Try to run the fence agent manually. See if it works. Most likely the problem is fenced cannot successfully run the program to power down the switch. Post your results. Ex: fence_apc_snmp -v -a oc-index3 -c <passwd> -n 18 -o off -----Original Message----- From: linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Sheets Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 6:06 AM To: linux clustering Subject: fence_apc_snmp woes I have a 2 node cluster on debian. Below is my cluster.conf. If I down node1's nic node2 sees and tries to fence Aug 24 10:57:38 oc-index4 fenced[7599]: oc-index3 not a cluster member after 0 sec post_fail_delay Aug 24 10:57:38 oc-index4 fenced[7599]: fencing node "oc-index3" Aug 24 10:57:38 oc-index4 fence_manual: Node 172.16.14.100 needs to be reset before recovery can procede. Waiting for 172.16.14.100 to rejoin the cluster or for manual acknowledgement that it has been reset (i.e. fence_ack_manual -n 172.16.14.100) Aug 24 10:59:34 oc-index4 fenced[7599]: fence "oc-index3" success It states that it's fencing, but never does, and if I do a fence_ack_manual, then fence_apc_snmp gets run and the node1 gets powered down. what am I missing? <?xml version="1.0"?> <cluster name="index" config_version="2"> <cman two_node="1" expected_votes="1"> </cman> <clusternodes> <clusternode name="oc-index3" votes="1"> <fence> <method name="single"> <device name="oc-cab1-pdu2" port="18" option="off"/> </method> </fence> </clusternode> <clusternode name="oc-index4" votes="1"> <fence> <method name="single"> <device name="oc-cab1-pdu1" port="16" option="off"/> </method> </fence> </clusternode> </clusternodes> <fencedevices> <fencedevice name="oc-cab1-pdu2" agent="fence_apc_snmp" ipaddr="172.16.14.9" login="apc" passwd="xxxx"/> <fencedevice name="oc-cab1-pdu1" agent="fence_apc_snmp" ipaddr="172.16.14.8" login="apc" passwd="xxxx"/> </fencedevices> </cluster> -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster