iscsid(8) [netbsd man page]

ISCSID(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						 ISCSID(8)

NAME

     iscsid -- interface to kernel iSCSI driver

SYNOPSIS

     iscsid [-n] [-d lvl]

DESCRIPTION

     The iSCSI initiator runs as a kernel driver, and provides access to iSCSI targets running across a network using the iSCSI protocol, RFC
     3720.  The iscsid utility itself interfaces to the kernel iSCSI driver, and also communicates, using isns(3), with the iSCSI name service
     running on other hosts to locate services and iSCSI instances.  In normal operation, iscsid is a standard daemon, and will detach from the
     controlling terminal using daemon(3) and then loops, reading requests, processing them, and sending responses.  Communication takes place
     over a Unix domain socket.  iscsid exits on receiving a terminate message, (no response to one that is sent to the kernel), or when an error
     occurs reading from or writing to the socket.

     The -d flag increases the debug level to lvl.  Any level above 0 causes iscsid to remain in the foreground, and increases the amount of debug
     output.  The -n flag makes the daemon single-threaded.

     It is envisaged that user-level communication take place with iscsid using the iscsictl(8) utility, rather than directly over its communica-
     tion socket.  An example of setting up the in-kernel iSCSI initiator is shown in iscsictl(8).

SEE ALSO

     daemon(3), isns(3), iscsictl(8)

HISTORY

     The iscsid utility appeared in NetBSD 6.0.

AUTHORS

     Alistair Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org> wrote this manual page.  The iscsid utility was contributed by Wasabi Systems, Inc.

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ISCSID(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						 ISCSID(8)

NAME

     iscsid -- iSCSI initiator daemon

SYNOPSIS

     iscsid [-P pidfile] [-d] [-l loglevel] [-m maxproc] [-t seconds]

DESCRIPTION

     The iscsid daemon is responsible for performing the Login Phase of iSCSI connections, as well as performing SendTargets discovery.

     Upon startup, the iscsid daemon opens the iSCSI initiator device file and waits for kernel requests.  iscsid does not use any configuration
     files.  All needed information is supplied by the kernel.

     When the iscsid daemon is not running, already established iSCSI connections continue to work.  However, establishing new connections, or
     recovering existing ones in case of connection error, is not possible.

     The following options are available:

     -P pidfile  Specify alternative location of a file where main process PID will be stored.	The default location is /var/run/iscsid.pid.

     -d 	 Debug mode.  The server sends verbose debug output to standard error, and does not put itself in the background.  The server will
		 also not fork and will exit after processing one connection.  This option is only intended for debugging the initiator.

     -l loglevel
		 Specifies debug level.  The default is 0.

     -m maxproc  Specifies limit for concurrently running child processes handling connections.  The default is 30.  Setting it to 0 disables the
		 limit.

     -t seconds  Specifies timeout for login session, after which the connection will be forcibly terminated.  The default is 60.  Setting it to 0
		 disables the timeout.

FILES

     /dev/iscsi 	  The iSCSI initiator device file.
     /var/run/iscsid.pid  The default location of the iscsid PID file.

EXIT STATUS

     The iscsid utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

     iscsi(4), iscsictl(8)

HISTORY

     The iscsid command appeared in FreeBSD 10.0.

AUTHORS

     The iscsid utility was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.

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