fence_eps (8)

fence_eps is an I/O Fencing agent which can be used with the ePowerSwitch 8M+ power switch to fence connected machines. Fence agent works ONLY on 8M+ device, because this is only one, which has support for hidden page feature.

Agent basically works by connecting to hidden page and pass appropriate arguments to GET request. This means, that hidden page feature must be enabled and properly configured.

fence_eps accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_eps can be run by itself with command line options. This is useful for testing and for turning outlets on or off from scripts.

Vendor URL: http://www.epowerswitch.com

-o, --action=<action>

Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot)

-a, --ip=<ip>

IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.

-l, --username=<name>

Login Name

-p, --password=<password>

Login password or passphrase

-S, --password-script=<script>

Script to retrieve password

-n, --plug=<id>

Physical plug number or name of virtual machine This parameter is always required.

-c, --page=<page>

Name of hidden page (Default Value: hidden.htm)

-v, --verbose

Verbose mode

-D, --debug-file=<debugfile>

Write debug information to given file

-V, --version

Display version information and exit

-h, --help

Display help and exit

-C, --separator=<char>

Separator for CSV created by operation list (Default Value: ,)

--delay

Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)

--retry-on

Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)

on

Power on machine.

off

Power off machine.

reboot

Reboot machine.

status

This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine.

list

List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines if there is support for more then one device. Returns N/A otherwise.

monitor

Check if fencing device is running. List available plugs/virtual machines or get status of machine (if it does not support more).

metadata

The operational behavior of this is not known.

action

Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot)

ipaddr

IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.

login

Login Name

passwd

Login password or passphrase

passwd_script

Script to retrieve password

port

Physical plug number or name of virtual machine This parameter is always required.

hidden_page

Name of hidden page (Default Value: hidden.htm)

verbose

Verbose mode

debug

Write debug information to given file

version

Display version information and exit

help

Display help and exit

separator

Separator for CSV created by operation list (Default Value: ,)

delay

Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)

retry_on

Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)