DESCRIPTION

fence_ipmilan is an I/O Fencing agent which can be used with machines controlled by IPMI. This agent calls support software using ipmitool (http://ipmitool.sf.net/).

To use fence_ipmilan with HP iLO 3 you have to enable lanplus option (lanplus / -P) and increase wait after operation to 4 seconds (power_wait=4 / -T 4)

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

PARAMETERS

-A

IPMI Lan Auth type (md5, password, or none)

-a

IPMI Lan IP to talk to

-p

Password (if required) to control power on IPMI device

-S

Script to retrieve password (if required)

-P

Use Lanplus

-l

Username/Login (if required) to control power on IPMI device

-o

Operation to perform. Valid operations: on, off, reboot, status, list, diag, monitor or metadata (Default Value: reboot)

-t

Timeout (sec) for IPMI operation

-C

Ciphersuite to use (same as ipmitool -C parameter)

-M

Method to fence (onoff or cycle) (Default Value: onoff)

-T

Wait X seconds after on/off operation (Default Value: 2)

-f

Wait X seconds before fencing is started

-v

Verbose mode

ACTIONS

on

Power on machine.

off

Power off machine.

reboot

Reboot machine.

status

This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine.

diag

The operational behavior of this is not known.

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.

STDIN PARAMETERS

auth

IPMI Lan Auth type (md5, password, or none)

ipaddr

IPMI Lan IP to talk to

passwd

Password (if required) to control power on IPMI device

passwd_script

Script to retrieve password (if required)

lanplus

Use Lanplus

login

Username/Login (if required) to control power on IPMI device

action

Operation to perform. Valid operations: on, off, reboot, status, list, diag, monitor or metadata (Default Value: reboot)

timeout

Timeout (sec) for IPMI operation

cipher

Ciphersuite to use (same as ipmitool -C parameter)

method

Method to fence (onoff or cycle) (Default Value: onoff)

power_wait

Wait X seconds after on/off operation (Default Value: 2)

delay

Wait X seconds before fencing is started

verbose

Verbose mode