Ipmi Fence Device Configuration Procedure - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 Configuration Manual

Chapter 3. Configuring IPMI Management Boards as Fencing Devices
Fence Value
Agent
Component
authentication password
type
Table 3.4. Fence Agent Components to Configure for clusternode3.example.com

3.3. IPMI Fence Device Configuration Procedure

This section provides the procedure for adding an IPMI fence device to each node of cluster
ipmiclust. Each node of ipmiclust is managed by its own IPMI management board.
Use the following procedure to configure the IPMI management board as the fence device for node
clusternode1.example.com using Conga:
1. As an administrator of luci Select the cluster tab. This displays the Choose a cluster to
administer screen.
2. From the Choose a cluster to administer screen, you should see the previously
configured cluster ipmiclust displayed, along with the nodes that make up the cluster.
Click on clusternode1.example.com. This displays the configuration screen for node
clusternode1.example.com.
3. At the Main Fencing Method display, click Add a fence device to this level. This causes a
dropdown manu to display.
4. From the dropdown menu, under Create a new Fence Device, select IPMI Lan. This displays a
fence device configuration menu, as shown in
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Description
authentication type for the IPMI management board for
clusternode3.example.com
Figure 3.2, "Creating an IPMI Fence Device".