XCAT_2.0.2_Release_Notes

xCAT 2.0.2 Release Notes

Changes from 2.0.1:

Behavior Change

xCAT noderange syntax behavior has changed. Previously, commas and @ were evaluated at equal priority left to right. Now, @ is evaluated before commas. Examples:

This change is to be more xCAT 1.x like with respect to noderange expansion.

Feature enhancements

  • xCAT servers now will generally precede "unexpected client disconnects" with a more useful message.
  • rsetboot support for floppy boot devices in IPMI systems that support it

Bug fixes:

  • Fix severe makedns bug where it didn't work
  • Fix severe makehosts bug where it didn't work.
  • authorized_keys permission is now checked to make sure nodes can retrieve the file.
  • Fix noderange bug where parentheses used in certain positions could cause tasks to abort
  • Fix problem where copycds would on occasion not cleanly unmount on completion
  • IPMI spreset now translates BMC provided messages like other commands
  • Fix init script on RH4 to operate more as expected
  • Fix problem with 'rspconfig mm sshcfg'
  • Understand SLES hint for timezone as well as RH
  • Ignore occurrences of 127.0.0.0 networks when presented in certain places
  • Provide hint in nfs stateless for init scripts to understand the netdev root
  • Add missing perl-IO-Tty dependency for SLES dependency resolving at install time
  • Fix SLES path check to be at command execution time in makedns rather than service startup
  • Fix problem where wcons menu font was unreadable if an unreadable font was used for the actual console
  • Fix to allow RH4 systems to pack images for other platforms. RH4 images still not supported.
  • Stateless image creation fix for case where image build host kernel was preferred incorrectly over another valid option
  • Various documentation corrections

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