XCAT_2.2_Release_Notes

xCAT 2.2 Enhancements (compared to xCAT 2.1)

• New OS support: SLES11, AIX 5.3.10, 6.1.3
• Utilities to help manage IB networks (mostly on system p)
• Firmware upgrades for system p
• AIX hierarchical support
• Better support for dynamic service node pools
• User-defined db tables
• csm->xcat db migration tool
• enhance xdsh/xdcp support for non-root users
• system p hw ctrl enhancements: mkvm/chvm ehancements, getmacs/rnetboot/rpower performance improvements
• developers guide and updated documentation
• RMC monitoring enhancement to support event batching and IB monitoring.
• Plugin for Virtual Clusters using VirtualBox Virtual Machines
• KVM virtualization support.
• Improved pping/nodestat performance for many environments
• xcoll now attempts to abbreviate noderanges using member groups
• Improved conserver startup scaling/tolerance of downed consoles
• Support for IBM x3550 M2/x3650 M2/HS-22/dx-360 M2
• Performance enhancements in xCAT server startup
• Implement support for proxied DHCP networks
• Add support for rpower on with one-off ISO image (only supported for KVM guests at the moment)
• Support for rinv to IPMI nodes presenting DIMM/Power Supply/etc information as available
• Fix Xen/KVM rcons support hangs in hypervisors
• Support Xen stateless hypervisors via PXE
• wvid support for IBM Bladecenter, IBM servers using IMM with installed remote presence key, Xen, and KVM guests.
• Support for AIX on js21/22 blades

Known Problems

For the current list of known problems in xCAT 2.2, see the open Tracker bugs.