XCAT_2.16.2_Release_Notes - xcat2/xcat-core GitHub Wiki
2.16.2 Release Notes (May 25 2021)
Highlighted Functions and Changes in Behavior
Features
Operating System Support
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RHEL 8.3
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Beta support for SLES 12.4, SLES 15.1 (ppc64le), SLES 15.2 (x86_64)
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Beta support for Oracle Linux 8.3 and 7.9
- Basic diskfull and diskless provisioning is functional
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For complete list of supported operating systems see xCAT2 Release Information and Compute node support matrix
Highlighted Changes
- xNBA has been updated to an iPXE 1.20.1 base
- Missing file elilo-x86.efi has been added to elilo-xcat-3.14-6_all.deb
- RHEL 8: changed default diskfull partitioning from ext4 to xfs
- RHEL 8: updated xcatsnap to search for files for collection from additional locations
- SLES 12: changed default diskfull partitioning from btrfs to xfs for ppc64le
- getinstdisk now supports OS install on nvme disks
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-2.16.2-linux.tar.bz2
- Ubuntu - xcat-core-2.16.2-ubuntu.tar.bz2
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xcat-dep
- RHEL/SLES - xcat-dep-2.16.2-linux.tar.bz2
- Ubuntu - xcat-dep-2.16.2-ubuntu.tar.bz2
Test Environment
Hardware Platforms and Operating Systems which have been verified:
| Hardware Platform | Operation System |
|---|---|
| IBM Power System AC922 | RHEL 8.3 |
| 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 8.3 |
| 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 8.3 |
| 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
Issue #6947 CentOS 8.3 xCAT 3.0 copycds can't recognize cumulus image
Issue #6942 Updates needed to files collected by xcatsnap
Issue #6923 getinstdisk erroneously stated to have found kernel files where there are none
Issue #6918 Support for Oracle Linux 7 and Oracle Linux 8
Issue #6882 kvm plugin bug, pid 234651, process description: 'xcatd SSL: rpower to vm1 for root@localhost: kvm instance' with error 'Not a HASH reference at /opt/xcat/lib/perl/xCAT_plugin/kvm.pm line 823.
Issue #6880 xCAT fails install on Ubuntu 18.04 (using go-xcat)
Issue #6873 go-xcat on Ubuntu fails to uninstall