From eng-partner-management at redhat.com Thu Aug 25 20:08:42 2016 From: eng-partner-management at redhat.com (Engineering Partner Management) Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 16:08:42 -0400 Subject: [rhelv6-list] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta Now Available Message-ID: We are pleased to announce the beta availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3, the latest version of the world?s leading enterprise Linux platform. While continuing to provide the stability, reliability, and security required to meet the demands of both modern datacenters and next-generation IT environments - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta also includes a number of new features and enhancements. A focus on performance, security, and reliability - as well as additional support for container-based applications and Internet-of-Things (IoT) deployments - enables Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta to provide enterprises with a secure, stable platform for continued innovation. Performance Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta provides a number of performance enhancements, tweaks and new features - including: * Improved datapath efficiency, scalability, flexibility, and security features thanks to the inclusion of lightweight tunnels. * Improved performance for both 40 and 100 Gb networking interfaces thanks to an enhanced bulk packet memory allocator. * Direct access to low-latency, high performance storage with support for Non-Volatile Dual In-line Memory Modules (NVDIMMs), which can be mounted as persistent memory block devices with either XFS or ext4 file systems. Platform Security As providing a safer and more secure platform for mission-critical deployments remains a key concept for the world?s leading enterprise Linux platform - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta introduces: * Support for smart card authentication with Active Directory, enabling users to authenticate with smart cards directly against an Active Directory server. * Support for the OpenSCAP workbench - allowing for the modification of SCAP policies via a graphical tool, which can then be verified and applied using OpenSCAP to enforce compliance and policies on a given system. * The addition of Media Access Control Security (MACSec) v2 - enabling encryption between Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers and virtual machines. Reliability Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta provides several new reliability and redundancy features, highlighted by: * Full support for the High Availability Add-On on IBM z Systems. * The ability to use pacemaker when creating and maintaining multi-site clusters across geo-locations. * The capability for users to dynamically configure RAID devices via RAID Takeover, making it easier to transform simple volumes into a highly protected software-defined RAID configuration by adding more disks to a given system. Linux Containers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta aims to streamline the lifecycle of containerized and cloud-native applications, from development to deployment with new and enhanced container-centric features, including: * The first container signing implementation that is capable of associating multiple signatures per image layer via a Technology Preview of the Atomic CLI, which can be used to sign and verify container signatures. This enables customers to verify the provenance of both their containers and the layers comprising each container. * The availability of both the Identity Management (IdM) client and server services as container images via the Red Hat Container Registry. Internet of Things As a powerful platform upon which to run enterprise-scale IoT implementations, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta introduces two key features to help power these deployments: * Support for connections to low-cost integrated devices via Bluetooth LE (Low Energy), an extension of the Bluetooth standard designed for low power devices like IoT sensors. * The ability for customers to embed Red Hat Enterprise Linux into high-end industrial controllers via support for the controller area network (CAN) bus. To review a full list of new features and capabilities as included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta, please visit: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/ RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 7.3 BETA AVAILABILITY Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta is now available in the Red Hat Customer Portal to all customers with an active Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription. To access and download Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta, please visit: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES To access documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, visit: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/ Sincerely, The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team