hosts - a table in the xCAT database.
hosts Attributes: node, ip, hostnames, otherinterfaces, comments, disable
IP addresses and hostnames of nodes. This info is optional and is only used to populate /etc/hosts and DNS via makehosts and makedns. Using regular expressions in this table can be a quick way to populate /etc/hosts.
The node name or group name.
The IP address of the node. This is only used in makehosts. The rest of xCAT uses system name resolution to resolve node names to IP addresses.
Hostname aliases added to /etc/hosts for this node. Comma or blank separated list.
Other IP addresses to add for this node. Format: -<ext>:<ip>,<intfhostname>:<ip>,...
Any user-written notes.
Set to 'yes' or '1' to comment out this row.
nodels(1), chtab(8), tabdump(8), tabedit(8)