NAME¶

fence_brocade - Fence agent for HP Brocade over telnet/ssh

DESCRIPTION¶

fence_brocade is an I/O Fencing agent which can be used with Brocade FC switches. It logs into a Brocade switch via telnet and disables a specified port. Disabling the port which a machine is connected to effectively fences that machine. Lengthy telnet connections to the switch should be avoided while a GFS cluster is running because the connection will block any necessary fencing actions. After a fence operation has taken place the fenced machine can no longer connect to the Brocade FC switch. When the fenced machine is ready to be brought back into the GFS cluster (after reboot) the port on the Brocade FC switch needs to be enabled. This can be done by running fence_brocade and specifying the enable action

fence_brocade accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_brocade 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.brocade.com

PARAMETERS¶

-o, --action=[action]

Fencing Action (Default Value: off)

-c, --command-prompt=[prompt]

Force Python regex for command prompt (Default Value: ['> '])

-k, --identity-file=[filename]

Identity file for ssh

-4, --inet4-only

Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only

-6, --inet6-only

Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only

-a, --ip=[ip]

IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.

-u, --ipport=[port]

TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 23)

-l, --username=[name]

Login Name This parameter is always required.

-p, --password=[password]

Login password or passphrase

-S, --password-script=[script]

Script to retrieve password

-n, --plug=[id]

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

-x, --ssh

SSH connection

--ssh-options=[options]

SSH options to use

-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=[seconds]

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

--login-timeout=[seconds]

Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)

--power-timeout=[seconds]

Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)

--power-wait=[seconds]

Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)

--shell-timeout=[seconds]

Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)

--retry-on=[attempts]

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

--ssh-path=[path]

Path to ssh binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/ssh)

--telnet-path=[path]

Path to telnet binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/telnet)

ACTIONS¶

on

Power on machine.

off

Power off 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.

list-status

List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines and their power state if it can be obtained without additional commands.

monitor

Check the health of fence device

metadata

Display the XML metadata describing this resource.

STDIN PARAMETERS¶

action

Fencing Action (Default Value: off)

cmd_prompt

Force Python regex for command prompt (Default Value: ['> '])

identity_file

Identity file for ssh

inet4_only

Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only

inet6_only

Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only

ipaddr

IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.

ipport

TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 23)

login

Login Name This parameter is always required.

passwd

Login password or passphrase

passwd_script

Script to retrieve password

port

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

secure

SSH connection

ssh_options

SSH options to use

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)

login_timeout

Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)

power_timeout

Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)

power_wait

Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)

shell_timeout

Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)

retry_on

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

ssh_path

Path to ssh binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/ssh)

telnet_path

Path to telnet binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/telnet)