xCAT

xCAT
Original author(s) Egan Ford
Developer(s) Egan Ford, Jarrod Johnson, Bruce Potter, Andy Wray
Initial release October 31, 1999 (1999-10-31)
Stable release
2.13.8 / November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)
Written in Perl
Operating system Linux, IBM AIX, Windows
Platform Cross-platform
Size 3 MB
Available in English
Type Distributed computing
License Eclipse Public License
Website https://xcat.org/

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.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "US energy department reveals world's fastest computer". Wikinews. 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Department of Energy's New Supercomputer is Fastest in the World". US Department of Energy. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
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