[Linux-cluster] Fencing using iDRAC/ Dell M600

David J Craigon david at craigon.co.uk
Wed Jul 30 15:37:51 UTC 2008


It turns out that the right way to do this is use what Dell call
"CMC"- a device that manages all the blades, not just one (just like
the DRAC/MC). This is like a mix of the Dell DRAC/MC and DRAC 5 in
fence_drac.

I've written a patch that adds support for the CMC to fence_drac. This
is my first patch ever using git, so hopefully it's good for you.

This has been tested on a CMC, but it also changes the code for a Dell
1950. I'm going to get a 1950 and test it tomorrow.

Feedback welcomed!

David

---
 fence/agents/drac/fence_drac.pl |   36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fence/agents/drac/fence_drac.pl b/fence/agents/drac/fence_drac.pl
index f199814..f96ef22 100644
--- a/fence/agents/drac/fence_drac.pl
+++ b/fence/agents/drac/fence_drac.pl
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ my $DRAC_VERSION_MC			= 'DRAC/MC';
 my $DRAC_VERSION_4I			= 'DRAC 4/I';
 my $DRAC_VERSION_4P			= 'DRAC 4/P';
 my $DRAC_VERSION_5			= 'DRAC 5';
+my $DRAC_VERSION_CMC   			= 'CMC';

 my $PWR_CMD_SUCCESS			= "/^OK/";
 my $PWR_CMD_SUCCESS_DRAC5	= "/^Server power operation successful$/";
@@ -192,10 +193,15 @@ sub login
 	# DRAC5 prints version controller version info
 	# only after you've logged in.
 	if ($drac_version eq $DRAC_VERSION_UNKNOWN) {
-		if ($t->waitfor(Match => "/.*\($DRAC_VERSION_5\)/m")) {
+	
+		if (my ($prematch,$match)=$t->waitfor(Match =>
"/.*(\($DRAC_VERSION_5\)|$DRAC_VERSION_CMC)/m")) {
+		    if ($match=~/$DRAC_VERSION_CMC/) {
+			$drac_version =  $DRAC_VERSION_CMC;
+		    } else {
 			$drac_version = $DRAC_VERSION_5;
+		    }
 			$cmd_prompt = "/\\\$ /";
-			$PWR_CMD_SUCCESS = $PWR_CMD_SUCCESS_DRAC5;
+		    $PWR_CMD_SUCCESS = $PWR_CMD_SUCCESS_DRAC5;
 		} else {
 			print "WARNING: unable to detect DRAC version '$_'\n";
 		}
@@ -228,8 +234,10 @@ sub set_power_status
 	}
 	elsif ($drac_version eq $DRAC_VERSION_5) {
 		$cmd = "racadm serveraction $svr_action";
-	} else
-	{
+	}
+	elsif ($drac_version eq $DRAC_VERSION_CMC) {
+		$cmd = "racadm serveraction -m $modulename $svr_action";
+	} else {
 		$cmd = "serveraction -d 0 $svr_action";
 	}

@@ -271,6 +279,11 @@ sub set_power_status
 		}
 	}
 	fail "failed: unexpected response: '$err'" if defined $err;
+
+	# on M600 blade systems, after power on or power off, status takes a
couple of seconds to report correctly. Wait here before checking
status again
+	sleep 5;
+
+
 }


@@ -285,6 +298,8 @@ sub get_power_status

 	if ($drac_version eq $DRAC_VERSION_5) {
 		$cmd = "racadm serveraction powerstatus";
+	} elsif ($drac_version eq $DRAC_VERSION_CMC) {
+	    $cmd = "racadm serveraction powerstatus -m $modulename";
 	} else {
 		$cmd = "getmodinfo";
 	}
@@ -306,7 +321,7 @@ sub get_power_status

 	fail "failed: unkown dialog exception: '$_'" unless (/^$cmd$/);

-	if ($drac_version ne $DRAC_VERSION_5) {
+	if ($drac_version ne $DRAC_VERSION_5 && $drac_version ne $DRAC_VERSION_CMC) {
 		#Expect:
 		#  #<group>     <module>    <presence>  <pwrState>  <health>  <svcTag>
 		#   1  ---->     chassis    Present         ON      Normal    CQXYV61
@@ -335,6 +350,11 @@ sub get_power_status
 			if(m/^Server power status: (\w+)/) {
 				$status = lc($1);
 			}
+		}
+		elsif ($drac_version eq $DRAC_VERSION_CMC) {
+			if(m/^(\w+)/) {
+			    $status = lc($1);
+			}
 		} else {
 			my ($group,$arrow,$module,$presence,$pwrstate,$health,
 				$svctag,$junk) = split /\s+/;
@@ -364,7 +384,8 @@ sub get_power_status
 	}

 	$_=$status;
-	if(/^(on|off)$/i)
+	
+	if (/^(on|off)$/i)
 	{
 		# valid power states
 	}
@@ -440,6 +461,7 @@ sub do_action
 		}
 			
 		set_power_status on;
+		
 		fail "failed: $_" unless wait_power_status on;

 		msg "success: powered on";
@@ -641,7 +663,7 @@ if ($drac_version eq $DRAC_VERSION_III_XT)
 	fail "failed: option 'modulename' not compatilble with DRAC version
'$drac_version'"
 		if defined $modulename;
 }
-elsif ($drac_version eq $DRAC_VERSION_MC)
+elsif ($drac_version eq $DRAC_VERSION_MC || $drac_version eq $DRAC_VERSION_CMC)
 {
 	fail "failed: option 'modulename' required for DRAC version '$drac_version'"
 		unless  defined $modulename;
-- 
1.5.5.1


>From 2899ae4468a69b89346cafba13022a9b214404f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David J Craigon <david at craigon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:34:24 +0100
Subject: Add a comment to state the CMC version this script works on

---
 fence/agents/drac/fence_drac.pl |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fence/agents/drac/fence_drac.pl b/fence/agents/drac/fence_drac.pl
index f96ef22..11cc771 100644
--- a/fence/agents/drac/fence_drac.pl
+++ b/fence/agents/drac/fence_drac.pl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #  PowerEdge 1850	DRAC 4/I	1.35 (Build 09.27)
 #  PowerEdge 1850	DRAC 4/I	1.40 (Build 08.24)
 #  PowerEdge 1950	DRAC 5		1.0  (Build 06.05.12)
+#  PowerEdge M600	CMC		1.01.A05.200803072107
 #

 use Getopt::Std;
-- 
1.5.5.1



2008/7/30 Marek 'marx' Grac <mgrac at redhat.com>:
> David J Craigon wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've been given the job of getting a box of Dell blades (an M600)
>> fencing correctly using the onboard DRACs (which Dell call an iDRAC).
>> As far as I can tell, no one has done this- none of the existing
>> fence_ scripts appear to do the trick. The command line interface is
>> very different from a traditional Dell DRAC.
>>
>> Has anyone already done this? I'm going to write a fence script to do
>> this, but I thought I'd check before I wasted my time.
>>
>>
>
> If it  is possible please use an exisiting infrastructure for fencing agents
> (branch MASTER). You can just modify get/set status in one of the existing
> (close enough) agents. If you can give me an access to this device for few
> hours, I have no problem to write it. If you will have any questing about
> writing fencing agents don't bother and ask for help.
>
> marx,
> Fence Master :)
>
> --
> Marek Grac
> Red Hat Czech s.r.o.
>
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