[Linux-cluster] Fencing using APC7921

[Costi]

I had this type of problem and I had to modify the fence_apc script. 
There is another thread regarding issues with APC 7921.
This were on Fedora Core 4.
Hope this helps.



James Lapthorn wrote:
> I use RSA II cards as my primary fencing device on my IBM 3850's.  
> After some modifications to the 'fence_rsa' script it now recognises 
> 'WMN170370264' as the default card name.
>
> My secondary fencing device is and APC Power Switch APC7921.  This is 
> not a Masterswitch plus so there are two APC7921's, one for each POwer 
> supply.  When testing the the device using the following command:
>
> fence_apc -a 10.179.20.52 <http://10.179.20.52> -l apc -p apc -n 4 -v
>
> I get:
>
> failed: unrecognised menu response
>
> Here;s is the output from the /tmp/apclog.txt
> ***************************************************************************************************************** 
>
> User Name : apc
> Password  : ***
>
>
> American Power Conversion               Network Management Card 
> AOS      v2.7.0
> (c) Copyright 2004 All Rights Reserved  Rack PDU 
> APP                     v2.7.3
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>
> Name      : RackPDU                                   Date : 10/24/2000
> Contact   : Unknown                                   Time : 11:45:43
> Location  : Unknown                                   User : 
> Administrator
> Up Time   : 64 Days 0 Hours 51 Minutes                Stat : P+ N+ A+
>
> Switched Rack PDU: Communication Established
>
> ------- Control Console 
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>      1- Device Manager
>      2- Network
>      3- System
>      4- Logout
>
>      <ESC>- Main Menu, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
> >
>
> ------- Control Console 
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>      1- Device Manager
>      2- Network
>      3- System
>      4- Logout
>
>      <ESC>- Main Menu, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
> >
>
>
> American Power Conversion               Network Management Card 
> AOS      v2.7.0
> (c) Copyright 2004 All Rights Reserved  Rack PDU 
> APP                     v2.7.3
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Name      : RackPDU                                   Date : 10/24/2000
> Contact   : Unknown                                   Time : 11:45:43
> Location  : Unknown                                   User : Administrator
> Up Time   : 64 Days 0 Hours 51 Minutes                Stat : P+ N+ A+
>
> Switched Rack PDU: Communication Established
>
> ------- Control Console 
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>      1- Device Manager
>      2- Network
>      3- System
>      4- Logout
>
>      <ESC>- Main Menu, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
> >
>
> ------- Control Console 
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>      1- Device Manager
>      2- Network
>      3- System
>      4- Logout
>
>      <ESC>- Main Menu, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
> > 1
>
> ------- Device Manager 
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>      1- Phase Monitor/Configuration
>      2- Outlet Restriction Configuration
>      3- Outlet Control/Configuration
>      4- Power Supply Status
>
>      <ESC>- Back, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
> > 3
>
> ------- Outlet Control/Configuration 
> ------------------------------------------
>
>      1- leoukpdb4                ON
>      2- leoukldb4                ON
>      3- leoukpdb3                ON
>      4- leoukldb3                ON
>      5- leoukpdb2                ON
>      6- leoukldb2                ON
>      7- leoukpdb1                ON
>      8- leoukldb1                ON
>      9- Master Control/Configuration
>
>      <ESC>- Back, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
> >
>
> ------- Outlet Control/Configuration 
> ------------------------------------------
>
>      1- leoukpdb4                ON
>      2- leoukldb4                ON
>      3- leoukpdb3                ON
>      4- leoukldb3                ON
>      5- leoukpdb2                ON
>      6- leoukldb2                ON
>      7- leoukpdb1                ON
>      8- leoukldb1                ON
>      9- Master Control/Configuration
>
>      <ESC>- Back, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
> >
>
> ------- Device Manager 
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>      1- Phase Monitor/Configuration
>      2- Outlet Restriction Configuration
>      3- Outlet Control/Configuration
>      4- Power Supply Status
>
>      <ESC>- Back, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
> >
>
> ------- Control Console 
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>      1- Device Manager
>      2- Network
>      3- System
>      4- Logout
>
>      <ESC>- Main Menu, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
>
>
>
> *****************************************************************************************************************
>
> Has anybody else had problem with the APC7921.  I am going to assume 
> it's because the APC want the telnet session to type 'YES' to confirm.
>
>
>
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