On 10/25/2012 08:55 PM, Josh Bowling wrote: > I just got a couple IBM x3200 M3 servers and decided to turn them into an > Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit based DRBD + Pacemaker/Corosync cluster. I have pretty > much everything working, but read time and time again that if I don't have > a STONITH device set up, I'm setting myself up for disaster. I've done my > best to look around and try to figure out what the best device would be for > these servers, but really have no idea. In all honesty, STONITH devices in > general are still a complete mystery to me. > > According to the x3200 M3 manual, it does have IPMI built in for remote > power management: > > Integrated IPMI 2.0 support alerts IBM Systems Director to anomalous >> environmental factors, such as >> voltage and thermal conditions. It also supports highly secure remote >> power control using data >> encryption. > > > I've seen a few tutorials on how to get the device setup with Pacemaker, > but like I said, have no idea as to what hardware I need. > Any ideas for this STONITH newbie? > > Thanks in advance!
If your servers have IPMI (usually part of IBM's RSA out-of-band management), then you are most of the way there. I've got a basic IPMI tutorial that might help (it's for RHEL / CentOS, but the tools should be common to Debian / Ubuntu); https://alteeve.ca/w/IPMI As soon as you can check the power status (and power on/off) the nodes, you will be good. Adding support to pacemaker is then done via the 'fence_ipmilan' fence agent. hth -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education? _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
