of how a network operates.</p>
<p>![policies.policies](./FabricPolicyHierarchy-2.png) <em>A visual representation
of the Fabric policy hierarchy.</em></p>
<p>### System channel configuration</p>
<p>Every network begins with an ordering <strong>system channel</strong>. There must be exactly
one ordering system channel for an ordering service, and it is the first channel
to be created. The system channel also contains the organizations who are the
members of the ordering service (ordering organizations) and t