Bug 576036 – ipmi fence failed

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Bug 576036 - ipmi fence failed

Summary:	ipmi fence failed

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Cluster Suite
Classification:	Retired
Component:	fence (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	4
Hardware:	x86_64 Linux

Priority	urgent Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Chris Feist
QA Contact:	Cluster QE
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Depends On:	482913
Blocks:	522529 5.5TechNotes-Updates 564012
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Reported:	2010-03-22 23:37 EDT by Perry Myers
Modified:	2016-04-27 00:31 EDT (History)
CC List:	12 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	fence-1.32.68-5.el4
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: ======= Strange behavior of some HW IPMI implementations (for example IBM x3550, brand new supermicro motherboard). Consequence: ============ Old behavior: perhaps (chassis power status) chassis power off chassis power status (wait for this to return "off") chassis power on chassis power status (wait for this to return "on") and the BMC controller for some difficult to understand reason shuts itself down after the "chassis power off", so it will be not able to power on machine. Fix: ==== Add support for power cycle command, which doesn't shut BMC controller. Result: ======= Old behavior is default, so nothing change without reconfiguration. But now, there is new method option, which can have value cycle, what will cause a new behavior (use ipmi power cycle command). Example of usage:... <fencedevices> <fencedevice agent="fence_ipmilan_new" ipaddr="1.2.3.4" login="root" name="ipmifd1" passwd="password" method="cycle" /> ...
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Clone Of:	482913
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Last Closed:	2011-02-16 11:15:26 EST
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Backported patch (8.42 KB, patch) 2010-03-23 11:26 EDT, Jan Friesse	no flags	Details \| Diff
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2011:0266	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: fence security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2011-02-16 11:14:08 EST

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Comment 1 Jan Friesse 2010-03-23 11:26:53 EDT

Created attachment 402083 [details]
Backported patch

Patch adding power cycle:

Default behaviour (off/get status/on) doesn't work on
some IPMI implementations, because chasiss power off will
turn off IPMI management card. Next power on cannot be
done automatically. But it looks, like chassis power cycle
is supported and do what we need -> reset machine.

Patch add support for -M (method) option, which can have
values:
- onoff - default old behaviour
- cycle - use new power cycle

Comment 2 Jan Friesse 2010-03-23 11:27:16 EDT

Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

New Contents:
Cause:
=======
Strange behavior of some HW IPMI implementations (for example IBM x3550, brand new supermicro motherboard).

Consequence:
============
Old behavior:
perhaps (chassis power status)
chassis power off
chassis power status (wait for this to return "off")
chassis power on
chassis power status (wait for this to return "on")

and the BMC controller for some difficult to understand reason shuts itself
down after the "chassis power off", so it will be not able to power on machine.

Fix:
====
Add support for power cycle command, which doesn't shut BMC controller.

Result:
=======
Old behavior is default, so nothing change without reconfiguration. But now, there is new method option, which can have value cycle, what will cause a new behavior (use ipmi power cycle command).

Example of usage:...

  <fencedevices>
                <fencedevice agent="fence_ipmilan_new" ipaddr="1.2.3.4"
login="root" name="ipmifd1" passwd="password" method="cycle" />
...

Comment 5 Peter Robinson 2010-04-13 04:15:41 EDT

Is there an ETA as to when this will be released?

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2011-02-16 11:15:26 EST

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html

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