XCAT_2.16.3_Release_Notes
Mark Gurevich edited this page Jan 21, 2022
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RHEL 8.4
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Beta support for Oracle Linux 8.4 and Rocky Linux 8.4
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For complete list of supported operating systems see xCAT2 Release Information and Compute node support matrix
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Updated xCAT Genesis Base (xCAT-genesis-base-ppc64-2.16.3) to support IBM Power System AC922 servers out of the box and no longer require rebuilding after installation
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Virtual Machine QEMU-KVM machine type can now be configured via vmothersetting=machine
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xNBA has been updated to an iPXE 1.21.1 base
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xCAT Genesis boot for x86_64 updated to no longer use elilo during UEFI boot
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Improvements to the logic for disabling firewalld during node installation on RHEL 8
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Improvements to go-xcat to display more accurate "In Repository" information on RHEL based systems
xCAT documentation is hosted on ReadTheDocs: http://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/
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xcat-core
- RHEL/SLES - xcat-core-2.16.3-linux.tar.bz2
- Ubuntu - xcat-core-2.16.3-ubuntu.tar.bz2
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xcat-dep
- RHEL/SLES - xcat-dep-2.16.3-linux.tar.bz2
- Ubuntu - xcat-dep-2.16.3-ubuntu.tar.bz2
| Hardware Platform | Operating System |
|---|---|
| IBM Power System AC922 | RHEL 8.4 |
| 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 8.4 |
| 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 8.4 |
| 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 |
Pull Requests and Issues Resolved
- Mar 08, 2023: xCAT 2.16.5 released.
- Jun 20, 2022: xCAT 2.16.4 released.
- Nov 17, 2021: xCAT 2.16.3 released.
- May 25, 2021: xCAT 2.16.2 released.
- Nov 06, 2020: xCAT 2.16.1 released.
- Jun 17, 2020: xCAT 2.16 released.
- Mar 06, 2020: xCAT 2.15.1 released.
- Nov 11, 2019: xCAT 2.15 released.
- Mar 29, 2019: xCAT 2.14.6 released.
- Dec 07, 2018: xCAT 2.14.5 released.
- Oct 19, 2018: xCAT 2.14.4 released.
- Aug 24, 2018: xCAT 2.14.3 released.
- Jul 13, 2018: xCAT 2.14.2 released.
- Jun 01, 2018: xCAT 2.14.1 released.
- Apr 20, 2018: xCAT 2.14 released.
- Mar 14, 2018: xCAT 2.13.11 released.
- Jan 26, 2018: xCAT 2.13.10 released.
- Dec 18, 2017: xCAT 2.13.9 released.
- Nov 03, 2017: xCAT 2.13.8 released.
- Sep 22, 2017: xCAT 2.13.7 released.
- Aug 10, 2017: xCAT 2.13.6 released.
- Jun 30, 2017: xCAT 2.13.5 released.
- May 19, 2017: xCAT 2.13.4 released.
- Apr 14, 2017: xCAT 2.13.3 released.
- Feb 24, 2017: xCAT 2.13.2 released.
- Jan 13, 2017: xCAT 2.13.1 released.
- Dec 09, 2016: xCAT 2.13 released.
- Dec 06, 2016: xCAT 2.9.4 (AIX only) released.
- Nov 11, 2016: xCAT 2.12.4 released.
- Sep 30, 2016: xCAT 2.12.3 released.
- Aug 19, 2016: xCAT 2.12.2 released.
- Jul 08, 2016: xCAT 2.12.1 released.
- May 20, 2016: xCAT 2.12 released.
- Apr 22, 2016: xCAT 2.11.1 released.
- Mar 11, 2016: xCAT 2.9.3 (AIX only) released.
- Dec 11, 2015: xCAT 2.11 released.
- Nov 11, 2015: xCAT 2.9.2 (AIX only) released.
- Jul 30, 2015: xCAT 2.10 released.
- Jul 30, 2015: xCAT migrates from sourceforge to github
- Jun 26, 2015: xCAT 2.7.9 released.
- Mar 20, 2015: xCAT 2.9.1 released.
- Dec 12, 2014: xCAT 2.9 released.
- Sep 5, 2014: xCAT 2.8.5 released.
- May 23, 2014: xCAT 2.8.4 released.
- Jan 24, 2014: xCAT 2.7.8 released.
- Nov 15, 2013: xCAT 2.8.3 released.
- Jun 26, 2013: xCAT 2.8.2 released.
- May 17, 2013: xCAT 2.7.7 released.
- May 10, 2013: xCAT 2.8.1 released.
- Feb 28, 2013: xCAT 2.8 released.
- Nov 30, 2012: xCAT 2.7.6 released.
- Oct 29, 2012: xCAT 2.7.5 released.
- Aug 27, 2012: xCAT 2.7.4 released.
- Jun 22, 2012: xCAT 2.7.3 released.
- May 25, 2012: xCAT 2.7.2 released.
- Apr 20, 2012: xCAT 2.7.1 released.
- Mar 19, 2012: xCAT 2.7 released.
- Mar 15, 2012: xCAT 2.6.11 released.
- Jan 23, 2012: xCAT 2.6.10 released.
- Nov 15, 2011: xCAT 2.6.9 released.
- Sep 30, 2011: xCAT 2.6.8 released.
- Aug 26, 2011: xCAT 2.6.6 released.
- May 20, 2011: xCAT 2.6 released.
- Feb 14, 2011: Watson plays on Jeopardy and is managed by xCAT!
- xCAT OS And Hw Support Matrix
- Oct 22, 2010: xCAT 2.5 released.
- Apr 30, 2010: xCAT 2.4 is released.
- Oct 31, 2009: xCAT 2.3 released. xCAT's 10 year anniversary!
- Apr 16, 2009: xCAT 2.2 released.
- Oct 31, 2008: xCAT 2.1 released.
- Sep 12, 2008: Support for xCAT 2 can now be purchased!
- June 9, 2008: xCAT breaths life into (at the time) the fastest supercomputer on the planet
- May 30, 2008: xCAT 2.0 for Linux officially released!
- Oct 31, 2007: IBM open sources xCAT 2.0 to allow collaboration among all of the xCAT users.
- Oct 31, 1999: xCAT 1.0 is born!
xCAT started out as a project in IBM developed by Egan Ford. It was quickly adopted by customers and IBM manufacturing sites to rapidly deploy clusters.