xCAT
xCAT (Extreme Cloud Administration Toolkit) is open-source distributed computing management software developed by IBM, used for the deployment and administration of Linux or AIX based clusters.
| Original author(s) | Egan Ford |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Egan Ford, Jarrod Johnson, Bruce Potter, Andy Wray |
| Initial release | October 31, 1999 |
| Stable release | 2.15.0
/ November 11, 2019 |
| Repository | https://github.com/xcat2/xcat-core.git |
| Written in | Perl, Python, Bash |
| Operating system | Linux, IBM AIX, Windows |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Size | 5 MB |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Distributed computing |
| License | Eclipse Public License |
| Website | https://xcat.org/ |
Toolkit
xCAT can:
- Create and manage diskless clusters
- Install and manage many Linux cluster machines (physical or virtual) in parallel
- Set up a high-performance computing software stack, including software for batch job submission, parallel libraries, and other software that is useful on a cluster
- Cloning and imaging Linux and Windows machines
xCAT has specific features designed to take advantage of IBM hardware including:
- Remote Power Control
- Remote POST/BIOS console
- Serial over LAN functions
- Hardware alerts and vitals provided via SNMP and email
- Inventory and hardware management
xCAT achieved recognition in June 2008 for having been used with the IBM Roadrunner, which set a computing speed record at that time.[1][2]
xCAT is the default systems management tool of the IBM Intelligent Cluster solution.
xCAT is used by Lenovo.
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gollark: By default, unless they changed it, Windows devices are not full disk encrypted, so it's very trivial to get around that if you have a live USB for linux or something.
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gollark: Unsupported devices can, I think, still be manually updated to Windows 11. Not that you should do that, as it's bad.
References
- "US energy department reveals world's fastest computer". Wikinews. 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- "U.S. Department of Energy's New Supercomputer is Fastest in the World". US Department of Energy. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
External links
- xCAT Home Page
- xCAT's documentation on ReadTheDocs
- xCAT on SourceForge.net (old releases)
- xCAT on Github
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