[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 7.6, 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 Red Hat
Certification 7.6 and its 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-backend-7.6-20200127.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-baremetal-7.6-20200127.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-7.6-20200127.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-7.6-20200127.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-7.6-20200127.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-7.6-20200127.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-software-7.6-20200127.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-7.6-20200127.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-7.6-20200127.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-baremetal-7.6-20200127.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-7.6-20200127.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-7.6-20200127.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-7.6-20200127.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-7.6-20200127.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-7.6-20200127.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-7.6-20200127.el6.noarch.rpm

This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:

1. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Hardware Certification window is now
closed. Creating new hardware certifications for RHEL 6 has been
retired and is no longer available from the redhat-certification tool.
RHEL 6 certification continues to be available for the Red Hat CCSP
Cloud Image certification.

2. Socket Direct can now be tested with the new
'Infiniband_Socket_Direct' test in Red Hat Hardware Certification.
This will simplify testing of socket direct hardware, removing the
need to combine multiple runs.

3. Support for BGP VPN has been added in support of Red Hat OpenStack
Platform 16 Dry Run pre-testing. Testing of this feature is done with
the new 'neutron_border_gateway_protocol_vpn' test.

4. A critical bug has been fixed in the baremetal_stage_deploying and
baremetal_stage_redeploying subtests in the baremetal test for Red Hat
OpenStack Platform Baremetal Certification. The bug would cause an
'invalid host found' error while creating the instance on RHOSP 15.x
release and RHOSP 16 Beta.

5. Additional Cinder, Manila, and Neutron tempest tests have been
added in support of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16 Dry Run pre-testing.

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 Ecosystem Partner Management.

Regards,
The Red Hat Certification Team