Node Assassin - Original

Node Assassin :: Node Assassin - Original

-=] Paradise by the node assassin light [=-

Node Assassin is an open-source, open-hardware project to create a network-attached cluster fence device.

Of course, you must proceed at your own risk. :)

First Version

The first version of Node Assassin is operational!

It still needs to be tied into Red Hat's 'ricci' and 'luci' programs to function as a fence device though. This fence device resides on the cluster's private network channel (or some other common intranet).

Software

This is the initial release of the fence control software; Node Assassin Operating System.

Source Code and notes:

• Naos v1.x

Version Control

All software related to this product is hosted on GitHub.

Naos v1.x Protocol

It works by listening for a connection on TCP port 238 on IP 192.168.1.66 (both port and IP are configurable). Once connected, it uses a very simple protocol.

Commands are:

Get the state of all nodes:

00:0

This will generate a message like:

Node states: 
- Max Node: 05
- Node 01: Running
- Node 02: Running
- Node 03: Running
- Node 04: Running
- Node 05: Running
End Message.

Any node that is currently fenced will read 'Fenced!'.

Fence node '02' (Supports nodes from 01 to 05):

02:0

This will generate a message like:

Node 02:0: Now Fenced!

Release '02':

02:1

This will generate a message like:

Node 02:1: Now running.

Fencing or releasing other nodes is a simple as replacing '02' above with the node number. The design allows for the expansion of ports up to 99 devices. It should be trivial to go beyond that, but it's a sufficiently high number for now.

Once a node is fenced, the caller can release and the state will be held until either another call releases the fence or the Node Assassin is reset.

Hardware

This is v1.1 of the Node Assassin hardware.

Feb. 08, 2010: New version design has been updated to use discreet status LEDs instead of the bi-colour LEDs because there was some leakage causing the isolators to momentarily trip when the controller (re)booted.

This device is based on the Arduino Duemilanove using the Ethernet Shield for communication.

It uses the LTV-846 opto-isolators to isolate the node's power supplies. I use, though it's optional, SN74LS04 inverters to toggle between two status LEDs per port.

Old Designs

• NA Hardware v1.0

Pictures

This will be updated as the build comes along. Once I am done I will post a diagram. No sense sharing my bugs at this point.

The optoisolator-version of the board.

The optoisolator-version of the board, with example output in the background.

 

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