NAME
fence_ipmilan - I/O Fencing agent for machines controlled by IPMI over
LAN.
SYNOPSIS
fence_ipmilan [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
fence_ipmilan is an I/O Fencing agent which can be used with machines
controlled by IPMI. This agent calls support software using ipmitool
(http://ipmitool.sf.net/).
fence_ipmilan accepts options on the command line as well as from
stdin. fenced sends the options through stdin when it execs the agent.
fence_ipmilan can be run by itself with command line options which is
useful for testing.
OPTIONS
-a IPaddress
IP address or hostname of the IPMI controller.
-h Print out a help message describing available options, then
exit.
-l login
Login (if required) with administrative privileges.
-o option
Action to perform (on, off, reboot).
-p password
Password (if required) for login.
-S path
Full path to an executable to generate the password for login.
-P Use the lanplus option if this is a lanplus capable interface
(for example iLo2)
-A Authentication Type
Can be set to none, password, md2, or md5.
-C Ciphersuite Type
If you are using lanplus, this option avails you to define type
of ciphersuite to use. Standard is 3 (defined if you just use
lanplus). For more information please refer ipmitool man page
(option -C).
-t timeout
Timeout in seconds for IPMI operation. Default is 10, but in
some cases it must be set to higher value (anything above 30 is
not recommended and may cause strange problems).
-q Quiet operation. Only print out error messages.
-V Print out a version message, then exit.
-v Verbose mode.
STDIN PARAMETERS
ipaddr = < hostname | ip >
IP address or hostname of the IPMI controller.
login= < param >
Login (if required) with administrative privileges.
option = < param >
Action to perform (on, off, reboot).
passwd = < param >
Password (if required) for login.
passwd_script = < param >
Full path to an executable to generate the password for login.
auth = < param >
Authentication type (none, password, md2, md5).
timeout = < param >
Timeout in seconds for IPMI operation. Default is 10, but in
some cases it must be set to higher value (anything above 30 is
not recommended and may cause strange problems).
cipher = < param >
If you are using lanplus, this option avails you to define type
of ciphersuite to use. Standard is 3 (defined if you just use
lanplus). For more information please refer ipmitool man page
(option -C).
lanplus
If we are using the lanplus option for ipmitool
SEE ALSO
fence(8), fence_node(8), ipmitool(1)
fence_ipmilan(8)