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14 XCAT_2.16.3_Release_Notes
Mark Gurevich edited this page 2022-01-21 09:47:57 -05:00

2.16.3 Release Notes (November 17 2021)

Highlighted Functions and Changes in Behavior

Features

Operating System Support

Highlighted Changes

  • Updated xCAT Genesis Base (xCAT-genesis-base-ppc64-2.16.3) to support IBM Power System AC922 servers out of the box and no longer require rebuilding after installation

  • Virtual Machine QEMU-KVM machine type can now be configured via vmothersetting=machine

  • xNBA has been updated to an iPXE 1.21.1 base

  • xCAT Genesis boot for x86_64 updated to no longer use elilo during UEFI boot

  • Improvements to the logic for disabling firewalld during node installation on RHEL 8

  • Improvements to go-xcat to display more accurate "In Repository" information on RHEL based systems

xCAT Documentation

xCAT documentation is hosted on ReadTheDocs: http://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/

Download xCAT

Test Environment

Hardware Platforms and Operating Systems which have been verified:

Hardware Platform Operating System
IBM Power System AC922 RHEL 8.4
IBM Power System AC922 RHEL 8.2
IBM Power System AC922 RHEL 7.6-Alt
IBM Power System AC922 SLES 15.1
IBM Power System AC922 Ubuntu 18.04.2
IBM Power System S822LC RHEL 8.4
IBM Power System S822LC RHEL 8.2
IBM Power System S822LC RHEL 7.7
IBM Power System S822LC SLES 12.4
IBM Power System S822LC Ubuntu 18.04.2
IBM Power System S822LC Ubuntu 16.04.5
IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 RHEL 8.4
IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 RHEL 8.2
IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 RHEL 7.6
IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 SLES 15.2
IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 SLES 12.4
IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 Ubuntu 18.04.2
IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 Ubuntu 16.04.6

Key Issues Resolved

Pull Requests and Issues Resolved

Restrictions and Known Issues