XCAT_2.13.4_Release_Notes - xcat2/xcat-core GitHub Wiki
Highlighted Functions and Changes in Behavior
Features
Operating System Support
- RHEV 4.1 (ppc64le) Diskful OS deployment
Highlighted Functions
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OpenBMC support (Alpha, use at your own risk)
- rinv
- bmcdiscover
- rinstall
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Power9 Early Hardware Support
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-2.13.4-linux.tar.bz2
- Ubuntu - xcat-core-2.13.4-ubuntu.tar.bz2
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xcat-dep
- RHEL/SLES - xcat-dep-2.13.4-linux.tar.bz2
- Ubuntu - xcat-dep-2.13.4-ubuntu.tar.bz2
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 #2908 Special processing for S822LC (8335-GTA, "Firestone") firmware update from v810 to v820
- Issue #3047 Regular Expression broken it lastest development build 5/12/17
- Issue #3042 confignetwork does not support capital letter in nictypes
- Issue #2905 xcatd 3002 port disappear
- Issue #2795 performing yum update xCAT* overwrote our log rotate settings
- Issue #2794 Nodeset fails to generate /tftpboot config files if ip attribute is not set
- Issue #2636 xcat command returns 0 when cmd fails due authorization
Restrictions and Known Issues
- Issue #2578
makehostsandconfignicsneed to Regular Expression handling for nicips in nics table