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 <title>Introduction</title>

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  <para>
    &productname; is a technology and support solution for mixed Linux environments. With a
    &productname; subscription, you can register and update &rhel; from repositories provided
    by &suse;. Two extensions are also available:
  </para>
  <itemizedlist>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        The &ha; (HA) extension provides package updates for &rhla;'s &ha; and
        Resilient Storage Add-Ons.
      </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        The &ems; (EMS) extension allows you to keep your systems on a specific minor version
        (9.6 and later only) while still receiving critical updates.
      </para>
    </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
  <para>
    The following table shows which Linux distributions are supported. &productname;
    subscriptions also include an entitlement for a registration tool to manage package updates.
  </para>
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         <row>
           <entry>Subscription<footnote><para>The <emphasis>Lite</emphasis> and
           <emphasis>Basic</emphasis> subscriptions only support &centos; Linux,
           so are not applicable to &productname;&nbsp;&productnumber;.</para></footnote></entry>
           <entry>Supported distributions<footnote><para>There is no &centos; Linux &productnumber;, so
           &centos; Linux support is not applicable to &productname;&nbsp;&productnumber;.</para></footnote></entry>
           <entry>Registration options</entry>
         </row>
       </thead>
       <tbody>
         <row>
           <entry><para><emphasis>&productname; Enterprise</emphasis></para></entry>
           <entry>
            <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  &centos; Linux
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  &rhel;
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  &sles;
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
           </entry>
           <entry>
            <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  &smlm;
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  &rmtool;
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
           </entry>
         </row>
         <row>
           <entry><para><emphasis>&productname; Professional</emphasis></para></entry>
           <entry>
            <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  &centos; Linux
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  &rhel;
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
           </entry>
           <entry>
            <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  &smlm;
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  &rmtool;
                </para>
              </listitem>
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          </entry>
         </row>
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  <important role="compact">
    <para>
     &centos;&nbsp;Stream is not supported.
    </para>
  </important>
  <important role="compact">
    <para>
      Registering &rhla; directly to the &scc; is not currently supported.
    </para>
  </important>

  <para condition="rmt">
    This guide describes how to register with &rmtool; (&rmt;). &rmt; is a proxy system for the
    &scc;. The &rmt; server is registered to the &scc;, and other systems are registered as clients
    of &rmt; and receive packages from it directly.
  </para>
  <para condition="suma">
    This guide describes how to register with &smlm;. &smlm; is a lifecycle management system for
    mixed Linux environments. The &smlm; Server is registered to the &scc;, and other systems are
    registered as clients of &smlm; and receive packages from it directly.
  </para>

  <itemizedlist condition="rmt">
    <title>Procedure overview</title>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      If you still need to <emphasis role="bold">set up the &rmt; server</emphasis>, start with
      <xref linkend="install-rmt-vm"/> and <xref linkend="configure-rmt-server"/>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      If you already have an &rmt; server but still need to <emphasis role="bold">mirror the
      &productname;&nbsp;&productnumber; repositories</emphasis>, go to
      <xref linkend="mirror-repositories-with-rmt"/>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      If you already have an &rmt; server and only need to <emphasis role="bold">register your
      &rhla;&nbsp;&productnumber; system</emphasis>, skip straight to
      <xref linkend="register-rhel-with-rmt"/>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
  <itemizedlist condition="suma">
    <title>Procedure overview</title>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      If you still need to <emphasis role="bold">set up &smlm;</emphasis>, start with
      <xref linkend="deploy-suma"/>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      If &smlm; is already set up and you only need to <emphasis role="bold">register your
      &rhla;&nbsp;&productnumber; system</emphasis>, skip straight to
      <xref linkend="register-with-suma"/>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
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  <itemizedlist>
    <title>Related information</title>
    <listitem condition="rmt">
     <para>
      <link xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles-15/html/SLES-all/book-rmt.html">
      <citetitle>&rmtguide;</citetitle></link>
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem condition="suma">
      <para>
        <link xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/multi-linux-manager/">&smlm; documentation</link>
      </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem condition="rmt">
     <para>
      <link xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/liberty/9/html/suma-quickstart/art-suma-quickstart.html">
      <citetitle>Registering &rhla; 9 with &smlm;</citetitle></link>
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem condition="suma">
     <para>
      <link xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/liberty/9/html/quickstart/art-quickstart.html">
      <citetitle>Registering &rhla; 9 with &rmt;</citetitle></link>
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      <link xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/liberty/8/">&productname; 8 documentation</link>
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      <link xlink:href="https://documentation.suse.com/liberty/7/">&productname; 7 documentation</link>
     </para>
    </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
</section>