[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Certification on Itanium 2 (ia64) hardware to end June 5th, 2012

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

June 5, 2012, marks the end of Itanium 2 certification efforts for Red 
Hat Enterprise Linux. After that date, new hardware certification 
results will no longer be accepted by Red Hat for systems based on the 
Itanium 2 architecture. No Itanium 2 specific updates to the test suite, 
fully virtualized image, Policy Guide, Hardware Catalog, or Hardware 
Certification Program are planned after this date. Should you require 
certification of an Itanium 2 system on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 after 
this date, please contact your partner manager for assistance. Note that 
this change in our certification policy will have no effect on Itanium 2 
systems currently listed in the Red Hat Hardware Catalog.

We value your ongoing participation in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
Hardware 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.