Installation guide

Table A.11, “ Fence kdump” lists the fence device parameters used by fence_kd ump, the fence agent
for kdump crash recovery service. Note that fence_kd ump is not a replacement for traditional
fencing methods; The fence_kd ump agent can detect only that a node has entered the kd ump crash
recovery service. This allows the kdump crash recovery service to complete without being preempted
by traditional power fencing methods.
T ab le A.11. Fen ce kd u mp
lu ci Field cl uster.co n
f At t rib u t e
Descrip t io n
Name name A name for the fence_kd ump device.
IP Family famil y IP network family. The default value is auto .
IP Port
(optional)
i ppo rt IP port number that the fence_kd ump agent will use to listen for
messages. The default value is 7410.
Operation
Timeout
(seconds)
(optional)
ti meo ut Number of seconds to wait for message from failed node.
Node name no d ename Name or IP address of the node to be fenced.
Table A.12, “ Fence virt” lists the fence device parameters used by fence_vi rt, the fence agent for a
Fence virt fence device.
T ab le A.12. Fen ce virt
lu ci Field cl uster.co n
f At t rib u t e
Descrip t io n
Name name A name for the Fence virt fence device.
Serial D evice serial _d ev
i ce
On the host, the serial device must be mapped in each domain's
configuration file. For more information, see the
fence_vi rt. co nf man page. If this field is specified, it causes
the fence_vi rt fencing agent to operate in serial mode. Not
specifying a value causes the fence_vi rt fencing agent to
operate in VM channel mode.
Serial
Parameters
serial _para
ms
The serial parameters. The default is 115200, 8N1.
VM Channel IP
Address
channel _ad
d ress
The channel IP. The default value is 10.0.2.179.
Port or
Domain
(deprecated)
po rt Virtual machine (domain UUID or name) to fence.
i ppo rt The channel port. The default value is 1229, which is the value
used when configuring this fence device with lu ci.
Timeout ti meo ut Fencing timeout, in seconds. The default value is 30.
Table A.13, “ Fujitsu Siemens Remoteview Service Board (RSB)” lists the fence device parameters
used by fence_rsb, the fence agent for Fujitsu-Siemens RSB.
T ab le A.13. Fu jit su Siemen s Remo t eview Service Bo ard ( RSB)
lu ci Field cl uster.co n
f At t rib u t e
Descrip t io n
Name name A name for the RSB to use as a fence device.
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