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5.3. Displaying Device-Specific Fencing Options
Use the following command to view the options for the specified STONITH agent.
pcs stonith describe stonith_agent
For example, the following command displays the options for the fence agent for APC over telnet/SSH.
# pcs stonith describe fence_apc
Stonith options for: fence_apc
ipaddr (required): IP Address or Hostname
login (required): Login Name
passwd: Login password or passphrase
passwd_script: Script to retrieve password
cmd_prompt: Force command prompt
secure: SSH connection
port (required): Physical plug number or name of virtual machine
identity_file: Identity file for ssh
switch: Physical switch number on device
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
action (required): Fencing Action
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
power_timeout: Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF
shell_timeout: Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command
login_timeout: Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login
power_wait: Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF
delay: Wait X seconds before fencing is started
retry_on: Count of attempts to retry power on
Warning
For fence agents that provide a
method option, a value of cycle is unsupported and should not be specified, as it may cause data corruption.

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