.TH FENCE_AGENT 8 2009-10-20 "fence_rcd_serial (Fence Agent)"
.SH NAME
fence_rcd_serial - rcd_serial fence agent
.SH DESCRIPTION
.P
fence_rcd_serial operates a serial cable that toggles a reset of an opposing server using the reset switch on its motherboard. The cable itself is simple with no power, network or moving parts. An example of the cable is available here: https://smcleod.net/rcd-stonith/ and the circuit design is available in the fence-agents src as SVG
.P
fence_rcd_serial accepts options on the command line as well
as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the
agent. fence_rcd_serial 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: https://github.com/sammcj/fence_rcd_serial
.SH PARAMETERS

	
.TP
.B -o, --action=[action]
. 
Fencing action (Default Value: reboot)
	
.TP
.B -m, --method=[method]
. 
Method to fence (onoff|cycle) (Default Value: cycle)
	
.TP
.B --serial-port=[port]
. 
Port of the serial device (Default Value: /dev/ttyS0)
	
.TP
.B -q, --quiet
. 
Disable logging to stderr. Does not affect --verbose or --debug-file or logging to syslog.
	
.TP
.B -v, --verbose
. 
Verbose mode
	
	
.TP
.B -D, --debug-file=[debugfile]
. 
Write debug information to given file
	
.TP
.B -V, --version
. 
Display version information and exit
	
.TP
.B -h, --help
. 
Display help and exit
	
.TP
.B --delay=[seconds]
. 
Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)
	
.TP
.B --login-timeout=[seconds]
. 
Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)
	
.TP
.B --power-timeout=[seconds]
. 
Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)
	
.TP
.B --power-wait=[seconds]
. 
Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 2)
	
.TP
.B --shell-timeout=[seconds]
. 
Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)
	
.TP
.B --retry-on=[attempts]
. 
Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)

.SH ACTIONS

	
.TP
\fBreboot \fP
Reboot machine.
	
.TP
\fBmonitor \fP
Check the health of fence device
	
.TP
\fBmetadata \fP
Display the XML metadata describing this resource.
	
.TP
\fBmanpage \fP
 The operational behavior of this is not known.
	
.TP
\fBvalidate-all \fP
Validate if all required parameters are entered.

.SH STDIN PARAMETERS

	
.TP
.B action
. 
Fencing action (Default Value: reboot)
	
.TP
.B method
. 
Method to fence (onoff|cycle) (Default Value: cycle)
	
.TP
.B serial_port
. 
Port of the serial device (Default Value: /dev/ttyS0)
	
.TP
.B quiet
. 
Disable logging to stderr. Does not affect --verbose or --debug-file or logging to syslog.
	
.TP
.B verbose
. 
Verbose mode
	
	
.TP
.B debug_file
. 
Write debug information to given file Obsoletes: debug
	
.TP
.B version
. 
Display version information and exit
	
.TP
.B help
. 
Display help and exit
	
.TP
.B delay
. 
Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)
	
.TP
.B login_timeout
. 
Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)
	
.TP
.B power_timeout
. 
Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)
	
.TP
.B power_wait
. 
Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 2)
	
.TP
.B shell_timeout
. 
Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)
	
.TP
.B retry_on
. 
Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)