Installation guide

Release Notes
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Abstract
The Release Notes document the major features and enhancements implemented in the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 release.
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 2
2. Installer .................................................................................................................................. 2
3. File Systems ........................................................................................................................... 7
4. Storage .................................................................................................................................. 8
5. Power Management .............................................................................................................. 10
6. Package Management ........................................................................................................... 11
7. Clustering ............................................................................................................................. 11
8. Security ................................................................................................................................ 12
9. Networking ............................................................................................................................ 14
10. Desktop .............................................................................................................................. 15
11. Documentation .................................................................................................................... 20
12. Kernel ................................................................................................................................. 24
13. Compiler and Tools ............................................................................................................. 26
14. Interoperability ..................................................................................................................... 28
15. Virtualization ....................................................................................................................... 29
16. Supportability and Maintenance ........................................................................................... 31
17. Web Servers and Services .................................................................................................. 33
18. Databases .......................................................................................................................... 34
19. Architecture Specific Notes .................................................................................................. 34
A. Revision History 35
1. Introduction
Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6 is the next generation of Red Hat's comprehensive suite of operating systems, designed for
mission-critical enterprise computing and certified by top enterprise software and hardware vendors.
This release is available as a single kit on the following architectures:
• i386
• AMD64/Intel64
• System z
• IBM Power (64-bit)
In this release, Red Hat brings together improvements across the server, systems and the overall Red
Hat open source experience.
2. Installer
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux installer (also known as anaconda) assists in the installation of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6. This section of the release notes provides an overview of the new features
implemented in the installer for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
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http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/index.html