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FENCE_AGENT(8) System Manager's Manual FENCE_AGENT(8)

NAME

fence_ifmib - Fence agent for IF MIB

DESCRIPTION

fence_ifmib is an I/O Fencing agent which can be used with any SNMP IF-MIB capable device.

It was written with managed ethernet switches in mind, in order to fence iSCSI SAN connections. However, there are many devices that support the IF-MIB interface. The agent uses IF-MIB::ifAdminStatus to control the state of an interface.

fence_ifmib accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_ifmib 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.ietf.org/wg/concluded/ifmib.html

PARAMETERS

Fencing Action (Default Value: off)
Set the community string
-4, --inet4-only
Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only
-6, --inet6-only
Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only
IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.
Login Name
Login password or passphrase
Script to retrieve password
Physical plug number, name of virtual machine or UUID This parameter is always required.
Set authentication protocol (MD5|SHA)
Set privacy protocol password
Script to run to retrieve privacy password
Set privacy protocol (DES|AES)
Set security level (noAuthNoPriv|authNoPriv|authPriv)
Specifies SNMP version to use (1,2c,3) (Default Value: 2c)
UDP/TCP port to use for connection with device
Verbose mode
Write debug information to given file
Display version information and exit
Display help and exit
Separator for CSV created by operation list (Default Value: ,)
Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)
Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)
Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)
Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)
Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)
Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)

ACTIONS

Power on machine.
Power off machine.
This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine.
List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines if there is support for more then one device. Returns N/A otherwise.
List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines and their power state if it can be obtained without additional commands.
Check the health of fence device
Display the XML metadata describing this resource.

STDIN PARAMETERS

Fencing Action (Default Value: off)
Set the community string
Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only
Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only
IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.
Login Name
Login password or passphrase
Script to retrieve password
Physical plug number, name of virtual machine or UUID This parameter is always required.
Set authentication protocol (MD5|SHA)
Set privacy protocol password
Script to run to retrieve privacy password
Set privacy protocol (DES|AES)
Set security level (noAuthNoPriv|authNoPriv|authPriv)
Specifies SNMP version to use (1,2c,3) (Default Value: 2c)
UDP/TCP port to use for connection with device
Verbose mode
Write debug information to given file
Display version information and exit
Display help and exit
Separator for CSV created by operation list (Default Value: ,)
Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)
Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)
Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)
Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 0)
Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)
Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)
2009-10-20 fence_ifmib (Fence Agent)