Red Hat Hardware Program

Red Hat CertifiedHardwareIndustry leaders including Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, HP, IBM, and others have certified their hardware with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. As a result, their customers have the confidence of knowing these certified hardware systems are supported by Red Hat when running Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Join the Hardware Program today to begin testing your systems. Red Hat offers an automated test suite, support for your organization during the testing process, and access to online updates while your results are being reviewed. There has never been an easier time to test your hardware with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Program Benefits

Benefits of the Red Hat Hardware Program for Certified Hardware include:

  • Exposure on redhat.com -- Certified hardware will be included in the Red Hat Hardware Catalog, Red Hat's official online database of certified hardware.
  • Co-branding -- Use of the Red Hat Certified logo, to be displayed in conjunction with marketing certified hardware.
  • Red Hat Support Assurance -- Assurance that Red Hat will support customers using the vendor's certified hardware.
  • Relationship -- An ongoing relationship with Red Hat.
  • Copies of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS for testing purposes.
  • Participation in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Public Beta Program.
  • Access to the Red Hat Hardware Test Suite and tools to incorporate in the testing process for your hardware.
  • Testing Support - Red Hat will provide limited support to the vendor throughout the self certification testing process.

Benefits of the Red Hat Hardware Program for Compatible Hardware include:

  • Exposure on redhat.com -- Compatible hardware will be included in the Red Hat Hardware Catalog, Red Hat's official online database of compatible hardware.
  • Relationship -- An ongoing relationship with Red Hat.
  • Copies of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS for testing purposes.
  • Participation in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Public Beta Program.
  • Access to the Red Hat Hardware Test Suite and tools to incorporate in the testing process for your hardware.
  • Testing Support - Red Hat will provide limited support to the vendor throughout the self certification testing process.

Hardware Program Resources

Program Requirements

Achievement Levels

There are three achievement levels in the Hardware Program:

  • Certified (Supported) -- Full computer models that pass the hardware certification testsuite on a standard, unmodified version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux in accordance with the Red Hathardware test guidelines will be deemed Certified. Certified Systems will be supported by RedHat.
  • Compatible -- Hardware components and peripherals that complete the compatibility test suite and pass in accordance with the Red Hat hardware test guidelines will be deemed Compatible. This status may also be applied to full systems that pass the test suite but do not meet the hardware guidelines. Compatible hardware is not considered certified and therefore will not be supported by Red Hat. For this reason, support for compatible hardware should be provided by the vendor.
  • Compatible (Supported) -- If Red Hat and a hardware vendor enter into a cooperative support agreement for a particular hardware product that does not qualify for certification but has been deemed compatible according to the criteria identified above, then that particular hardware product will be deemed Compatible and Supported. It will not be considered certified; however, it will be supported by Red Hat.