NAME¶

fence_xcat - I/O Fencing agent for xcat environments

SYNOPSIS¶

fence_xcat [ OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION¶

fence_xcat is a wrapper to the rpower(1) command that is distributed with the xCAT project available at http://www.xcat.org. Use of fence_xcat requires that xcat has already been properly configured for your environment. Refer to xCAT(1) for more information on configuring xCAT. fence_xcat accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_xcat can be run by itself with command line options which is useful for testing. NOTE: It is recommended that fence_bladecenter(8) is used instead of fence_xcat if the bladecenter firmware supports telnet. This interface is much cleaner and easier to setup. Vendor URL: http://www.xcat.org

OPTIONS¶

-h

Print out a help message describing available options, then exit.

-n nodename

The nodename as defined in nodelist.tab of the xCAT setup.

-o action

The action required. on, off, reset (default) or stat.

-r rpower

The path to the rpower binary.

-q

Quiet mode: print only error messages.

-V

Print out a version message, then exit.

STDIN PARAMETERS¶

agent = < param >

This option is used by fence_node(8) and is ignored by fence_xcat.

nodename = < param >

The nodename as defined in nodelist.tab of the xCAT setup.

action = < param >

The action required. on, off, reset (default) or stat.

rpower = < param >

The path to the rpower binary.

SEE ALSO¶

fence(8), fence_node(8), fence_bladecenter(8), nodelist.tab(8), rpower(1), xCAT(1)