What is xCAT?

xCAT is a collection of tools to build and administer a Linux cluster or farm of replicated IBM Netfinity or xSeries nodes.

Features

xCATs current features include:

• Remote power control (on/off/state)
• Remote hardware reset
• Remote software reset (Ctrl+Alt+Del)
• Remote OS console
• Remote POST/BIOS console
• Remote vitals (fan speed/temp/etc...)
• Remote hardware event logs
• Remote hardware inventory
• Parallel remote shell
• Parallel ping
• Parallel rsync
• Parallel copy
• Command line interface (no GUI)
• Single operations can be applied in parallel to multiple nodes
• Network installation (kickstart)
• Support for various user defined node types
• SNMP hardware alerts