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NAME

       fence_eps - Fence agent for ePowerSwitch

DESCRIPTION

       fence_eps   is an I/O Fencing agent which can be used with the ePowerSwitch 8M+ power switch to fence connected machines. Fence agent works
       ONLY on 8M+ device, because this is only one, which has support for hidden page feature.

       Agent basically works by connecting to hidden page and pass appropriate arguments to GET request. This means, that hidden page feature must
       be enabled and properly configured.

       fence_eps  accepts  options  on	the  command  line  as	well as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent.
       fence_eps can be run by itself with command line options.  This is useful for testing and for turning outlets on or off from scripts.

       Vendor URL: http://www.epowerswitch.com

PARAMETERS


       -o, --action=<action>
	      Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot)

       -a, --ip=<ip>
	      IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.

       -l, --username=<name>
	      Login Name

       -p, --password=<password>
	      Login password or passphrase

       -S, --password-script=<script>
	      Script to retrieve password

       -n, --plug=<id>
	      Physical plug number or name of virtual machine This parameter is always required.

       -c, --page=<page>
	      Name of hidden page (Default Value: hidden.htm)

       -v, --verbose
	      Verbose mode

       -D, --debug-file=<debugfile>
	      Write debug information to given file

       -V, --version
	      Display version information and exit

       -h, --help
	      Display help and exit

       -C, --separator=<char>
	      Separator for CSV created by operation list (Default Value: ,)

       --delay
	      Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)

       --retry-on
	      Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)

ACTIONS


       on     Power on machine.

       off    Power off machine.

       reboot Reboot machine.

       status This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine.

       list   List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines if there is support for more then one device. Returns N/A otherwise.

       monitor
	      Check if fencing device is running. List available plugs/virtual machines or get status of machine (if it does  not  support  more).

       metadata
	       The operational behavior of this is not known.

STDIN PARAMETERS


       action Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot)

       ipaddr IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required.

       login  Login Name

       passwd Login password or passphrase

       passwd_script
	      Script to retrieve password

       port   Physical plug number or name of virtual machine This parameter is always required.

       hidden_page
	      Name of hidden page (Default Value: hidden.htm)

       verbose
	      Verbose mode

       debug  Write debug information to given file

       version
	      Display version information and exit

       help   Display help and exit

       separator
	      Separator for CSV created by operation list (Default Value: ,)

       delay  Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0)

       retry_on
	      Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1)

fence_eps (Fence Agent) 					    2009-10-20							    FENCE_AGENT(8)