[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 5.15, 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 5.15 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:

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

redhat-certification-5.15-20180717.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-5.15-20180717.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-5.15-20180717.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-5.15-20180717.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-baremetal-5.15-20180717.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-5.15-20180710.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-5.15-20180710.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-5.15-20180712.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-5.15-20180712.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-5.15-20180626.2.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-5.15-20180626.2.el6.noarch.rpm


This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:
1. The "Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV" product has
been renamed to "Red Hat OpenStack Platform for Real-Time
Applications".
2. The 'ironic' command calls, which are scheduled to be deprecated,
have been replaced with 'baremetal' command calls in the baremetal
test suite.
3. An error message will now be displayed when an invalid path is
supplied for instackenv.json or stackrc files with the baremetal test
suite, resolving a traceback.
4. The rhcert-cli command will now optionally allow and guide users to
register the system before the local test plan creation.
5. Subsequent to the closure of the certification window for RHOSP-11,
the option to create new RHOSP-11 certifications has been retired from
RHCert.
6. A new section called "Red Hat OpenStack Platform for Real-Time
Applications" has been added in the Hardware Program Policy Guide and
Test Suite User Guide.
7. A new section called "Creating a new certification from an existing
certification" has been added in the Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Hardware Bare Metal Certification Workflow Guide.

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