On 02/04/2013 05:42 AM, Zama Ques wrote: > Hi All , > > Need help in configuring IPMI_Lan as fencing device for my cluster . The > servers I am using are of make HP ProLiant > > Since fence_ipmilan internally uses ipmitool , I was trying to > understand the use of ipmitool . For that purpose , I initially created > a user named 'admin' using ipmitool. > > ===== > > |# ipmitool user list 2 > ID Name Callin Link Auth IPMI Msg Channel Priv Limit > 1 Administrator true false true ADMINISTRATOR > 2 admin true false true USER > 3 (Empty User) true false false NO ACCESS > 4 (Empty User) true false false NO ACCESS > ______________________________ > > ]# ipmitool channel getciphers ipmi 2 > ID IANA Auth Alg Integrity Alg Confidentiality Alg > 0 N/A none none none > 1 N/A hmac_sha1 none none > 2 N/A hmac_sha1 hmac_sha1_96 none > 3 N/A hmac_sha1 hmac_sha1_96 aes_cbc_128 > > ===== > > Using the 'admin' user , I am able to execute IPMI commands successfully. > > ===== > ]# ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.2.153 -U admin -L USER chassis status > System Power : on > Power Overload : false > Power Interlock : inactive > Main Power Fault : false > ...... > ...... > ----------------------- > ]# fence_ipmilan -L USER -a 192.168.2.153 -P lanplus -l admin -p xxxxxxx -T 4 -o status -v > Getting status of IPMI:192.168.2.153...Spawning: '/usr/bin/ipmitool -I lanplus -H '192.168.2.153' -U 'ssdg' -L 'USER' -P '[set]' -v chassis power status'... > Chassis power = On > Done > ======= > > > But the same above commands fails if I use the 'Administrator' User. > > ===== > # ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.2.153 -U Administrator -L ADMINISTRATOR chassis status > Password: > Error: Unable to establish IPMI v2 / RMCP+ > session > Error sending Chassis Status command > > # ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.2.153 -U Administrator chassis status > Password: > Error: Unable to establish IPMI v2 / RMCP+ session > Error sending Chassis Status command > ======= > > I am using the default password for 'Administrator' user ||which is printed on a little cardboard card attached to the server > > Kindly guide where I went wrong ? > > Thanks in Advance > Zaman > | This appears to be a problem below fence_ipmilan. My first guess would be that something is lower-casing the "A". Can you create a user "administrator" and if so, does that work? Have you tried putting the user name in double-quotes (no idea if that would make a difference)? ie: '... -U "Administrator" ...'? -- 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-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
