[Linux-cluster] power controller is interal/loss of pwer prevents failover: any ideas

[Lon Hohberger]

On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 11:16 -0700, Rick Rodgers wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good solution to providing good failover 
> for somthing like a Dell 1850? The issue here is that the power 
> souce plug in the back provides power for both the internal power
> controller
> and the node itself. So if you pull the cord it will not failover
> because
> it can not Stonith the failed node (power controller is down also).

Generally, you can't handle this without external fencing.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-cluster/2006-September/msg00026.html

-- Lon