[Hwcert-announce-list] Updated Red Hat Hardware Certification Policy Guide and Hardware Catalog Now Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Worldwide Partners,

Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of an updated Red Hat 
Hardware Certification Policy Guide (v 6.0-1.0-8) and Red Hat Hardware 
Catalog for hardware certification using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

Please note that the Red Hat Hardware Certification Policy Guide 
(6.0-1.0-8) is an official update to the policy guide and will be 
applied to new hardware certifications starting with Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 6.2, which was released for general availability on 06 December 2011.

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Policy Guide (6.0-1.0-8) is available 
at the following location:

https://hardware.redhat.com/doc/

Highlights of changes made to the Hardware Certification Policy Guide 
(6.0-1.0-8) include:

* When a system contains an integrated storage controller and / or an 
integrated network adapter, that system must now pass the appropriate 
kdump test(s) on all new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x certifications, 
including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 and 6.1 certifications.

* If kdump testing fails on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 or 6.1, kdump 
test results from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 may be used in 6.0 and 
6.1 certifications. A knowledge base entry will be added to these 
certifications noting that 6.2 is required for kdump. Also note that 
kdump test results cannot be leveraged.

Highlights of the Hardware Catalog Update include:

* Support for the v7-1.4 results.xml.gz results file format.

* Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux friendly URLs; for example:
   https://hardware.redhat.com/RHEL6

* Other minor bug fixes/features outlined in the change log below.

If you encounter any problems or have any comments regarding the Red Hat 
Hardware Certification Policy Guide, please file bugs against the "Red 
Hat Hardware Certification Program" product in Red Hat Bugzilla 
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com).


Red Hat Hardware Catalog update change log:

Bug 726312 - User should only be able to remove needinfo flags ...
Bug 734567 - Catalog needs to support user friendly URLs
Bug 734570 - Catalog needs to support v7-1.4 results.xml.gz ...
Bug 738945 - comment and needinfo sometimes does not show username
Bug 738956 - v7 versions are missing in post.cgi
Bug 739425 - BugMail sends mails does not include needinfo flag

Red Hat values your ongoing participation and testing in the Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux development, testing, and certification efforts. Thank 
you for your continued partnership. If you have any questions or 
comments, please do not hesitate to contact your Partner Manager or 
Technical Account Manager.

Regards,

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Team