diff --git a/extra/resources/HealthIOWait b/extra/resources/HealthIOWait
index 5b9aba6573..d809434271 100755
--- a/extra/resources/HealthIOWait
+++ b/extra/resources/HealthIOWait
@@ -1,182 +1,196 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # ocf:pacemaker:HealthIOWait resource agent
 #
 # Copyright 2004-2021 the Pacemaker project contributors
 #
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # (GPLv2) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 
 #
 # Measures CPU iowait % via top and writes #health-iowait status into the CIB
 #
 #######################################################################
 # Initialization:
 
 : ${OCF_FUNCTIONS:="${OCF_ROOT}/resource.d/heartbeat/.ocf-shellfuncs"}
 . "${OCF_FUNCTIONS}"
 : ${__OCF_ACTION:="$1"}
 
 #######################################################################
 
 meta_data() {
         cat <<END
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!DOCTYPE resource-agent SYSTEM "ra-api-1.dtd">
 <resource-agent name="HealthIOWait" version="1.0">
 <version>1.0</version>
 
 <longdesc lang="en">
 System health agent that measures the CPU iowait via top and updates the #health-iowait attribute.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">System health based on CPU iowait measurement</shortdesc>
 
 <parameters>
 <parameter name="state" unique="1">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 Location to store the resource state in.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">State file</shortdesc>
 <content type="string" default="${HA_VARRUN%%/}/health-iowait-${OCF_RESOURCE_INSTANCE}.state" />
 </parameter>
 
 <parameter name="yellow_limit" unique="0">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 Upper limit of iowait percentage to switch the health attribute to yellow. I.e.
 the #health-iowait will go yellow if the %iowait of the CPU gets higher than 10%.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">Upper limit for yellow health attribute</shortdesc>
-<content type="string" default="10"/>
+<content type="integer" default="10"/>
 </parameter>
 
 <parameter name="red_limit" unique="0">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 Upper limit of iowait percentage to switch the health attribute to red. I.e.
 the #health-iowait will go red if the %iowait of the CPU get higher than 15%.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">Upper limit for red health attribute</shortdesc>
-<content type="string" default="15"/>
+<content type="integer" default="15"/>
 </parameter>
 
 </parameters>
 
 <actions>
 <action name="start"        timeout="10s" />
 <action name="stop"         timeout="10s" />
 <action name="monitor"      timeout="10s" interval="10s" start-delay="0s" />
 <action name="meta-data"    timeout="5s" />
 <action name="validate-all" timeout="10s" />
 </actions>
 </resource-agent>
 END
 }
 
 #######################################################################
 
 agent_usage() {
         cat <<END
 usage: $0 {start|stop|monitor|validate-all|meta-data}
 
 Expects to have a fully populated OCF RA-compliant environment set.
 END
 }
 
 agent_start() {
     agent_monitor
     if [ $? -eq $OCF_SUCCESS ]; then
       return $OCF_SUCCESS
     fi
     touch "${OCF_RESKEY_state}"
 }
 
 agent_stop() {
     agent_monitor
     if [ $? -eq $OCF_SUCCESS ]; then
         rm "${OCF_RESKEY_state}"
     fi
     return $OCF_SUCCESS
 }
 
 agent_monitor() {
         # Monitor _MUST!_ differentiate correctly between running
         # (SUCCESS), failed (ERROR) or _cleanly_ stopped (NOT RUNNING).
         # That is THREE states, not just yes/no.
         if [ -f "${OCF_RESKEY_state}" ]; then
           WAIT=$(top -b -n2 | grep Cpu | tail -1 | awk -F",|.[0-9][ %]wa" '{ print $5 }')
           # echo "System iowait: " $WAIT
           # echo $OCF_RESKEY_yellow_limit
           if [ $WAIT -gt ${OCF_RESKEY_red_limit} ] ; then
             # echo "System state RED!"
             attrd_updater -n "#health-iowait" -U "red" -d "5s"
             return $OCF_SUCCESS
           fi
 
           if [ $WAIT -gt ${OCF_RESKEY_yellow_limit} ] ; then
             # echo "System state yellow."
             attrd_updater -n "#health-iowait" -U "yellow" -d "5s"
           else
             # echo "System state green."
             attrd_updater -n "#health-iowait" -U "green" -d "5s"
           fi
           return $OCF_SUCCESS
         fi
         return $OCF_NOT_RUNNING
 }
 
+is_integer() {
+    case "$1" in
+        ""|*[0-9]*) return 0 ;;
+        *)          return 1 ;;
+    esac
+}
+
 is_writable_dir() {
     dir=$(dirname "$1")
     [ -d "$dir" ] && [ -w "$dir" ] && [ -x "$dir" ]
 }
 
 agent_validate() {
+
+    is_integer "$OCF_RESKEY_yellow_limit" && is_integer "$OCF_RESKEY_red_limit"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        return $OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED
+    fi
+
     is_writable_dir "$OCF_RESKEY_state"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       return $OCF_ERR_ARGS
     fi
+
     return $OCF_SUCCESS
 }
 
 : ${OCF_RESKEY_CRM_meta_interval:=0}
 : ${OCF_RESKEY_CRM_meta_globally_unique:="false"}
 
 if [ -z "$OCF_RESKEY_state" ]; then
     if [ "${OCF_RESKEY_CRM_meta_globally_unique}" = "false" ]; then
       state="${HA_VARRUN%%/}/HealthIoWait-${OCF_RESOURCE_INSTANCE}.state"
       #Strip off the trailing clone marker
       OCF_RESKEY_state=$(echo $state | sed s/:[0-9][0-9]*\.state/.state/)
     else
       OCF_RESKEY_state="${HA_VARRUN%%/}/HealthIoWait-${OCF_RESOURCE_INSTANCE}.state"
     fi
 fi
 
 if [ -z "${OCF_RESKEY_red_limit}" ] ; then
   OCF_RESKEY_red_limit=15
 fi
 
 if [ -z "${OCF_RESKEY_yellow_limit}" ] ; then
   OCF_RESKEY_yellow_limit=10
 fi
 
 case $__OCF_ACTION in
 meta-data)      meta_data
                 exit $OCF_SUCCESS
                 ;;
 start)          agent_start;;
 stop)           agent_stop;;
 monitor)        agent_monitor;;
 validate-all)   agent_validate;;
 usage|help)     agent_usage
                 exit $OCF_SUCCESS
                 ;;
 *)              agent_usage
                 exit $OCF_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED
                 ;;
 esac
 rc=$?
 ocf_log debug "${OCF_RESOURCE_INSTANCE} $__OCF_ACTION : $rc"
 exit $rc
 
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