Old PE1850 running RHEL3ES + valid RHN subscription = upgrade to RHEL5 is allowed ?

[Matt Domsch]

On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 02:56:14AM +0100, Florent Gilain wrote:
>    Hello all,
> 
>    I have many PE1850 running RHEL3ES.
> 
>    They all have been bought to DELL with a RHN support for 3 years...

>    My question is just "Am I allowed to" :
>    - Format theses servers and install RHEL5

yes.

>    - Updates theses servers using RHN to get an up to date RHEL5 system
>    without buying any new subscription (by using my existing ones ?)

yes.  A RHEL subscription is a RHEL subscription, regardless of which
_version_ of RHEL you wish to run.

> 
>    Ps : Will DELL support (gold or silver team) support me in such a case
>    (meaning : are PE1850 running RHEL5 supported ?)

Yes, PE1850 is supported by Dell with RHEL5.  If you were trying to
run a version of the OS that wasn't supported on that system
(e.g. RHEL 2.1), then no, Dell support couldn't help you.

Thanks,
Matt


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