Demonstrate Solution Expertise:
Certification and Vendor Hardware Compatibility Lists (HCLs)
The Intel® Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance (Intel® ESAA) helps remove hurdles by pre-certifying Intel®-architecture-based server platforms with participating independent hardware and software vendors (ISVs and IHVs). Pre-certification helps eliminate the delays and obstacles caused when server resellers and OEMs integrating hardware and software offerings must individually submit those systems to the appropriate vendors for independent certification.

More Than One-Time Recipe Implementation
Certification can be an expensive and time-consuming process for vendors developing solution expertise. The Intel® ESAA Program is focused on reducing certification barriers, providing server resellers and OEMs a quick, cost-efficient avenue for adopting a wide variety of software and hardware building blocks. Certification builds end-user confidence and can often help with bidding.

Intel® Certification/HCL Details

Intel® ESAA Certification
Intel® ESAA certificates are electronically signed documents providing proof of validation and/or certification for a specific reseller/OEM. On the certificate the actual model name and number of the OEM is published, as well as the signed logos of the application vendors supporting the configuration. This is an important document and provides OEMs/resellers the ability to compete for customers with larger companies. The certificate states that the application vendor supports this OEM and will stand behind the server solution engineering work. Registered ESAA members can request ESAA certificates when downloading recipes.

Intel® Cluster Ready
Join the Intel® Cluster Ready program and begin using Intel® ESAA recipes to achieve Pass-Though Certification for HPC clusters. The Intel® Cluster Ready program defines a common basis for clusters in collaboration with OEMs, channel members, and ISVs. The Intel® ESAA program has developed recipes which detail the configuration of HPC clusters on Intel® Server Products. Once the cluster is validated with Intel® Cluster Ready tools, Pass-Through Certification can be achieved.
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Vendor HCLs

The Intel® ESAA program offers Pass-Through Certification which allows third-party systems to be granted the same certification status as models previously certified by Intel Corporation. Pass-Through Certification for Red Hat* Enterprise Linux is only available to resellers and system integrators who purchase Intel® server boards and/or systems and are members of the Red Hat* Ready Business Partner, Advanced & Premier Program from Red Hat, Inc.
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The Intel® ESAA program offers Pass-Through Certification which allows third-party systems to be granted the same certification status as models previously certified by Intel Corporation. Pass-Through Certification is available to vendors who purchase Intel server boards and/or systems and create a VMware* configuration based on one of the Intel® ESAA VMware* recipes.
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Novell* SUSE* Linux Pass-Through Certification is available to vendors who purchase Intel® server boards and systems and are current members of the Novell PartnerNet program. This process has been developed to give Novell SUSE Linux Hardware Certification status to third-party vendors of Intel server boards and systems in a timely and cost-effective manner.
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Building servers using Intel® Server Building Blocks makes it considerably easier for system integrators to receive the Microsoft "Designed for Windows" logo. When you see the "Designed for Windows" logo, it signifies that the system or device meets Microsoft's standard for hardware compatibility with the specified Microsoft Windows operating system.
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