Highlighted Functions and Changes in Behavior
Features
Operating System Support
Highlighted Functions
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The xCAT-genesis kernel for both ppc64(le) and x86_64 contains the ntp-wait command
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ONIE switch support, including Cumulus OS provision, licence installation, SNMP enable, switch discovery(snmp and nmap)
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xCATprobe enhancement
xcatmn
adds NTP checking, enhances http checking.osdeploy
shows timestamp in deployment logs.osdeploy
captures postscript and postbootscript return code
xCAT Documentation
xCAT documentation is hosted on ReadTheDocs: http://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/
Download xCAT
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xcat-core
- RHEL/SLES - xcat-core-2.13.1-linux.tar.bz2
- Ubuntu - xcat-core-2.13.1-ubuntu.tar.bz2
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xcat-dep
- RHEL/SLES - xcat-dep-2.13.1-linux.tar.bz2
- Ubuntu - xcat-dep-2.13.1-ubuntu.tar.bz2
Test Environment
Hardware Platform and Operating Systems which have been verified:
Hardware Platform | Operation System |
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IBM Power S822LC for HPC | RHEL 7.3 |
IBM Power S822LC for HPC | Ubuntu 14.04.4 |
IBM Power S822LC for HPC | Ubuntu 16.04.1 |
IBM Power S822LC for HPC | SLES 12 SP1 |
IBM Power S822LC for HPC | SLES 12 SP2(bug#2322) |
IBM Power 750 | RHEL 7.3 |
IBM Power 750 | RHEL 6.8 |
IBM Power 750 | SLES 11 SP4 |
iDataPlex M4 DX360 | RHEL 7.3 |
iDataPlex M4 DX360 | RHEL 6.8 |
iDataPlex M4 DX360 | SLES 11 SP4 |
iDataPlex M4 DX360 | Ubuntu 14.04.4 |
iDataPlex M4 DX360 | Ubuntu 16.04.1 |
iDataPlex M4 DX360 | SLES 12 SP1 |
iDataPlex M4 DX360 | SLES 12 SP2(bug#2322) |
Key Issues Resolved
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Issue 2176 redhat 7.3 diskful install xcatprobe osdeploy reports failure
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Issue 2177 xcatprobe osdeploy fails to report postscript file errors...
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Issue 2297 "mysqlsetup -i" complains "Could not start the mysql daemon, in time allocated ( 2minutes)" on sles12.2
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Issue 2302 makeconserver -d should display an error if no noderange specified
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Issue 2303 copycds with centos 1611 iso image with wrong template call
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Issue 2327 ntp code in doxcat causing discovery delays up to 15 minutes
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Issue 2362 If packimage is not run, osimage in the chain table will fail on netboot images
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Issue 2392 Unsupported character in bootparams.addkcmdline
Restrictions and Known Issues
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Issue 2856 nodes provisioned with redhat osimages created by xCAT 2.12.3 or earlier missed yum repo to MN in xCAT 2.12.4 or later.
The work around is to rerun copycds against the redhat isos. Had been included in 2.13.3 release.
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Issue 2422 Genesis missing commands
Fixed with pull request #2424 and will be included in the next release. Please take the development snapshot build as possible work around or patch the code manually and run
mknb <arch>
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Issue 2322 Failed to install SN in sles12.2 p8le and X86
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Issue 2398 [FVT]:makentp -a returns NTP may not be synchronized on servicenode
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Issue 2409 Migration on sles12.* failes. xCAT-genesis-scripts-ppc64 gives vendor change issue
User is recommended to accept the vendor change if encountering this issue. The vendor name spelling has been changed to be in sync across the various xCAT packages.
News
- Apr 22, 2016: xCAT 2.11.1 released.
- Mar 11, 2016: xCAT 2.9.3 (AIX only) released.
- Dec 11, 2015: xCAT 2.11 released.
- Nov 11, 2015: xCAT 2.9.2 (AIX only) released.
- Jul 30, 2015: xCAT 2.10 released.
- Jul 30, 2015: xCAT migrates from sourceforge to github
- Jun 26, 2015: xCAT 2.7.9 released.
- Mar 20, 2015: xCAT 2.9.1 released.
- Dec 12, 2014: xCAT 2.9 released.
- Sep 5, 2014: xCAT 2.8.5 released.
- May 23, 2014: xCAT 2.8.4 released.
- Jan 24, 2014: xCAT 2.7.8 released.
- Nov 15, 2013: xCAT 2.8.3 released.
- Jun 26, 2013: xCAT 2.8.2 released.
- May 17, 2013: xCAT 2.7.7 released.
- May 10, 2013: xCAT 2.8.1 released.
- Feb 28, 2013: xCAT 2.8 released.
- Nov 30, 2012: xCAT 2.7.6 released.
- Oct 29, 2012: xCAT 2.7.5 released.
- Aug 27, 2012: xCAT 2.7.4 released.
- Jun 22, 2012: xCAT 2.7.3 released.
- May 25, 2012: xCAT 2.7.2 released.
- Apr 20, 2012: xCAT 2.7.1 released.
- Mar 19, 2012: xCAT 2.7 released.
- Mar 15, 2012: xCAT 2.6.11 released.
- Jan 23, 2012: xCAT 2.6.10 released.
- Nov 15, 2011: xCAT 2.6.9 released.
- Sep 30, 2011: xCAT 2.6.8 released.
- Aug 26, 2011: xCAT 2.6.6 released.
- May 20, 2011: xCAT 2.6 released.
- Feb 14, 2011: Watson plays on Jeopardy and is managed by xCAT!
- xCAT Release Notes Summary
- xCAT OS And Hw Support Matrix
- xCAT Test Environment Summary
History
- Oct 22, 2010: xCAT 2.5 released.
- Apr 30, 2010: xCAT 2.4 is released.
- Oct 31, 2009: xCAT 2.3 released.
xCAT's 10 year anniversary! - Apr 16, 2009: xCAT 2.2 released.
- Oct 31, 2008: xCAT 2.1 released.
- Sep 12, 2008: Support for xCAT 2
can now be purchased! - June 9, 2008: xCAT breaths life into
(at the time) the fastest
supercomputer on the planet - May 30, 2008: xCAT 2.0 for Linux
officially released! - Oct 31, 2007: IBM open sources
xCAT 2.0 to allow collaboration
among all of the xCAT users. - Oct 31, 1999: xCAT 1.0 is born!
xCAT started out as a project in
IBM developed by Egan Ford. It
was quickly adopted by customers
and IBM manufacturing sites to
rapidly deploy clusters.