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XCAT Documentation
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Use the section below that applies to your cluster environment Don't know where to start? Try the xCAT iDataPlex Cluster Quick Start. Can't find the info you need? Try the user-contributed HowTos and the xCAT Redbooks and Papers. Need to download the documentation

Common xCAT Features

These features can be used in most xCAT environments.

The Basics
Setting Up a Linux xCAT Mgmt Node xCAT Commands xCAT Man Pages (http://xcat.sf.net/man1/xcat.1.html) Intro to xCAT Tables xCAT DB Table/Object Descriptions (http://xcat.sf.net/man5/xcatdb.5.html) Defining cluster nodes on System P Node Group Support Listing and Modifying the Database

Managing the Cluster

Cluster Name Resolution Parallel Commands and Inventory Postscripts and Prescripts Using Updatenode Sync-ing Config Files to Nodes syslog and auditlog Setting up NTP in xCAT Monitoring an xCAT Cluster xCAT Web Interface Quick Start Granting Users xCAT privileges Setting up LDAP in xCAT Debugging xCAT Problems

Managing Large Clusters

Choosing the Database Setting Up MySQL as the xCAT DB Setting Up PostgreSQL as the xCAT DB Setting Up DB2 as the xCAT DB Setting Up a Linux Hierarchical Cluster Hints and Tips for Large Scale Clusters

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Rolling Update Support

Advanced Topics
IBM HPC Stack in an xCAT Cluster Making Images Portable in xCAT Using Linux Driver Update Disk Highly Available Management Node External NFS Server With Linux Statelite CSM to xCAT Migration Uninstalling xCAT xCAT Port Usage XCAT 2 Security Use RAID1 In xCAT Cluster Mixed Cluster Support for SLES VLAN Configuration

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xCAT Linux Cluster with iDataPlex Servers

xCAT iDataPlex Cluster Quick Start xCAT iDataPlex Advanced Setup xCAT Linux Statelite xCAT Virtualization with VMWare xCAT Virtualization with KVM xCAT Cluster Management of Windows Updating Firmware with Bootable Media Creator Managing the Mellanox Infiniband Network

xCAT Linux Cluster with IBM BladeCenter

xCAT BladeCenter Linux Cluster xCAT BladeCenter Linux Cluster with POWER Blades (TBD) xCAT Linux Statelite xCAT Cluster Management of Windows Updating Firmware with Bootable Media Creator

xCAT Linux Cluster with non-IBM Hardware

xCAT Linux Cluster on Generic Hardware (TBD) xCAT Linux Cluster on HP Hardware

xCAT Linux Cluster with System p Servers

xCAT pLinux Clusters

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xCAT System p Hardware Management Power 775 Cluster Documentation Setting Up a Linux Hierarchical Cluster xCAT Linux Statelite Managing the Infiniband Network External NFS Server Support With Linux Statelite

xCAT Linux Cluster with zVM

xCAT zVM

xCAT AIX Cluster

xCAT AIX Cluster Overview and Mgmt Node xCAT System p Hardware Management Power 775 Cluster Documentation Setting Up an AIX Hierarchical Cluster xCAT AIX RTE Diskfull Nodes xCAT AIX mksysb Diskfull Nodes xCAT AIX Diskless Nodes (stateless,statelite,stateful) xCAT AIX POWER Blade Nodes Updating AIX Software on xCAT Nodes AIX System Migration Managing the Infiniband Network External NFS Server Support With AIX Stateless And Statelite xCAT support for NIM alternate disk installation Retrieved from "http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=XCAT_Documentation" This page was last modified on 8 February 2012, at 11:41.
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