XCAT_2.13.3_Release_Notes - xcat2/xcat-core GitHub Wiki

Highlighted Functions and Changes in Behavior

Features

Operating System Support

  • RHELS 6.9 (ppc64, x86_64)
    • Diskful / Diskless OS deployment

Highlighted Functions

  • rflash stability improved for updating firmware on S822LC for HPC OpenPower Servers

  • OpenBMC support (Alpha level code)

    • rpower on/off/boot/reset/state
    • rcons

  • 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/

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Test Environment

Hardware Platform and Operating Systems which have been verified:

Hardware Platform Operation System
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

  • Issue #2706 rflash causes node to become unstable after flashing firmware

  • 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

  • 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

  • Issue #2657 makehosts erroneously deletes entries from /etc/hosts

  • Issue #2634 Quotes in tables' comment field break mypostscript

  • Issue #2614 nodeset does not support addkcmdline when netboot=xnba

  • Issue #2599 the entire statelite image is rw in sles12sp2 x86_64

  • Issue #2579 syncfile is in default node definition, but statelite does not support syncfile

  • Issue #2572 makedns fails with a noderange error - 'Undefined subroutine &xCAT_plugin::ddns::noderange'

  • Issue #2558 Support for encrypted passwords in the passwd table is broken

  • Issue #2508 rmdef takes a very long time to remove objects in xCAT DB when the DB is populated, nodeset offline is cause

  • Issue #2492 When "site" attribute "sharedtftp" is false, the "nodeset" command fails

  • Issue #2469 Assigning a node to a group does not append group's postscipts to the node's postscript attibute

  • Issue #2335 rinv command get error message on Habanero

  • 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)