[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 5.11, Test Suite Updates, and Updated Certification Workflow Site Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of updated
Red Hat Certification 5.11 and associated test suite package updates
(listed below). This Red Hat Certification package update *is* an
official release and should be used for all new Red Hat certification
submissions. Successful results from the previous certification test
suite will be accepted for a period of 90 days.

The updated Red Hat Certification packages listed below are available
on the Red Hat Customer Portal at the following location:


redhat-certification-5.11-20180423.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-5.11-20180423.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-baremetal-5.11-20180423.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-5.11-20180423.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-5.11-20180423.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-5.11-20180418.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-5.11-20180418.1.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-5.11-20180423.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-5.11-20180423.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-5.11-20180418.4.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-5.11-20180418.4.el6.noarch.rpm


https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/282/

This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:
1. Red Hat VNF Certification support is now integrated into RHOSP
Certification workflow:
    * To create a new VNF certification select the {component-type}
when creating a new RHOSP certification.
    * The VNF certification workflow will be fully explained in an
upcoming policy and workflow guide update.

2. The Ironic certification package is renamed to
"redhat-certification-baremetal". The baremetal package may not be
used for official certifications at this time, but Red Hat does
encourage partners to experiment using sandboxes.

3. The baremetal/baremetal_stage_deploying subtest now captures
hardware info of the provisioned server.

4. Users may now select the node during the
baremetal/baremetal_stage_enrolling test when more than one node
available.

5. GDM and OpenStack dashboard should no longer trigger warnings
during the RPM verification subtest in the supportable and info tests.

6. Now the supportable and info tests capture the rpm data on foreign RPMS.

7. Improved resiliency for RDMA connection tests in the hardware
certification test suite.

8. Corrected node query subtest for omnipath to use opapmaquery (from
opa-basic-tools) in the OPA tests.


The complete changelog for each package may be found on the download
page by selecting the package name followed by selecting the ChangeLog
tab.

If you encounter any problems, please file bugs against the "Red Hat
Certification Program" product in Red Hat Bugzilla
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com). Note that this may be a change for some
users who are used to using the old "Red Hat Hardware Certification
Program" product.

We value your ongoing participation in Red Hat certification, software
development, and testing 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 Certification Team