Chapter 3. Overview of Bare Metal certification

When you certify your server for bare metal on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, the following features might appear as certified component of your server depending on the certification tests the server passed:

Names may differ corresponding to the language of the products.

You have access to and are encouraged to test with pre-released Red Hat software. You can begin your engagement with the Red Hat Certification team before Red Hat software is generally available (GA) to customers to expedite the certification process for your product. However, conduct official certification testing only on the GA releases of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform bare-metal hardware.

Certifications are valid starting with the specific major and minor releases of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform software as tested and listed on the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog. They continue to be valid through the last minor release of the major release. This allows customers to count on certifications from the moment they are listed until the end of the product’s lifecycle.

You do not need to recertify after a new major or minor release of RHOCP if you have not made changes to your product. However, it is your responsibility to certify your product again any time you make significant changes to it.

Red Hat recommends that you run the certification tests on your product periodically to ensure its quality, functionality, and performance with the supported versions of RHOCP.

To recertify your product, open a supplemental certification.