[Hwcert-announce-list] Updated Red Hat Hardware Certification Policy Guide 7.0-1 Now Available

[Gary Case]

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Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the availability of an updated Red Hat 
Hardware Certification Policy Guide (7.0-1) for official hardware 
certification purposes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.

Please note that the updated Red Hat Hardware Certification Policy Guide 
(7.0-1) *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 immediately.

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 (7.0-1) 
include:

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time has been added as a new product.

* Red Hat Storage Server certification is now available to all partners.

* PCIe SSD block storage devices have been added as a supported class of 
hardware. We continue to not require testing of PCIe SSD devices that do 
not provide block storage to the OS.

* PCIe SSD components will required to be tested for all certifications 
opened on July 1st 2015 or later, as mentioned in our earlier 
announcement on May 8, 2015, with the subject “Adding PCIe SSD block 
storage device support to the Red Hat Hardware Certification Program”. 
If you desire, component and system certifications including PCIe SSD 
devices may begin immediately.

* References to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 have been removed.

* The “Converged Adapters” section of the hardware class requirements 
table (table 4.1) has been replaced with a Fibre Channel over Ethernet 
(FCoE) section.

* Links to the Red Hat Certified Hardware Catalog on the Customer Portal 
have been added.

* The process for purchasing membership in the program has been updated.

* The requirement for using the latest update releases of RHEL 6 and 
RHEL 7 when performing MRG Realtime and RHEL for Real Time 
certifications has been relaxed. We now allow certification using the 
current or previous update releases of RHEL during certification of 
these products.

* The new location for the document that describes the supported limits 
of RHEL (maximum CPUs, maximum RAM, etc.) has been included.

* Other minor bug/typo fixes.

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).


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