NAME
fence_bladecenter - I/O Fencing agent for IBM Bladecenter
SYNOPSIS
fence_bladecenter [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
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 or ssh and uses the command
line interface to power on and off blades. fence_bladecenter accepts
options on the command line or from stdin.
OPTIONS
-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 or for passphrase.
-S script
Script to run to retrieve password.
-k identity
Identity file (private key) for ssh connection.
-x Use secure connection over ssh.
-S path
Full path to an executable to generate the 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.
STDIN PARAMETERS
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 or for passphrase.
passwd_script = < param >
Script to run to retrieve password.
identity_file = < param >
Identity file (private key) for ssh.
secure = < param >
Use secure connection over ssh.
passwd_script = < param >
Full path to an executable to generate the 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
SEE ALSO
fence(8), fence_node(8)
fence_bladecenter(8)