[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 5.12, 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 5.12 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-5.12-20180515.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-5.12-20180515.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-baremetal-5.12-20180515.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-5.12-20180515.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-5.12-20180515.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-5.12-20180511.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-5.12-20180511.1.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-5.12-20180515.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-5.12-20180515.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-5.12-20180515.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-5.12-20180515.el6.noarch.rpm


This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:
1. The trusted_container test is added for Red Hat OpenStack Platform
13 certification. This test will verify the container(s) required for
RH OSP 13 certification testing are either Red Hat OpenStack Platform
13 containers or Red Hat Certified containers.

2. Documentation release of Red Hat OpenStack Application Policy and
Workflow guides.

3. Red Hat Openstack Workflow guide is updated with the Trusted Container test.

4. Enhancements to rpm_verification subtest are added as a part of the
supportable test. The subtest now separates logic into two checks for
package origin, one for confirming the package build host and the
other for source Red Hat product. This adds more clarity for improving
test results processing during review.

5. The sandbox Testing tab now has a "Remove host" button. This allows
users to remove inactive or stale registered test systems.

6. The fv_storage test from the redhat-certification-hardware-preview
package now supports testing on PCI pass-through storage devices
provided in the guest.

7. Corrects an issue with the OpenStack Manila certification report
mis-reporting the tempest test output as discussed in BZ-1569343


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