Greg, You can certainly have the two peacefully co-exist. As a matter of fact, at one point, xCAT had support for provisioning via SystemImager. xCAT has undergone a major revision since, and it's not currently an officially supported option.
Details -- at this point, neither one knows about the other, so it is possible for them to step on each others toes. Especially with regard to a handful of files/services that they both have the ability to manage. These include: * /etc/hosts * dhcpd.conf (or dhcp3.conf) * contents of /tftpboot (I think that's it...) So, jumping into the way-back machine, I remember that the way we had them integrated before was to allow xCAT to manage all of the things above. Then we simply had to get xCAT to send out the SystemImager kernel and initrd, instead of the Red Hat install kernel and initrd (for example), and off you go. Hope that's enough to get you pointed in the right direction, but your query has peaked my interest, and I expect I'll look into this again soon. Cheers, -Brian On 04/26/2011 08:25 AM, Greg Mason wrote: > Hey folks, > > I've got an xCAT server that I'd like to install systemimager on, and have > the two peacefully coexist. I've heard and read about xCAT/SI integration, > but I'm wondering if somebody could help me out with the specifics of getting > this to work. > > Thanks, > > -Greg > > > -- > Greg Mason > HPC Administrator > Michigan State University > Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research > High Performance Computing Center > > web: www.icer.msu.edu > email: gma...@msu.edu > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software > The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network > management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial > acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd > _______________________________________________ > sisuite-users mailing list > sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users -- Brian Elliott Finley Mobile: 630.447.9108 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ sisuite-users mailing list sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
