configure
primitive st-null stonith:null \
params hostlist="node1 node2"
clone fencing st-null
commit
   

An alternative configuration:

configure
 primitive st-node1 stonith:null \
 params hostlist="node1"
 primitive st-node2 stonith:null \
 params hostlist="node2"
 location l-st-node1 st-node1 -inf: node1
 location l-st-node2 st-node2 -inf: node2
 commit

This configuration example is perfectly alright as far as the cluster software is concerned. The only difference to a real world configuration is that no fencing operation takes place.

A more realistic example, but still only for testing, is the following external/ssh configuration:

configure
 primitive st-ssh stonith:external/ssh \
 params hostlist="node1 node2"
 clone fencing st-ssh
 commit

This one can also reset nodes. The configuration is remarkably similar to the first one which features the null STONITH device. In this example, clones are used. They are a CRM/Pacemaker feature. A clone is basically a shortcut: instead of defining n identical, yet differently named resources, a single cloned resource suffices. By far the most common use of clones is with STONITH resources if the STONITH device is accessible from all nodes.

The real device configuration is not much different, though some devices may require more attributes. An IBM RSA lights-out device might be configured like this:

configure
primitive st-ibmrsa-1 stonith:external/ibmrsa-telnet \
params nodename=node1 ipaddr=192.168.0.101 \
userid=USERID passwd=PASSW0RD
primitive st-ibmrsa-2 stonith:external/ibmrsa-telnet \
params nodename=node2 ipaddr=192.168.0.102 \
userid=USERID passwd=PASSW0RD
location l-st-node1 st-ibmrsa-1 -inf: node1
location l-st-node2 st-ibmrsa-2 -inf: node2
commit

In this example, location constraints are used because of the following reason: There is always certain probability that the STONITH operation is going to fail. Hence, a STONITH operation on the node which is the executioner too is not reliable. If the node is reset, then it cannot send the notification about the fencing operation outcome. The only way to do that is to assume that the operation is going to succeed and send the notification beforehand. But if the operation fails, we are in trouble. Therefore, stonithd refuses to kill its host by convention.

The configuration of a UPS kind of fencing device is similar to the examples above, the details are left as an exercise to the reader. All UPS devices employ the same mechanics for fencing, but how the device itself is accessed, is different. Old UPS devices (those that were considered professional), used to have just a serial port, typically connected at 1200baud using a special serial cable. Many new ones still have a serial port, but often they also sport a USB interface or an ethernet interface. The kind of connection you can use depends on what the plug-in supports.

For example, compare the apcmaster with the apcsmart device by using the stonith -t stonith-device-type -n command:

stonith -t apcmaster -h

returns the following information:

STONITH Device: apcmaster - APC MasterSwitch (via telnet)
NOTE: The APC MasterSwitch accepts only one (telnet)
connection/session a time. When one session is active,
subsequent attempts to connect to the MasterSwitch will fail.
For more information see http://www.apc.com/
List of valid parameter names for apcmaster STONITH device:
ipaddr
login
 password

With

stonith -t apcsmart -h

you get the following output:

STONITH Device: apcsmart - APC Smart UPS
(via serial port - NOT USB!). 
Works with higher-end APC UPSes, like
Back-UPS Pro, Smart-UPS, Matrix-UPS, etc.
(Smart-UPS may have to be >= Smart-UPS 700?).
See http://www.networkupstools.org/protocols/apcsmart.html
for protocol compatibility details.
For more information see http://www.apc.com/
List of valid parameter names for apcsmart STONITH device:
ttydev
hostlist

The first plug-in supports APC UPS with a network port and telnet protocol. The second plug-in uses the APC SMART protocol over the serial line which is supported by many different APC UPS product lines.