Date Posted: November 16, 2002
Platform requirements
Platform requirements
Operating systems: RedHat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8, 9, RHAS 2.1, RHAS 3, RHAS 4, RHES 2.1, RHES 3, RHES 4, RHWS 2.1, RHWS 3, RHWS 4, RHAS4U3, RHES4U3, RHWS4U3, ROCKS 4, SL4, SLES8, SLES9, SuSE 8, SuSE 8.1, SuSE 8.2, SuSE 9.0, SuSE 9.1, SuSE 9.2, SuSE 9.3, SLES8, SLES9, Fedora Core 1, Fedora Core 2, Fedora Core 3, Fedora Core 4, Fedora Core 5, CentOS 3, CentOS 3.6, CentOS 4, CentOS 4.3 Hardware: Intel P3, P4, AMD Opteron, PPC, and IA64 are supported. Other processor types and hardware platforms have also been reported to work. The xCAT Red Book has many more details on required and nice-to-have equipment and software.Installation instructions
Installation instructions
- Download the three xCAT files:
- xcat-dist-core-1.2.0.tgz
- xcat-dist-ibm-1.2.0.tgz
- xcat-dist-doc-1.2.0.tgz
- Unpack these files into /opt/xcat as follows:
# cd /opt # tar xzvf xcat-dist-core-1.2.0.tgz # tar xzvf xcat-dist-ibm-1.2.0.tgz # tar xzvf xcat-dist-doc-1.2.0.tgz - You must also download and install the supporting open-source software. Please see the links at http://xcat.org for further information. Consult the Building a Linux HPC Cluster with xCAT red book for the remainder of the installation and configuration process.
Download description
| Filename | File size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| xcat-dist-core-1.2.0.tgz | 6232KB | Tgz containing 1.2.0 xCAT Technology |
| xcat-dist-doc-1.2.0.tgz | 5364KB | Tgz file containing doc 1.2.0 xCAT Technology |
| xcat-dist-ibm-1.2.0.tgz | 54248KB | Tgz file containing 1.2.0 xCAT Technology |
