ISCSID(8) BSD System Manager's Manual ISCSID(8)NAMEiscsid — interface to kernel iSCSI driver
SYNOPSISiscsid [-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 termi‐
nal 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 ALSOdaemon(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.
BSD May 27, 2012 BSD