Chapter 6. Leveraging certification

Leveraging allows you to request credit for previously conducted successful certification testing. This is possible when a family of server systems utilizes a similar or substantially similar BMC.

Leveraging is based on your own internal qualification testing of the specific BMC on the specific individual system. You need to confirm that nuanced variations presented in the combination are not material, and the solution requesting leveraging is the same as demonstrated in a previous Red Hat certification.

Where applicable leveraging can reduce the overall amount of official testing required to achieve certification.

You can request leveraging for required testing when the solution contains a previously certified BMC with the same firmware branch and the same or fewer features.