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This set of templates, *.csv files, is based on the address scheme given:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/eserver/xseries/1350FS_0507.pdf.
Additional information can be found in the /usr/share/doc/xCAT/xCAT2.0.doc[pdf]
manual in the install.
README for: /usr/share/xcat/templates/e1350 directory
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Check the 1350 default templates to see, if they apply to your environment.
If you decide to use some of the templates or create your own, then you can
use the tabrestore command on each template to load the tables in the database.
The templates are located : /usr/share/xcat/templates/e1350 directory.
The set of *.csv files in this directory are sample xCAT table values that
you may wish to use as templates for defining your xCAT cluster.
The data is based on defining a cluster using the address scheme given in:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/eserver/xseries/1350FS_0507.pdf.
Additional information on using xCAT 2.0 can be found in
/usr/share/doc/xcat/xCAT2.0.doc[pdf] on your system.
To load the database tables with a set of templates:
for i in *.csv; do tabrestore $i; done
Check the 1350 default templates to see if they apply to your environment.
If you decide to use some of these templates, modify them, or create your own,
you can first edit the files and then load them into the database, or load the
files first and then edit the database once they are loaded.
To verify run tabdump <tablename>. For example: tabdump nodetype
To load a file, use the tabrestore command on each template to load the tables
in the database.
To load the database tables:
for i in *.csv; do tabrestore $i; done
To verify that a table has been correctly loaded, run "tabdump <tablename>".
For example:
tabdump nodetype
You can add nodes to the database by using the nodeadd command.
See example below and /usr/share/doc/xCAT/xCAT2.0.doc[pdf].
You can add nodes to the database by using the nodeadd command.
See the example below and details in /usr/share/xcat/xCAT2.0.doc[pdf].
For example, to add 2048 IPMI rackmount nodes which happen to start
at the first U of the first rack, with each rack having a 1U switch