fence_bladecenter - I/O Fencing agent for IBM Bladecenter

fence_bladecenter [OPTION]...

fence_bladecenter is an I/O Fencing agent which can be used with IBM Bladecenters with recent enough firmware that includes telnet support. It logs into a Brocade chasis via telnet and uses the command line interface to power on and off blades. fence_bladecenter accepts options on the command line or from stdin.

-a IPaddress

IP address of the Bladecenter.

-h

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

-l login

Login name for the Bladecenter.

-n blade

The blade to operate on.

-o action

The action required. Valid actions are on, off, reboot (default) and status.

-p password

Password for login.

-q

Quiet mode: print only error messages.

-V

Print out a version message, then exit.

-v debuglog

Log the telnet session to debuglog for debugging purposes.

agent = < param >

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

ipaddr = < hostname | ip >

IP address or hostname of the switch.

login = < param >

Login name.

option = < param >

The action required. disable (default) or enable.

passwd = < param >

Password for login.

blade = < param >

The blade to operate on.

debuglog = < param>

Optional parameter to send debug transcript of the telnet session to a log file

fence(8), fence_node(8)