FENCE_AGENT

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NAME

fence_eps - Fence agent for ePowerSwitch

DESCRIPTION

fence_eps is an I/O Fencing agent which can be used with the ePowerSwitch 8M+ power switch to fence connected machines. Fence agent works ONLY on 8M+ device, because this is only one, which has support for hidden page feature.

Agent basically works by connecting to hidden page and pass appropriate arguments to GET request. This means, that hidden page feature must be enabled and properly configured.

fence_eps accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_eps can be run by itself with command line options. This is useful for testing and for turning outlets on or off from scripts.

Vendor URL: http://www.epowerswitch.com

PARAMETERS

-o, --action=<action>: Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot)
-a, --ip=<ip>: IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.
-l, --username=<name>: Login Name
-p, --password=<password>: Login password or passphrase
-S, --password-script=<script>: Script to retrieve password
-n, --plug=<id>: Physical plug number or name of virtual machine This parameter is always required.
-v, --verbose: Verbose mode
-D, --debug-file=<debugfile>: Write debug information to given file
-V, --version: Display version information and exit
-h, --help: Display help and exit
-C, --separator=<char>: Separator for CSV created by operation list (Default Value: ,)

ACTIONS

on: Power on machine.
off: Power off machine.
reboot: Reboot machine.
status: This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine.
list: List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines if there is support for more then one device. Returns N/A otherwise.
monitor: Check if fencing device is running. List available plugs/virtual machines or get status of machine (if it does not support more).
metadata: The operational behavior of this is not known.

STDIN PARAMETERS

action: Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot)
ipaddr: IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.
login: Login Name
passwd: Login password or passphrase
passwd_script: Script to retrieve password
port: Physical plug number or name of virtual machine This parameter is always required.
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 (Default Value: ,)

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