RHEL HA fence_ipmilan receives error "Failed: Unable to obtain correct plug status or plug is not available"

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to check fence device status and results in the below error .
# fence_ipmilan  -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -P -l Administrator -p 'ppppp' -o status
Failed: Unable to obtain correct plug status or plug is not available

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (with the High Availability Add on)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (with the High Availability Add on)

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