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32 .Nd login/negotiator/control for an iSCSI initiator session
41 .Op Ar variable Ns = Ns Ar value
43 Internet SCSI (iSCSI) is a network protocol standard, that allows the
44 use of the SCSI protocol over TCP/IP networks,
47 program is the userland side of an iSCSI session, see
49 It has 2 modes of operation, if -d (discovery session) is specified,
52 returned by the target and exit.
53 In the second mode, it will, after a succesful login/negotiation, run
54 in daemon mode, monitoring the connection, and will try to reconnect
55 in case of a network/target failure. It will terminate/logout the session
56 when a SIGHUP signal is received.
57 The flags are as follows:
58 .Bl -tag -width variable=value
66 a file containing configuration
72 is specified, then search for the block named
74 in that file, see iscsi.conf(5)
76 is the target's IP address or name
77 .It Ar variable Ns = Ns Ar value
78 see iscsi.conf(5) for the complete list of variables/options and their
82 .Dl iscontrol -dt myiscsitarget
87 print to stdout the list of available targetnames/targetadresses.
88 Note: this listing does not necessarily mean availability, since
89 depending on the target configuration, a discovery session might
90 not need login/access permition, but a
94 .Dl iscontrol -c /etc/iscsi.conf -n myiscsi
96 will read options from file /etc/iscsi.conf, use the targetaddress
97 found in the block nicknamed myiscsi, login and negotiate
98 whatever options are specified, and start an iscsi-session.
100 .Xr iscsi_initiator 4 ,
110 should probably load the iscsi_initiator module if needed.
112 Not all functions/specifications have been implemented yet, noticeably
113 missing are the Task Management Funtions.
114 The error recovery, though not
116 does a brave effort to recover from network disconnects.