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Hardware Classes

The hardware class relations specify which operating systems can be installed on a system. You create these relations during adding systems and system images to your inventory. When you add a system to the inventory, then you associate that system with a single hardware class. However, when you add a system image to the inventory, then you can associate it with one or more hardware classes. The following example illustrates these relations:

System Image 1 is associated with HW Class 1, so System Image 1 can be applied to System 11 and System 12.

System Image 2 is associated with HW Class 1 and HW Class 2, so System Image 2 can be applied to System 11, System 12, System 21, System 22, and System 23.