[Linux-cluster] 2-node cluster and fence_drac

[James Parsons]

hai wu wrote:

> The one I am using is ERA, which is almost the same as DRAC III/XT, 
> except it is an embeded DRAC card on motherboard, compared to DRAC 
> III/XT, which is a seperate added DRAC card. But the telnet prompt 
> does not have the matching pattern in /sbin/fence_drac file, so I just 
> added the following to the file, which works now.
>  
> Thanks,
> Hai

Hai,

So, you are saying that if you are using a DRAC ERA card, and you set 
the $drac_version in the script to $DRAC_VERSION_III_XT, then the fence 
agent works? If so, we'll patch the agent accordingly. Please confirm.

-J

>  
>        if (/Dell Embedded Remote Access Controller \(ERA\)\nFirmware 
> Version/m)
>         {
>                 $drac_version = $DRAC_VERSION_III_XT;
>         } else {
>         if (/.*\((DRAC[^)]*)\)/m)
>         {
>                 print "detected drac version '$1'\n" if $verbose;
>                 $drac_version = $1 unless defined $drac_version;
>
>                 print "WARNING: detected drac version '$1' but using "
>                         . "user defined version '$drac_version'\n"
>                         if ($drac_version ne $1);
>         }
>         else
>         {
>                 print "WARNING: unable to detect DRAC version '$_'\n";
>                 $drac_version = $DRAC_VERSION_UNKNOWN;
>         }
>         }
>
>
>
> On 8/9/06, *James Parsons* <jparsons at redhat.com 
> <mailto:jparsons at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>     hai wu wrote:
>
>     > I got the following prompts after telneting to the drac port,
>     maybe a
>     > simple upgrade for the firmware would fix this issue:
>     >
>     > Dell Embedded Remote Access Controller (ERA)
>     > Firmware Version 3.31 (Build 07.15)
>     > Login:
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Hai
>
>     Oops. Sorry. Unsupported version. If you want, you could hack the
>     agent
>     script (it is in perl) and get it to accept that version and just
>     *see*
>     if it works -- it might. I tried looking for documentation for that
>     firmware rev and couldn't google any. If you know of some, drop me a
>     line and maybe we can get something working - or at least know if it
>     *will ever* work. :)
>
>     -J
>
>     BTW, the agent supports DRAC III/XT, DRAC MC, and DRAC 4/I.
>
>     >
>     > On 8/9/06, *James Parsons* < jparsons at redhat.com
>     <mailto:jparsons at redhat.com>
>     > <mailto:jparsons at redhat.com <mailto:jparsons at redhat.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     hai wu wrote:
>     >
>     >     > I got the following errors after "reboot -fn" on
>     erd-tt-eproof1,
>     >     which
>     >     > script do I need to change?
>     >     >
>     >     > Aug  9 15:35:40 erd-tt-eproof2 kernel: CMAN: removing node
>     >     > erd-tt-eproof1 from t
>     >     > he cluster : Missed too many heartbeats
>     >     > Aug  9 15:35:40 erd-tt-eproof2 fenced[3437]:
>     erd-tt-eproof1 not a
>     >     > cluster member
>     >     >  after 0 sec post_fail_delay
>     >     > Aug  9 15:35:40 erd-tt-eproof2 fenced[3437]: fencing node
>     >     "erd-tt-eproof1"
>     >     > Aug  9 15:35:42 erd-tt-eproof2 fenced[3437]: agent
>     "fence_drac"
>     >     > reports: WARNING
>     >     > : unable to detect DRAC version ' Dell Embedded Remote Access
>     >     > Controller (ERA) F
>     >     > irmware Version 3.31 (Build 07.15) ' WARNING: unsupported DRAC
>     >     version
>     >     > '__unknow
>     >     > n__' failed: unable to determine power state
>     >     >
>     >     > This is DRAC on Dell PE2650.
>     >     > Thanks,
>     >     > Hai
>     >
>     >     Do you know what DRAC version you are using? Can you please
>     telnet
>     >     into
>     >     the drac port and find out what it says when it starts your
>     session?
>     >
>     >     Thanks,
>     >
>     >     -J
>     >
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