[Hwcert-announce-list] Red Hat Hardware Catalog Release Candidate Now Available

[Engineering Partner Management]

Greetings Red Hat Partners,

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat Hardware 
Catalog Release Candidate for testing purposes. The Red Hat Hardware 
Catalog RC is *not* considered an official release and should *not* be 
used for official certification submissions. The official Red Hat 
Hardware Catalog (https://hardware.redhat.com) should continue to be 
used for official certifications for both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x 
and 6.x.

Red Hat will update the official Red Hat Hardware Catalog before Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux 6.3 GA.

The Red Hat Hardware Catalog RC is available at the following location:

https://partner-hwcert.redhat.com/

Highlights of the Hardware Catalog Update include:

* Support for system makes in friendly URLs. Our hardware catalog 
divides system model names into vendor, make, and model fields. For 
example, on a system named "Supercompany Myserver 1600", The vendor is 
Supercompany, the make is Myserver, and the model is 1600. This new 
feature allows you to search for the make of a system directly in the 
URL. For example:

   https://partner-hwcert.redhat.com/HP/Proliant

   https://partner-hwcert.redhat.com/Dell/PowerEdge/RHEL6

   https://partner-hwcert.redhat.com/RHEL5/Altix

* Friendly URLs will remain in the URL bar in most browsers after the 
page is loaded.

* Makes now appear in a dropdown box on the certification workflow. New 
makes may be added by selecting the "Add New Make" radio button in a 
certification.

* Vendors may now open new pass-through certification requests without 
contacting support. A Pass-Through tab appears on all completed 
certifications.

* Pass-through certifications requiring Supplemental certifications may 
now use a single "Pass-Through with Supplemental" certification, 
avoiding the need to open a third certification.

* Adding users with hwcert-enter permissions to the cc: list of a 
certification will allow that user access to update the certification. 
The cc: list can be found through the Bugzilla interface.

* Opening new certifications can be done from the v7 test suite 'submit' 
command (Requires v7-1.5-22 or later).

* Uploading new results to existing certifications can be done from the 
v7 test suite 'submit' command (Requires v7-1.5-22 or later.)

* Infiniband test results are now displayed in the results section.

* Wlan test results are now displayed in the results section.

* Additional attachments embedded in the xml.gz results format are now 
shown on the results section.

* SOS reports now show their original file name in the results section.

* The Hardware Catalog home page now shows links for MRG Realtime 
certifications.

* Other minor bug fixes/features outlined in the change log below.


If you encounter any problems or have any comments regarding the Red Hat 
Hardware Catalog Release Candidate, please file bugs against the 'Red 
Hat Hardware Certification Program' product in Red Hat Bugzilla 
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com).


Red Hat Hardware Catalog RC update change log:

820009 - FEAT: Update landing page content
817228 - Posting comments failed
815939 - catalog needs to support wlan test results
815868 - Make ID UI bugs
815679 - software error shows when searching certs with old url
812718 - blocker cert link goes to bugzilla rather than hwcert catalog
811839 - cannot upload gz result if the result only contains one ...
811707 - Catalog needs to support infiniband test results
810960 - FEAT: catalog should support friendly make URLs
803630 - the file name of sysreport/test.wav should be from ...
788772 - Support Vendor created pass-through
788769 - Support Pass-Through w/Supplemental
788761 - Support v7 call home to upload a result
788757 - Support v7 call home to open a new cert
734577 - Show.cgi results summary render is missing system log and ...
723012 - partner make names should use make_id
642949 - vendor who has been CCed should have permission to submit ..

Known Issues List

824915 - Catalog will allow duplicate package uploads when using ...

We value your ongoing participation in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
Hardware Certification efforts. Thank you for your continued 
partnership. If you have any questions or comments, please do not 
hesitate to contact your Partner Manager or Technical Account Manager.

Regards,

The Red Hat Hardware Certification Team