xCAT

xCAT

Original author(s)	Egan Ford
Developer(s)	Egan Ford, Jarrod Johnson, Bruce Potter, Andy Wray
Initial release	October 31, 1999
Stable release	2.12 / May 20, 2016
Development status	Active
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://web.archive.org/web/20151125065217/http://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. It 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.

External links

• xCAT Home Page
• xCAT's documentation on ReadTheDocs
• xCAT on SourceForge.net (old releases)