[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Certification 7.18, Test Suite Updates, and Updated Certification Workflow Site Available

[Ecosystem Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of Red Hat
Certification 7.18 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-7.18-20201006.1.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-7.18-20201006.1.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-baremetal-7.18-20201006.1.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-7.18-20201006.1.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-sap-7.18-20201006.1.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-7.18-20201006.1.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-7.18-20201006.1.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-7.18-20201006.1.el8.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-software-7.18-20201006.1.el8.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-7.18-20201006.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-backend-7.18-20201006.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-baremetal-7.18-20201006.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-7.18-20201006.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-sap-7.18-20201006.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-7.18-20201006.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-hardware-preview-7.18-20201006.1.el7.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-openstack-7.18-20201006.1.el7.noarch.rpm

redhat-certification-backend-7.18-20201006.1.el6.noarch.rpm
redhat-certification-cloud-7.18-20201006.1.el6.noarch.rpm

The Red Hat Certification management interface on Red Hat Partner Connect,
which is available at https://rhcert.connect.redhat.com, has been updated
to use these packages.


This release includes enhancements and bug fixes as follows:


   - New tests and subtests are added to the hardware certification test
   suite:
      - Turbostat: This is a subtest added to the existing cpuscaling test
      to capture additional processor statistics.
      - Intel SST: This is a cpuscaling test for the Intel(R) Speed Select
      Technology.
      - Thunderbolt 4: This test checks the system bus and hotplug support
      of Thunderbolt 4 ports and devices.
      - USB4_40Gbps: This test checks the system bus and hotplug support of
      40Gbps USB4 ports and devices.
      - USB4_20Gbps: This test checks the system bus and hotplug support of
      20Gbps USB4 ports and devices.
      - USB3_20Gbps: This test checks the system bus and hotplug support of
      20Gbps USB 3.x ports and devices.  This test replaces the previous USB3
      test.
      - USB3_10Gbps: This test checks the system bus and hotplug support of
      10Gbps USB 3.x ports and devices.  This test replaces the previous USB3
      test.
      - USB3_5Gbps: This test checks the system bus and hotplug support of
      5Gbps USB 3.x ports and devices.  This test replaces the
previous USB3 test.
      - Perf Uncore: This is a subtest added to the existing Profiler test
      to verify the system properly collects uncore events.
      - A command line (CLI) release of the redhat-certification package is
      being made available for use when testing RDMA on RHEL 8.3 Beta
and later.
      RDMA testing in RHEL 8.3 requires a RHEL 8.3 LTS due to a change in the
      perftest tool that the test is based on. Proper usage of the CLI
is limited
      only to RDMA testing and is further documented in the Hardware
      Certification Test Suite User Guide
      <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux_hardware_certification/1.0/>
   - The Red Hat OpenStack Bare Metal test now supports the Redfish Ironic
   driver as an option in the Bare Metal hardware certification.


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
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