
Theresultisahighlyexibleandmanagableenvironmentthatpermitscustomerstofully
realizethebenetsofvirtualization.
RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAdvancedPlatformintegratestheRedHatstorageandclustering
capabilities:RedHatGlobalFileSystem(GFS)andRedHatClusterSuite.RedHatGFS
providesamulti-guestandmulti-hostshareablelesystemandlogicalvolumemanager
thatallowapplicationdatatobesecurelyaccessedandsharedbyanyguestfromanysystem.
RedHatClusterSuiteprovidesfailoverateithertheapplicationorvirtualmachinelevel.
Additionally,RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAdvancedPlatformsupportsanunlimitednumberof
guestoperatingsystems.RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAdvancedPlatformprovidesthe
industry’smostcompleteandeffectivevirtualizedenvironment.
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux:Providesfullservervirtualizationcapbilities,supportingupto
fourguestoperatingsystems.
Bothproductsprovidenewvirtualizationmanagementcapabilities:
•libvirt/virsh-astandardizedlibrarythatallowsapplicationstomanagethevirtualized
environmentinastandard,consistentmanner.IdealforCIMproviders,libvirthasbindings
forC/C++andPython.Virsh,orvirtualshell,providesascriptablemanagementinterfacefor
libvirt.
•VirtManager-asophisticatedGUI-basedtoolformanagementofavirtualizedsystem.
Security enhancements
ProvidingthehighestlevelsofsecurityisanoverridinggoaloftheRedHat
EnterpriseLinuxfamily.Buildingontheexcellentcapabilitiesofprevious
releases,version5includesanumberofenhancements.
Security-EnhancedLinux(SELinux)nowprovidessupportforMLS(MultiLevelSecurity)
policies.ThiswillenableRedHatEnterpriseLinux5toobtainUSGovernmentEAL4+/LSPP
(EvaluationAssuranceLevel/LabeledSecurityProtectionProle)inadditiontotheexisting
EAL4+/CAPPcertication.ThismeansthatRedHatEnterpriseLinuxwillofferthehighest
levelofsecurityclearanceofanymainstreamoperatingsystem.
AllRedHatEnterpriseLinux5systemservicesareprovidedwithtargetedpolicies,andthese
areenabledbydefault,resultinginthehighestlevelofout-of-the-boxsecurityinthe
industry.Policycreationissimpliedthroughtheintroductionofareferencepolicyand
supportforlocalpolicymodules,allowingISVsandcustomerstocreate
privatepolicies.
Signicantease-of-useenhancementsareprovidedwiththeinclusionoftheSELinux
Troubleshooter,aGUI-basedanalyzerthatguidessystemadministratorsonappropriate
actionstotakeintheeventofasecurityalert.Thegurebelowprovidesaviewofthisnew
managementcapability.
SELinuxistheonlyMandatoryAccessControl(MAC)implementationadoptedbythe
upstreamLinuxkerneland,assuch,enjoysextensivecollaborativesupportfrommany
securityorganizationsandITcompanies,includingUSGovernmentNationalSecurityAgency
(NSA),HP,IBM,Tresys,andTrustedComputerSolutions(TCS).Itisthedefactostandardfor
allcommunity-basedLinuxdistributions.
What’s New in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CertifiCation
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