NAME

       fence_bladecenter - Fence agent for IBM BladeCenter

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 as well as from stdin. Fenced sends
       parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_bladecenter 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: http://www.ibm.com

PARAMETERS

       -o, --action=<action>
              Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot)

       -a, --ip=<ip>
              IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.

       -l, --username=<name>
              Login Name This parameter is always required.

       -p, --password=<password>
              Login password or passphrase

       -S, --password-script=<script>
              Script to retrieve password

       -c, --command-prompt=<prompt>
              Force command prompt (Default Value: system>)

       -x, --ssh
              SSH connection

       -n, --plug=<id>
              Physical plug number or name of virtual machine This parameter is always  required.

       -k, --identity-file=<filename>
              Identity file for ssh

       -4, --inet4-only
              Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only

       -6, --inet6-only
              Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only

       -u, --ipport=<port>
              TCP port to use for connection with device

       -v, --verbose
              Verbose mode

       -D, --debug-file=<debugfile>
              Write debug information to given file

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit

       -h, --help
              Display help and exit

       -C, --separator=<char>
              Separator for CSV created by operation list (Default Value: ,)

       --power-timeout
              Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)

       --shell-timeout
              Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)

       --login-timeout
              Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)

       --power-wait
              Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 10)

       --missing-as-off
              Missing port returns OFF instead of failure

       --delay
              Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)

       --retry-on
              Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)

ACTIONS

       on     Power on machine.

       off    Power off machine.

       reboot Reboot machine.

       status This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine.

       list   List  available  plugs  with  aliases/virtual machines if there is support for more
              then one device. Returns N/A otherwise.

       monitor
              Check if fencing device is running. List available plugs/virtual  machines  or  get
              status of machine (if it does not support more).

       metadata
               The operational behavior of this is not known.

STDIN PARAMETERS

       action Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot)

       ipaddr IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.

       login  Login Name This parameter is always required.

       passwd Login password or passphrase

       passwd_script
              Script to retrieve password

       cmd_prompt
              Force command prompt (Default Value: system>)

       secure SSH connection

       port   Physical  plug number or name of virtual machine This parameter is always required.

       identity_file
              Identity file for ssh

       inet4_only
              Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only

       inet6_only
              Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only

       ipport TCP port to use for connection with device

       verbose
              Verbose mode

       debug  Write debug information to given file

       version
              Display version information and exit

       help   Display help and exit

       separator
              Separator for CSV created by operation list (Default Value: ,)

       power_timeout
              Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20)

       shell_timeout
              Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3)

       login_timeout
              Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5)

       power_wait
              Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 10)

       missing_as_off
              Missing port returns OFF instead of failure

       delay  Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)

       retry_on
              Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)