[RHEV] Why fencing with HP ILO3 fails with "Host status is:unknown. Getting status of IPMI:<IP>. Chasis power = Unknown Failed" error message?

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Issue

  • Why fencing with using ipmilan via HP ILO3 fails with the below error message?

    Host status is:unknown. Getting status of IPMI:<IP>. Chasis power = Unknown Failed
    
  • The above error message is displayed when runng "Test" from RHEV-M gui after configuring fencing details in the "Edit Host" window.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization v2.2.4

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