[Hwcert-announce-list] Updated Red Hat Hardware Certification Policy Guide 7.0-0 Now Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

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Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the availability of an updated Red Hat 
Hardware Certification Policy Guide (7.0-0) for official hardware 
certification purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

Please note that the updated Red Hat Hardware Certification Policy Guide 
(7.0-0) *is* an official update to the policy guide and supersedes all 
previous policy guides. The updated Policy Guide will be applied to new 
hardware certifications starting with the Release Candidate (RC) of Red 
Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0.

The guide is available at the following locations:

https://hardware.redhat.com/doc

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_Hardware_Certification/ 



Highlights of the updated Hardware Certification Policy Guide (7.0-0) 
include:

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is now added to the list of supported products.

* The Red Hat OpenStack product sections are now corrected to say Red 
Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform.

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform is now included as part of 
RHEL 7, x86_64 server certifications as was previously done with RHEL 6 
and RHEL OSP 3 and 4. These certifications will not be displayed 
publicly until the product is available.

* RHEL OSP 5 certification is included and open to all partners.

* Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor product support is now 
added.  This product will be listed in the hardware catalog starting 
with the next major release of RHEV-H. These certifications are included 
as part of RHEL 7 x86_64 server certifications in the same way as RHEL 
OSP and will not be displayed publicly until the product is released.

* Red Hat Storage Server 2.1 product support is now added. This product 
is included with RHEL6 x86_64 server certifications for those partners 
who have an engineering relationship with RHSS. There are additional 
product hardware support limits which are reviewed during the processing 
of these certifications. RHSS 2.1 certification will not be displayed 
publicly at this time.

* “Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hardware Certification” has been replaced 
with “Red Hat Hardware Certification” to reflect the additional 
RHEL-based Red Hat products that are also covered.

* Unintentional hardware features are now able to be bit depth specific. 
I.e. features may be described as “for 64-bit only” when they are not 
supported on any 32-bit operating systems. This additional flexibility 
allows for advanced new hardware features on RHEL 6 and 5 for 64-bit 
without creating a requirement in 32-bit as well.

* FCoE is now allowed to be fully software-based when necessary and will 
cover the requirement for FCoE enabled hardware.

* 40GigEthernet and 802.11ac policies are now added to the 4.7 Class 
Requirements Table. 40 Gb/s Ethernet hardware uses the 40GigEthernet 
test. 802.11ac hardware may utilize either the 802.11ac or 802.11n tests 
until full bandwidth support for ac is included in RHEL.

* Other minor bug/typo fixes 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 Certification Policy Guide change log:

1086947 Copyright shows 2013, should be 2014
1086441 Policy Guide current product list needs to be updated
1086439 Policy Guide version number needs to be updated
1081775 Update Unintentional Hardware to be bit depth specific
1081772 40Gig Ethernet needs to be added to 4.7 chart.
1081770 Full software based FCoE should be allowed but discouraged
1080215 A new RHSS section is needed in 3.1
1080214 A new RHEV-H section is needed in 3.1
1080213 Update RHOS section in Chapter 3.1
1080212 References to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hardware Certification 
need to be updated
828293 [FEAT]please re-phrasing "Integrated hardware features"


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