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2. What is the nature and description of the request?

Customer has requested that an ISO be created for the optional packages in RHEL
6.  

3. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements here)

Having a optional package ISO will make it easier for the customer to get all
the optional packages in one shot, instead of having to pull down packages
individually.    

4. How would the customer like to achieve this? (List the functional
requirements here)

Have an ISO's created for the Optional packages in RHEL 6.  Just like the ISO
for RHEL Supplementary but for Optional packages.  

5. For each functional requirement listed in question 4, specify how Red Hat
and the customer can test to confirm the requirement is successfully
implemented.

ISO's exist for the RHEL Supplementary but not for Optional packages.  

6. Is there already an existing RFE upstream or in Red Hat bugzilla?

Not that I am aware of.  

7. How quickly does this need resolved? (desired target release)

As soon as possible.  RHEL 6.1

Additional clarification regarding the business requirements:
"Because when you are building systems based on the ISO image of the Workstation or Server releases using kickstart and you are dependent on packages in the Optional channel you need to have the versions that match the dependencies that are in the ISO image. Kickstart will fail if it can't find the matching package versions."

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Product Management has reviewed and declined this RFE. The Optional content in RHEL6 is unsupported and provided online only.

For on-premise or disconnected deployments, Satellite and Proxy servers can provide access to the Optional channel content.