RHBA-2009:1516 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated cman packages that fix a bug are now available.

Description

The Cluster Manager (cman) utility provides user-level services for
managing a Linux cluster.

This update applies the following bug fix:

Add support for power cycle command to fence_ipmi, which doesn't shut down
the BMC controller.

Old behavior is still the default, so nothing changes without a
configuration change. Now there is a new method option that can have the
value "cycle", which uses the ipmi power cycle command.

Example of usage:...

<fencedevices>
<fencedevice agent="fence_ipmilan_new" ipaddr="1.2.3.4"
login="root" name="ipmifd1" passwd="password" method="cycle" />
...

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated cman packages, which resolve
this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 522529 - ipmi fence failed

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)