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35 .Nd iSCSI initiator management utility
39 .Fl p Ar portal Fl t Ar target Op Fl u Ar user Fl s Ar secret
42 .Fl d Ar discovery-host Op Fl u Ar user Fl s Ar secret
48 .Fl n Ar nickname Op Fl c Ar path
58 .Fl n Ar nickname Op Fl c Ar path
65 utility is used to configure the iSCSI initiator.
67 The following options are available:
68 .Bl -tag -width ".Fl A"
76 When adding, add all sessions defined in the configuration file.
77 When removing, remove all currently established sessions.
79 Path to the configuration file.
83 Target host name or address used for SendTargets discovery.
84 When used, it will add a temporary discovery session.
85 After discovery is done, sessions will be added for each discovered target,
86 and the temporary discovery session will be removed.
88 The "nickname" of session defined in the configuration file.
90 Target portal - host name or address - for statically defined targets.
101 Certain parameters are necessary when adding a session.
102 One can specify these either via command line (using the
108 options), or configuration file (using the
113 Some functionality - for example mutual CHAP - is available only
114 via configuration file.
116 Since connecting to the target is performed in background, non-zero
117 exit status does not mean that the session was successfully established.
120 to check the connection status.
122 Note that in order for the iSCSI initiator to be able to connect to a target,
125 daemon must be running.
129 currently supports two different initiators: the old one,
130 .Xr iscsi_initiator 4 ,
131 with its control utility
139 The only thing the two have in common is the configuration file,
142 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/iscsi.conf" -compact
143 .It Pa /etc/iscsi.conf
144 iSCSI initiator configuration file.
149 utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
151 Attach to target iqn.2012-06.com.example:target0, served by 192.168.1.1:
152 .Dl Nm Fl A Fl t Ar iqn.2012-06.com.example:target0 Fl p Ar 192.168.1.1
154 Disconnect all iSCSI sessions:
168 .An Edward Tomasz Napierala Aq trasz@FreeBSD.org
169 under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.