[Pacemaker] Fencing with iDrac 6 Enterprise

[Serge Dubrouski]

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Martin Aspeli <optilude+lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a two-node cluster of Dell servers. They have an iDRAC 6 Enterprise
> each. The cluster is also backed up by a UPS with a diesel generator.

Don't forget that to make it reliable you have to backup up by UPS not
only cluster nodes but all networking equipment that connects your
nodes and DRAC ports as well.

>
> I realise on-board devices like the DRAC are not ideal for fencing, but it's
> probably the best we're going to be able to do. However, I've read in some
> manuals that DRAC 6 is troublesome, and that the drac STONITH agent in
> Pacemaker only deals with version 5.
>
> Is this still current? Can anyone point me to any documentation or examples
> of configuring iDRAC 6 Enterprise for STONITH, if indeed it's possible?
>
> Thanks!
> Martin
>
>
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Serge Dubrouski.