RHEL 7 (Maipo) features

Red Hat 7 (Maipo) EL is available since April 2014, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux#RHEL_7

• 7.9 Sep 2020 (latest)
• 7.8
• 7.7, August 6, 2019
• 7.6, October 30, 2018
• 7.5, April 10, 2018
• 7.4
• 7.3
• 7.2
• 7.1

• Linux containers and Docker containers
• XFS as the default file system instead of ext4

• virsh Hot unplugging vCPUs is not supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, in RHEL 6 it was a Technology Preview

• RHEL System Roles

See also

• RHEL: RHEL9, RHEL 8 Features, RHEL 7 Features, CentOS, /etc/redhat-release, RHSCL, Extended Update Support (EUS), RHEL minor releases, RHUI, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.0_release_notes/chap-red_hat_enterprise_linux-7.0_release_notes-linux_containers_with_docker_format

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/virtualization_deployment_and_administration_guide/index

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/virtualization_administration_guide/sub-sect-displaying_per_guest_virtual_machine_information-configuring_virtual_cpu_count