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)

       -c, --command-prompt=[prompt]
              Force Python regex for command prompt (Default Value: ['system>'])

       -k, --identity-file=[filename]
              Identity file (private key) for SSH

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

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

       -a, --ip=[ip]
              IP address or hostname of fencing device This parameter is always required.

       -u, --ipport=[port]
              TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 23)

       -l, --username=[name]
              Login name This parameter is always required.

       -p, --password=[password]
              Login password or passphrase

       -S, --password-script=[script]
              Script to run to retrieve password

       -n, --plug=[id]
              Physical plug number on device, UUID or identification of machine This parameter is
              always required.

       -x, --ssh
              Use SSH connection

       --ssh-options=[options]
              SSH options to use

       -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 'list' operation (Default Value: ,)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

       --ssh-path=[path]
              Path to ssh binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/ssh)

       --telnet-path=[path]
              Path to telnet binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/telnet)

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.

       list-status
              List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines and their power state if it  can
              be obtained without additional commands.

       monitor
              Check the health of fence device

       metadata
              Display the XML metadata describing this resource.

       validate-all
              Validate if all required parameters are entered.

STDIN PARAMETERS

       action Fencing action (Default Value: reboot)

       cmd_prompt
              Force Python regex for command prompt (Default Value: ['system>'])

       identity_file
              Identity file (private key) for SSH

       inet4_only
              Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only

       inet6_only
              Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only

       ipaddr IP address or hostname of fencing device This parameter is always required.

       ipport TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 23)

       login  Login name This parameter is always required.

       passwd Login password or passphrase

       passwd_script
              Script to run to retrieve password

       port   Physical plug number on device, UUID or identification of machine This parameter is
              always required.

       secure Use SSH connection

       ssh_options
              SSH options to use

       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 'list' operation (Default Value: ,)

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

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

       missing_as_off
              Missing port returns OFF instead of failure

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

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

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

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

       ssh_path
              Path to ssh binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/ssh)

       telnet_path
              Path to telnet binary (Default Value: /usr/bin/telnet)