NAME

       fence_ibmblade - Fence agent for IBM BladeCenter over SNMP

DESCRIPTION

       fence_ibmblade  is an I/O Fencing agent which can be used with IBM BladeCenter chassis. It
       issues SNMP Set request to  BladeCenter  chassis,  rebooting,  powering  up  or  down  the
       specified Blade Server.

       fence_ibmblade  accepts  options  on  the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends
       parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_ibmblade 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

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

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

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

       -d, --snmp-version=<ver>
              Specifies SNMP version to use (1,2c,3) (Default Value: 1)

       -c, --community=<community>
              Set the community string

       -b, --snmp-auth-prot=<prot>
              Set authentication protocol (MD5|SHA)

       -E, --snmp-sec-level=<level>
              Set security level (noAuthNoPriv|authNoPriv|authPriv)

       -B, --snmp-priv-prot=<prot>
              Set privacy protocol (DES|AES)

       -P, --snmp-priv-passwd=<pass>
              Set privacy protocol password

       -R, --snmp-priv-passwd-script
              Script to run to retrieve privacy password

       -u, --udpport
              UDP/TCP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 161)

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

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

       -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: 0)

       --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

       passwd Login password or passphrase

       passwd_script
              Script to retrieve password

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

       snmp_version
              Specifies SNMP version to use (1,2c,3) (Default Value: 1)

       community
              Set the community string

       snmp_auth_prot
              Set authentication protocol (MD5|SHA)

       snmp_sec_level
              Set security level (noAuthNoPriv|authNoPriv|authPriv)

       snmp_priv_prot
              Set privacy protocol (DES|AES)

       snmp_priv_passwd
              Set privacy protocol password

       snmp_priv_passwd_script
              Script to run to retrieve privacy password

       udpport
              UDP/TCP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 161)

       inet4_only
              Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only

       inet6_only
              Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only

       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: 0)

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

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