[Linux-cluster] After APC switch was called with fence_node - server stays shut down - what can be modified?

[Marc - A. Dahlhaus]

Alan A schrieb:
> I went through BIOS settings and could not find anything related to 
> power loss. I did find the option where server is configured to 
> dynamically operate in low power mode (but this is probably CPU related) 
> and ASR (Auto System Recovery) was turned off.
> So far nothing else jumped at me out of ordinary.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Marc - A. Dahlhaus [ Administration | 
> Westermann GmbH ] <mad at wol.de <mailto:mad at wol.de>> wrote:
> 
>     Am Mittwoch, den 16.09.2009, 11:14 -0500 schrieb Alan A:
>      > I am using HP Proliant DL385s - new ones with Dual Quad Core AMD
>      > Opteron(tm) Processor 2384 and 32G of memory. I am using APC Power
>      > Switches for fencing. When I issue fence_node clusternode1 -
>     sometimes
>      > it works like a charm and sometimes server stays down, like it was
>      > shutdown, although power on the APC switches was reinstated. I
>     can see
>      > the green light on the APC Switches but if the node stays shutdown
>      > there is no green light on the Power Supplies. What could be wrong,
>      > what should I check?
> 
>     Hello Alan,
> 
>     this looks like a bios configuration issue. Take look if you can find
>     anything "power loss" related in bios and change it from "off" to "last
>     state" or "on". I don't recall what it was called exaclty on the
>     proliant bios or where you can find that option in bios setup...
> 
>     Hope this helps.
> 
>     Marc
> 
>     OT: You should also make usage of the iLO management devices in this
>     boxes, they are rock solid fencing devices and react faster than the
>     apc-power switches (we use DL360s and APC PDUs as fallback fencing
>     here)...

The option should be called "Automatic Power-On" and should be in 
"Server Availability".

Marc