Created attachment 792848 [details]
cannot-handshake.png

Description of problem:
storage nodes cannot complete handshake

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
a9245fd

How reproducible:
2 out of 2

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create rhq-storage.properties file with the following data in it:
client-port=$client-port
storage-port=$storage_port
seeds=IP1,IP2,IP3
start=false
2. on each 3 machines run 
3.  ./rhq-server-4.9.0-SNAPSHOT/bin/rhqctl install --storage --storage-config=/path/to/rhq-storage.properties --agent-preference="rhq.agent.server.bind-address=$IP1"  --agent-auto-start false
4. edit rhq-server-4.9.0-SNAPSHOT/rhq-storage/conf/rhq-storage-auth.conf and add the following into it:
IP1
IP2
IP3
5. run rhqctl start on all 3 machines
6. run rhqctl install --server on IP1

Actual results:
2 of storage nodes cannot complete handshake

Expected results:
all 3 nodes finis handshaking, create a cluster with shared properties, all 3 discovered in server GUI and are available

Additional info:
screen-shot attached