iscsid - Open-iSCSI daemon

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  FILES  SEE ALSO  AUTHORS 

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NAME

iscsid − Open-iSCSI daemon

SYNOPSIS

iscsid [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

The iscsid implements the control path of iSCSI protocol, plus some management facilities. For example, the daemon could be configured to automatically re-start discovery at startup, based on the contents of persistent iSCSI database.

OPTIONS

[-c|--config=]config−file

Read configuration from config−file rather than the default /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file.

[-i|--initiatorname=]iname−file

Read initiator name from iname−file rather than the default /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi file.

[-f|--foreground]

run iscsid in the foreground. Implies --no-pid-file.

[-d|--debug=]debug_level

print debugging information. Valid values for debug_level are 0 to 8.

[-u|--uid=]uid

run under user ID uid (default is the current user ID).

[-g|--gid=]gid

run under user group ID gid (default is the current user group ID).

[-n|--no-pid-file]

do not write a process ID file. Conflicts with the --pid= option.

[-p|--pid=]pid−file

write process ID to pid−file rather than the default /run/iscsid.pid. Conflicts with the --no-pid-file option.

[-h|--help]

display this help and exit

[-v|--version]

display version and exit.

FILES

/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf

The configuration file read by iscsid and iscsiadm on startup.

/etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi

The file containing the iSCSI initiatorname and initiatoralias read by iscsid and iscsiadm on startup.

/var/lib/iscsi/nodes

Open-iSCSI persistent configuration database

SEE ALSO

iscsiadm(8)

AUTHORS

Open-iSCSI project <http://www.open-iscsi.com/>
Alex Aizman <[email protected]>
Dmitry Yusupov <[email protected]>

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