Dell server with Dual powers fence_ipmilan fence_node Fail

[efaith-pve]

Hi, All,

I have 3 nodes 1 Dell server (with dual power supplies) and 2 HP servers (only 1 power supplies), all of them install proxmox ve 3.1.

I found the fence_ipmilan fence_node of the Dell server does not work, error as following

fence_node node0 -vv
fence node0 dev 0.0 agent fence_ipmilan result: error from agent
agent args: nodename=node0 agent=fence_ipmilan ipaddr=192.168.1.10 lanplus=1 login=root passwd=XXXXXX power_wait=5
fence node0 failed

fence_ipmilan -l root -a 192.168.1.10 -p XXXXXX -o status
Getting status of IPMI:192.168.1.10...Chassis power = Unknown
Failed

But sometimes, fence_ipmilan, it can works
fence_ipmilan -l root -a 192.168.1.10 -p XXXXXX -o status
Getting status of IPMI:192.168.1.10...Chassis power = On
Done

fence_node node0 -vv still does not work
fence node0 dev 0.0 agent fence_ipmilan result: error from agent
agent args: nodename=node0 agent=fence_ipmilan ipaddr=192.168.1.10 lanplus=1 login=root passwd=XXXXXX power_wait=5
fence node0 failed


I am no idea to solve the problem, anyone can help.

Thanks!
Chris

 

[efaith-pve]

Hi,

I found that just remove lanplus="1" of the dell server, it works fine, configuration as following

<fencedevices>
<fencedevice agent="fence_ipmilan" ipaddr="192.168.1.10" login="root" name="ipmi1" passwd="XXXXX" power_wait="5"/>
<fencedevice agent="fence_ipmilan" ipaddr="192.168.1.11" lanplus="1" login="admin" name="ipmi2" passwd="XXXXX" power_wait="5"/>
<fencedevice agent="fence_ipmilan" ipaddr="192.168.1.12" lanplus="1" login="admin" name="ipmi3" passwd="XXXXX" power_wait="5"/>
</fencedevices>

But I don't know why it can work.
anyone know?

Thanks!

Chris

 

[tayeshaddar]

Oh, thank you!
I have same problem (maybe my english is not good, sorry):

fence_ipmilan -A md5 -a 192.168.121.112 -l ADMIN -p *** -o status
Getting status of IPMI:192.168.121.112...Chassis power = On
Done

fence_node proxmoxnode1 -S -vvv
status proxmoxnode1 dev 0.0 agent fence_ipmilan result: status error
agent args: nodename=proxmoxnode1 action=status agent=fence_ipmilan auth=md5 lanplus=1 ipaddr=192.168.121.112 login=ADMIN passwd=*** power_wait=10
status proxmoxnode1 failed -1

Now i removed lanplus="1" and it works!
fence_node proxmoxnode1 -S -vvv
status proxmoxnode1 dev 0.0 agent fence_ipmilan result: status on
agent args: port=1 nodename=proxmoxnode1 action=status agent=fence_ipmilan auth=md5 ipaddr=192.168.121.112 login=ADMIN passwd=*** power_wait=10
status proxmoxnode1 success on

This problem was on node 1. Fencing on node 2 and 3 work fine:

fence_node proxmoxnode3 -S -vvv
status proxmoxnode3 dev 0.0 agent fence_ipmilan result: status on
agent args: nodename=proxmoxnode3 action=status agent=fence_ipmilan auth=md5 lanplus=1 ipaddr=192.168.121.114 login=ADMIN passwd=*** power_wait=10
status proxmoxnode3 success on

Maybe this is bug?

 

[cesarpk]

Maybe this is bug?

I don't know if this is the problem, but...

What firmware version of IPMI have you in your Servers that have PVE installed?, and have you updated these firmwares to the latest version in both nodes?.

Always it is good perform these tasks (speaking of all firmwares of all components of the server) before of install PVE. Or if PVE was installed, a live CD of the manufacturer will be a very good option for do these tasks. For this last, your vendor can provide you.

Best regards
Cesar

 

[tayeshaddar]

Node1 (fence_node fail)
root@proxmoxnode1:~# ipmitool mc info
Device ID : 32
Device Revision : 1
Firmware Revision : 0.68
IPMI Version : 2.0
Manufacturer ID : 343
Manufacturer Name : Intel Corporation
Product ID : 40 (0x0028)
Product Name : S5000PAL
Device Available : yes
Provides Device SDRs : no
Additional Device Support :
Sensor Device
SDR Repository Device
SEL Device
FRU Inventory Device
IPMB Event Receiver
Chassis Device
Aux Firmware Rev Info :
0x00
0x43
0x00
0x03

Node3 (fence_node success)
root@proxmoxnode3:~# ipmitool mc info
Device ID : 33
Device Revision : 1
Firmware Revision : 0.32
IPMI Version : 2.0
Manufacturer ID : 343
Manufacturer Name : Intel Corporation
Product ID : 58 (0x003a)
Product Name : Unknown (0x3A)
Device Available : yes
Provides Device SDRs : no
Additional Device Support :
Sensor Device
SDR Repository Device
SEL Device
FRU Inventory Device
IPMB Event Receiver
IPMB Event Generator
Chassis Device
Aux Firmware Rev Info :
0x01
0x09
0x00
0x35