XCAT_2.16.5_Release_Notes - xcat2/xcat-core GitHub Wiki
2.16.5 Release Notes (March 8, 2023)
Highlighted Functions and Changes in Behavior
Features
Operating System Support
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RHEL 8.6
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Beta support for SLES12 SP5, SLES15 SP4, Oracle Linux 8.5, Rocky Linux 8.5 and Alma Linux 8.6
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Alpha support for RHEL 9.0. See: RHEL 9 support
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For complete list of supported operating systems see xCAT2 Release Information and Compute node support matrix
Highlighted Changes
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Support for AppStream Modules on RHEL8
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Documentation and test case improvements
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Add force option to update_mlnx_adapter_firmware script
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Changed KVM virtual machine default audio support from ac97 to ich6
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mknb: Correctly specify initrd file when generating netboot configs
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Improve packimage time zone handling when osimage does not contain an exlist
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Enable go-xcat to insall xCAT on Alma Linux
Security Advisory
- xCAT 2.16.5 contains the fix for CVE-2023-27486 Insufficient authorization validation between zones when xCAT zones are enabled
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-2.16.5-linux.tar.bz2
- Ubuntu - xcat-core-2.16.5-ubuntu.tar.bz2
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xcat-dep
- RHEL/SLES - xcat-dep-2.16.5-linux.tar.bz2
- Ubuntu - xcat-dep-2.16.5-ubuntu.tar.bz2
Test Environment
Hardware Platforms and Operating Systems which have been verified:
| Hardware Platform | Operation System |
|---|---|
| IBM Power System AC922 | RHEL 8.6 |
| IBM Power System AC922 | RHEL 8.4 |
| 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 8.6 |
| IBM Power System S822LC | RHEL 8.4 |
| 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 8.6 |
| IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 | RHEL 8.4 |
| IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 | RHEL 7.6 |
| IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 | SLES 15.4 |
| IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 | SLES 12.5 |
| IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 | Ubuntu 18.04.2 |
| IBM iDataPlex M4 DX360 | Ubuntu 16.04.6 |