XCAT_2.13.7_Release_Notes

Highlighted Functions and Changes in Behavior

Features

Highlighted Functions

• OpenBMC support

  • rspconfig to get OpenBMC ip/netmask/gateway/vlan/hostname
  • rspconfig to copy ssh keys and set hostname
  • rflash to manage BMC/PNOR firmware
  • reventlog to read or clear event logs
  • Notes: rpower 'reset/boot' is disabled for OpenBMC

• performance enhancement

  • investigate and enhance hardware discovery process
  • investigate and enhance nodeset in hierarchical cluster
  • Add log for subroutine that access the Database
  • investigate the performance of bmcdiscover in large cluster

• For hardware discovery

  • enhance "xcatprobe clusterstatus" tool to report cluster status during or after hardware discovery
  • PDU discovery and ip/netmask/hostname configuration

• For S822LC Big Data servers

  • rflash support

• SRIOV support for ESS VMs, please reference Manage VM document for more information.

xCAT Documentation

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

Download xCAT

• xcat-core

  • RHEL/SLES - xcat-core-2.13.7-linux.tar.bz2
  • Ubuntu - xcat-core-2.13.7-ubuntu.tar.bz2

• xcat-dep

  • RHEL/SLES - xcat-dep-2.13.7-linux.tar.bz2
  • Ubuntu - xcat-dep-2.13.7-ubuntu.tar.bz2

Test Environment

Hardware Platform and Operating Systems which have been verified:

Hardware Platform	Operation System
IBM Power S822LC for HPC	RHEL 7.4
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 7.4
IBM Power 750	RHEL 6.9
IBM Power 750	SLES 11 SP4
iDataPlex M4 DX360	RHEL 7.4
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

Restrictions and Known Issues

Issue #274 rhels7.4/rhels7.2 diskless hang on Power S822LC

Issue #3700 xcatprobe switch_macmap , does not display VLAN correctly for CumulusLinux

Issue #3870 Running discover on the latest P9 Processor causes segmentation fault in dodiscovery

Issue #3513 For the latest xCAT-genesis-base, the mlx4_en driver 2.2-1 (Feb 2014) is included, it can not support Mellanox Ethernet NIC that need driver newer than 2.2-1, for more information, please reference build genesis locally with latest RH MN

Issue #3284 While selinux on KVM host was reconfigured from enforcing to disabled, rpower failed to power previous created KVM guest on