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NAME fence_eps - Fence agent for ePowerSwitch

DESCRIPTION fence_eps is an I/O Fencing agent which can be used with the ePower- Switch 8M+ power switch to fence connected machines. Fence agent works ONLY on 8M+ device, because this is only one, which has support for hidden page feature.

Agent basically works by connecting to hidden page and pass appropriate arguments to GET request. This means, that hidden page feature must be enabled and properly configured.

fence_eps accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_eps can be run by itself with command line options. This is use- ful for testing and for turning outlets on or off from scripts.

Vendor URL: http://www.epowerswitch.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.

-c, --page=<page> Name of hidden page (Default Value: hidden.htm)

-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: ,)

--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 Display the XML metadata describing this resource.

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.

hidden_page Name of hidden page (Default Value: hidden.htm)

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: ,)

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

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

fence_eps (Fence Agent) 2009-10-20 FENCE_AGENT(8)