[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 7.13, 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 7.13 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-7.13-20200624.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-baremetal-7.13-20200624.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-7.13-20200624.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-sap-7.13-20200624.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-7.13-20200624.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-7.13-20200624.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-7.13-20200624.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-software-7.13-20200624.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-7.13-20200624.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-7.13-20200624.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-baremetal-7.13-20200624.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-7.13-20200624.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-sap-7.13-20200624.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-7.13-20200624.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-7.13-20200624.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-7.13-20200624.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-7.13-20200624.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-7.13-20200624.el6.noarch.rpm

This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:

1. A new software fingerprinting test is introduced in the Software
Certification test suite. The fingerprint test establishes a
repeatable way to identify the software being certified. This test is
an interactive test that captures information from the system,
subtracts the known Red Hat software, and will prompt the user to
assist in confirming the remaining is indeed the software being
certified. If the incorrect software is identified, it will request
the user to provide a method to identify the software properly.

2. The ipxe-rhcert.rpm package is now available in the Red Hat
Certification Download channels. This package provides the required
UEFI binary for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux hardware certification
iPXE test to achieve certification and publication with the iPXE
feature in RHEL 8.
   a. https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/rhel---8/x86_64/8290/ipxe-rhcert/20181214-5.git133f4c47.el8/noarch/fd431d51/package

3. A bug is fixed in the hardware certification suspend test where a
traceback may be encountered on RHEL 7 when the mem_sleep file is not
present in sysfs.

4. The Red Hat OpenStack Platform test for file storage (manila)
plugins now identifies the Driver Handles Shared Server (DHSS) status
and sets the pre-provisioned test credentials to prevent test failures
in multi-tenant environments.


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