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30 .Dd September 20, 2012
35 .Nd iSCSI initiator daemon
46 daemon is responsible for performing the Login Phase of iSCSI connections,
47 as well as performing SendTargets discovery.
51 daemon opens the iSCSI initiator device file and waits for kernel requests.
52 It doesn't use any configuration file; all the information it needs it gets
57 damon is not running, already established iSCSI connections continue
59 However, establishing new connections, or recovering existing ones in case
60 of connection error, is not possible.
62 The following options are available:
63 .Bl -tag -width ".Fl P Ar pidfile"
65 Specify alternative location of a file where main process PID will be stored.
66 The default location is
67 .Pa /var/run/iscsid.pid .
70 The server sends verbose debug output to standard error, and does not
71 put itself in the background.
72 The server will also not fork and will exit after processing one connection.
73 This option is only intended for debugging the initiator.
75 Specifies debug level.
78 Specifies limit for concurrently running child processes handling
81 Setting it to 0 disables the limit.
83 Specifies timeout for login session, after which the connection
84 will be forcibly terminated.
86 Setting it to 0 disables the timeout.
89 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/iscsid.pid" -compact
91 The iSCSI initiator device file.
92 .It Pa /var/run/iscsid.pid
93 The default location of the
100 utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
112 .An Edward Tomasz Napierala Aq trasz@FreeBSD.org
113 under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.