Highlighted Functions and Changes in Behavior
Features
Operating System Support
- RHELS 6.9 (ppc64, x86_64)
- Diskful / Diskless OS deployment
Highlighted Functions
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rflash stability improved for updating firmware on S822LC for HPC OpenPower Servers
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OpenBMC support (Alpha level code)
- rpower on/off/boot/reset/state
- rcons
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Add option
-C|--cleanup
for rmdef to perform additional cleanup by running nodeset offline
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-2.13.3-linux.tar.bz2
- Ubuntu - xcat-core-2.13.3-ubuntu.tar.bz2
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xcat-dep
- RHEL/SLES - xcat-dep-2.13.3-linux.tar.bz2
- Ubuntu - xcat-dep-2.13.3-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 SP2 Issue #2322 |
IBM Power 750 | RHEL 7.3 |
IBM Power 750 | RHEL 6.9 |
IBM Power 750 | SLES 11 SP4 |
iDataPlex M4 DX360 | RHEL 7.3 |
iDataPlex M4 DX360 | RHEL 6.9 |
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 SP2 Issue #2322 |
Key Issues Resolved
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Issue #2706 rflash causes node to become unstable after flashing firmware
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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
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Issue #2757 "remoteshell" postscript complains "chown: invalid group: 'root:ssh_keys'" and "Permissions 0640 for '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key' are too open" on sles11.4
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Issue #2657 makehosts erroneously deletes entries from /etc/hosts
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Issue #2634 Quotes in tables' comment field break mypostscript
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Issue #2614 nodeset does not support addkcmdline when netboot=xnba
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Issue #2599 the entire statelite image is rw in sles12sp2 x86_64
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Issue #2579 syncfile is in default node definition, but statelite does not support syncfile
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Issue #2572 makedns fails with a noderange error - 'Undefined subroutine &xCAT_plugin::ddns::noderange'
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Issue #2558 Support for encrypted passwords in the passwd table is broken
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Issue #2508 rmdef takes a very long time to remove objects in xCAT DB when the DB is populated, nodeset offline is cause
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Issue #2492 When "site" attribute "sharedtftp" is false, the "nodeset" command fails
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Issue #2469 Assigning a node to a group does not append group's postscipts to the node's postscript attibute
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Issue #2335 rinv command get error message on Habanero
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Issue #2327 ntp code in doxcat causing discovery delays up to 15 minutes
Restrictions and Known Issues
- Issue #2322 Failed to install SN in SLES 12.2 (ppc64le and x86_64)
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.