I have not pushed any of these packages into the update stream, but wanted to
highlight the availability for those who have interest.
xCAT 2.8.5.1 has two changes from 2.8.5 (will be present in 2.8.6 and 2.9 on
release):
-Lenovo system x enhancements (recognize Lenovo identifiers to produce the same
behavior as IBM system x)
-wvid
-rinv firmware detail
-Support to enable confluent if desired
-makeconfluentcfg (like makeconservercf, but without daemon
restarts or reloads due to confluent architecture)
-wcons/rcons support for confluent
If you are interested in 2.8.5.1, then you can install the currently unsigned
packages at https://sourceforge.net/projects/xcat/files/xcat/2.8.x_Linux/2.8.5.1
For confluent 1.0, currently it has received the most robust testing around the
ipmi console capability . It doesn't yet support terminal servers that use
telnet as efficiently as conserver would. For the rest of the console types,
confluent *should* be on equal footing with conserver efficiency-wise, but
requires manual creation of a 'shellmodule'. For example, to have support for
kvm guests:
# mkdir -p /opt/confluent/lib/python/confluent/plugins/console/
# $EDITOR /opt/confluent/lib/python/confluent/plugins/console/xcatkvm.sh
Make xcatkvm.sh look like:
#!/bin/bash
exec /opt/xcat/share/xcat/cons/kvm $CONFLUENT_NODE
I anticipate creating a confluent_xcatconsoles package with those shims for all
the console methods.
How to switch to confluent from existing conserver configuration:
service conserver stop (and make sure that conserver doesn't automatically
start using e.g. chkconfig)
service confluent start (if desired, set it to start at boot)
makeconfluentcfg <noderange> (note that confluent must already be running
before issuing this command today)
How to switch back from confluent to conserver if needed:
service confluent stop
rpm -e confluent_server confluent_client confluent_common (rcons/wcons might
otherwise get confused)
service conserver start (set to start at boot if desired)
To learn more about the capabilities of confluent and planned capabilities as
it develops: https://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/wiki/Confluent/
rpms are provided for some confluent specific dependencies:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xcat/files/confluent_dep/
and the core packages:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xcat/files/confluent/
It is also available via pypi (note that paths will change to reside under
/usr/lib/python<version> location instead of opt if electing to use pypi, and
you may receive a less tested combination of the dependencies).
Jarrod Johnson
Systems Management Architect
Lenovo
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