Red Hat Certified Technicians (RHCTs), Red Hat Certified Engineers, developers, and others who wish to learn about new features in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

RHCE recommended.RHCT acceptable, although some material will be advanced for holders of this certification.

The RHUP304 course presents interesting new material in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.Therefore, while it focuses on new material at the RHCT level, it includes substantial material at the RHCE level, and even introduces new features at the RHCA and developer curriculum levels.

In addition, customers should have broad experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3 and/or 4.

The course will teach participants some of the new features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 5, aimed at RHCEs familiar with versions 3 and/or 4 of Enterprise Linux. Although the course will focus on material new from version 4 to version 5, some version 3 to version 5 material is included as well.

In addition, as a service to those considering recertifying under Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 5, items that are newly covered for the RHCE exam under version 5 are also presented.

This course does not present comprehensive subject matter for the RHCE certification; people with RHCTs who need to study or review the RHCE-level material should consider RH253 or RH300.

RHCEs who are primarily seeking re-certification and require further review are also advised to enroll in the RH300 course.

A Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrator who has been trained on the new features of the version 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The course also offers them the opportunity to recertify under version 5 using the realistic performance-based lab exam.