data safety and thin provisioning while logical volume management provides disk abstraction These are among the few features that have evolved to make Red Hat Enterprise Linux one of the most stable and trusted IT platforms Flexibility Red Hat Enterprise Linux offers customers a wide range of options for tailoring the operating system to their specific environments Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 includes new definitions of feature component groups to allow easy feature selection from a minimal install for a basic runtime environment to a full set of feature selections including storage options systems man agement graphical interfaces and administrative utilities In addition to support for a breadth of infrastructure options Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 also includes a complete portfolio of open source applications With supported applications ranging from web infrastructure to databases and development frameworks Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 installations are suitable for a broad range of workloads In addition to feature flexibility Red Hat Enterprise Linux also offers deployment flexibility with support for a wide range of hardware from industry standard servers to mainframes and new subscription options for extending its lifecycle with Extended Update Support EUS and Extended Lifecycle Support ELS Customers also get operational
10. ng application availability e Resilient Storage Add On Provides support for cache coherent clustered file systems and includes the High Availability Add On e Load Balancer Add On Supports TCP and UDP traffic balancing Scalability e Scalable File System Add On Provides support for file systems up to 100 terabytes e High Performance Network Add On Supports RDMA operations over 10 gigabit Ethernet also known as RoCE Management e Smart Management Add On Offers Red Hat Network management and provisioning capabilities Lifecycle management e Extended Update Support Add On Extends the support period of an update for 18 months and delivers overlapping release support to give enterprise customers more flexibility DATASHEET RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6 E redhat RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX BENEFITS With Red Hat Enterprise Linux you receive e The applications you need Thousands of certified applications from independent software vendors ISVs redhat com partners isv e Your choice of hardware platforms Hundreds of certified hardware systems and peripherals from leading original equipment manufacturer OEM vendors and independent hardware vendors IHVs spanning multiple processor architectures Support for the latest hardware architectures and standards redhat com partners hardwarepartners e The leading operating system Excellent performance security scalability and availability with audited industry benchmarks e A stable
11. ormance and scales from desktops to worksta tions from blades to rack environments from single CPU systems to the largest SMP servers and mainframes As hardware upgrades continue to offer additional processing and storage capabilities Red Hat Enterprise Linux allows customers to take advantage of those advances by selecting those scale up and scale out strategies and platform architectures that meet their business requirements Red Hat continues to collaborate with its partners to deliver advanced functionality to custom ers For example improvements in virtualization performance make it practical to deploy any application workload even O bound applications on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 platform The most dramatic improvements in recent virtual machine performance are made possible by I O optimizations including support for new hardware capabilities such as 10 gigabit SR IOV adapters and NPIV These have reduced overhead for I O bound environments to less than five percent which opens the door to a whole new class of applications such as database transac tion processing and file servers Red Hat in cooperation with its hardware partners is enabling reliability availability service ability RAS and scalability features that have been recently introduced to mainstream archi tectures and which minimize down time increase availability and protect data Red Hat Enterprise Linux powered systems have achieved leading results on
12. ploy on physical hardware as a virtual host as a virtual guest or in the cloud Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is the ideal foundation for next generation data centers It ensures long term stability while continuing to innovate and deliver enhancements delivering the optimal combination of innovation and stability Key partnerships across the industry allow Red Hat to ensure the stability of the platform across the broad ecosystem of systems and applications With embedded engineering and deep collaboration Red Hat is on the forefront of the commercial maturation of technology Customers benefit through the distribution of timely service packs and interim releases The modular architecture of Red Hat Enterprise Linux allows functionality enhancements that do not effect application interfaces Applications do not need to be rebuilt or recertified when they are updated because the application programming and binary interfaces API ABI remain the same for the full life of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release regardless of the physical virtual or cloud deployment model This means that Red Hat s rich ecosystem of thousands of certified applications are kept available avoiding delays that would otherwise occur with expensive and time consuming retesting efforts every time a vendor upgrades its software Other features ensure that Red Hat Enterprise Linux is both scalable and trusted Software RAID storage multipath support and network bonding provide r
13. prise Linux for IBM POWER e Red Hat Enterprise Linux for HPC Compute Nodes e Red Hat Enterprise Linux for HPC Head Nodes e Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP applications DESKTOP OFFERINGS e Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop e Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation www redhat com RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6 FEATURE SUMMARY Feature Architecture E redhat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x86 x86 64 IBM Power IBM System Z Storage support FC FCoE iSCSI NAS SATA SAS SCSI Network support 10M 100M 1G 10G Ethernet Infiniband Virtualization Integrated ISV certifications ISV application certifications are valid for virtualized and non virtualized deployments High availability Subscription Add Ons Resilient storage Subscription Add Ons Scalable file system Subscription Add Ons Load balancer Subscription Add Ons Smart management Subscription Add Ons High performance network Subscription Add Ons Extended update support Subscription Add Ons RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6 TECHNICAL LIMITS Architecture CPU Memory x86 32 16GB x86_64 128 4096 2TB 64TB Power 128 2TB System z 64 3TB FileSystems max filesystem size ext3 16TB ext4 16TB XFS 100TB GFS2 100TB Please consult Hardware Catalog for supported systems For details redhat com rhel compare DATASHEET www redhat com
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15. x build across the enterprise the firm has been able to retire a number of one off infrastructure software products and their associated costs In the process it has been able to negotiate enterprise level agreements for a reduced num ber of third party products that can be leveraged across both hardware platforms Additionally virtualization has proven to be a successful strat egy for optimizing hardware utilization IBM mainframes have a long tradition of deliver ing virtualization and perform especially well for workloads that require heavy input output whereas the value proposition for virtualization on x86 mainly comes from the low cost of entry and the ability to scale out mas sively With a common Red Hat Enterprise Linux build Citi is able to choose the virtualization that best meets its requirements CITIGROUP RED HAT INNOVATION AWARD WINNER By delivering a common global Linux build across the enterprise that can be leveraged across both x86 and IBM mainframe platforms Citi has been able to retire a number of one off infrastruc ture software products and their associated costs http customers redhat com 2010 06 17 citigroup red hat innovation award winner www redhat com RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6 E redhat KEY ATTRIBUTES Stable and trusted platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is the sixth generation of a long term predictable operating plat form With the flexibility to de
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