fencing using fence_ipmilan is not working
Issue
- fencing not working while using
fence_ipmilan
as fence agent. - fence of node was unsuccessfull with
fence_ipmilan
fence agent. - fencing fails with
Unable to obtain correct plug status or plug is not available#012
error -
When
fence_ipmilan
command is executed, it shows following error:$ fence_ipmilan -v -a 192.168.0.10 -l username -p password -o status -t 30 Getting status of IPMI:172.21.18.50...Spawning: '/usr/bin/ipmitool -I lan -H '172.21.18.50' -U 'admin' -P 'admin@123' -v chassis power status'... Chassis power = Unknown Failed
But the
ipmitool
command for same IPMI device completes without any errors:$ ipmitool -H 192.168.0.10 -I lanplus -U username -P password chassis power status Chassis Power is on
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6
fence_ipmilan
used for fencing
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