OSCAR 2.2.1 released

Oak Ridge 22 April 2003 The OSCAR working group released version 2.2.1 of the Open Source Cluster Application Resources (OSCAR) toolkit. This release offers full IA-64 support with the inclusion of updated SIS and Kernel_Picker packages. OSCAR (Open Source Cluster Application Resource) is a snapshot of the best known methods for building, programming, and using clusters. It consists of a fully integrated and easy to install software bundle designed for high performance cluster computing.

The supported distributions include RedHat 7.2 and 7.3 as well as Mandrake

8.2. There is experimental support for RedHat 7.1 and Mandrake 9.0.

Feature list of 2.2+ are:

  • RedHat 7.2, 7.3 and Mandrake 8.2 supported
  • RedHat 7.1 and Mandrake 9.0 experimentally supported
  • IA-64 Support
  • SIS update, including SystemImager 3.0
  • Kernel_Picker updated (tool to assist with alt kernel usage)
  • Import/export MAC addresses from/to a file
  • MAC address auto-assign and auto-dhcpd restart
  • OSCAR Database (ODA) enhancements
  • OSCAR Package Downloader (OPD) updated
  • C3 updated
  • LAM/MPI updated

This release is available for download at the OSCAR project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/oscar/

The OSCAR group invites interested users to attend the first annual OSCAR Symposium this May 11-14, 2003 in Sherbrooke, Canada http://oscar2003.ccs.usherbrooke.ca/ .

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