[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification - Hardware Test Suite 1.7.1 GA Packages Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of the Red Hat 
Certification Hardware Test Suite packages 
redhat-certification-1.0-20150520.el7.noarch, 
redhat-certification-hardware-1.7.1-20150304.el7, and 
redhat-certification-information-1.7.1-20150304.el7 for certification 
purposes with GA releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x.

This Red Hat Certification Hardware Test Suite package update *is* an 
official release and introduces the next generation of test suite for 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification. This test suite release can be 
be used for new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x hardware certification 
submissions.

Both the new generation (redhat-certification-hardware) and previous 
generation test suites (hwcert-client) may be used during official Red 
Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x certifications.

The Red Hat Certification Hardware Test Suite contains a new user 
interface framework and testing flow with the previous tests ported to 
work within this new framework and testing flow. The framework inverts 
the previous experience, where testing is now initiated from the 
certification server instead of initiating testing from the system under 
test. This is accomplished via a web interface on the certification 
server where certifications are entered, systems and tests selected, and 
then executed. This new flow allows a focal point for initiating testing 
across a series of systems and certifications as well as submitting 
results.

An updated user guide for the new test suite will be available shortly 
on the Red Hat Customer Portal. A separate announcement will be sent 
when it is published. Until the guide is available at the official 
location, a pre-release version may be viewed at the following link:

http://people.redhat.com/gcase/docs_preview/rhcert/

The new Red Hat Certification Hardware Test Suite packages 
(redhat-certification, redhat-certification-hardware, and 
redhat-certification-information) are available only via the Red Hat 
Customer Portal at the following location:

https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/channels/PackageList.do?cid=24603

The new redhat-certification-hardware test suite package requires the 
use of the same “dt”, “lmbench”, and “stress” packages available from 
the previous hwcert-client channels in RHN.  Details about acquiring 
these packages are available in the hwcert-client How-To guide here:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_Hardware_Certification/1/html/Test_Suite_User_Guide/sect-User_Guide-Preparing_to_Test-Preparing_Test_Environment.html

After following the link, search for this phrase to find the proper 
download links for the packages built for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7:

  ⁠Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hwcert Package Download Links

We will be adding these three packages to the redhat-certification 
channel in the future so that all required packages will be in a single 
location.

If you do not have a Red Hat Customer Portal account or are having 
difficulty downloading the files, please contact your partner manager or 
engineering account manager for assistance.


Red Hat values your ongoing participation 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 engineering 
account manager.

Regards,

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Team