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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd December 27, 2018 .Dt ISCSICTL 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm iscsictl .Nd iSCSI initiator management utility .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Fl A .Fl p Ar portal Fl t Ar target .Op Fl u Ar user Fl s Ar secret .Op Fl w Ar timeout .Op Fl r .Op Fl e Cm on Ns | Ns Cm off .Nm .Fl A .Fl d Ar discovery-host .Op Fl u Ar user Fl s Ar secret .Op Fl r .Op Fl e Cm on Ns | Ns Cm off .Nm .Fl A .Fl a Op Fl c Ar path .Nm .Fl A .Fl n Ar nickname Op Fl c Ar path .Nm .Fl M .Fl i Ar session-id .Op Fl p Ar portal .Op Fl t Ar target .Op Fl u Ar user .Op Fl s Ar secret .Op Fl e Cm on Ns | Ns Cm off .Nm .Fl M .Fl i Ar session-id .Op Fl n Ar nickname Op Fl c Ar path .Nm .Fl R .Op Fl p Ar portal .Op Fl t Ar target .Nm .Fl R .Fl a .Nm .Fl R .Fl n Ar nickname Op Fl c Ar path .Nm .Fl L .Op Fl v .Op Fl w Ar timeout .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility is used to configure the iSCSI initiator. .Pp The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width "-d discovery-host" .It Fl -libxo Generate output via .Xr libxo 3 in a selection of different human and machine readable formats. See .Xr xo_parse_args 3 for details on command line arguments. .It Fl A Add session. .It Fl M Modify session. .It Fl R Remove session. .It Fl L List sessions. .It Fl a When adding, add all sessions defined in the configuration file. When removing, remove all currently established sessions. .It Fl c Ar path Path to the configuration file. The default is .Pa /etc/iscsi.conf . .It Fl d Ar discovery-host Target host name or address used for SendTargets discovery. When used, it will add a temporary discovery session. After discovery is done, sessions will be added for each discovered target, and the temporary discovery session will be removed. .It Fl e Cm on Ns | Ns Cm off Enable or disable the session. This is ignored for discovery sessions, but gets passed down to normal sessions they add. .It Fl i Ar session-id Session ID, as displayed by .Nm .Fl v . .It Fl n Ar nickname The .Ar nickname of a session defined in the configuration file. .It Fl p Ar portal Target portal \(em host name or address \(em for statically defined targets. .It Fl r Use iSER (iSCSI over RDMA) instead of plain iSCSI over TCP/IP. .It Fl s Ar secret CHAP secret. .It Fl t Ar target Target name. .It Fl u Ar user CHAP login. .It Fl v Verbose mode. .It Fl w Ar timeout Instead of returning immediately, wait up to .Ar timeout seconds until all configured sessions are successfully established. .El .Pp Certain parameters are necessary when adding a session. One can specify these either via command line (using the .Fl t , .Fl p , .Fl u , and .Fl s options), or configuration file (using the .Fl a or .Fl n options). Some functionality - for example mutual CHAP - is available only via configuration file. .Pp Since connecting to the target is performed in background, non-zero exit status does not mean that the session was successfully established. Use either .Nm Fl L to check the connection status, or the .Fl w flag to wait for session establishment. .Pp Note that in order for the iSCSI initiator to be able to connect to a target, the .Xr iscsid 8 daemon must be running. .Pp Also note that .Fx currently supports two different initiators: the old one, .Xr iscsi_initiator 4 , with its control utility .Xr iscontrol 8 , and the new one, .Xr iscsi 4 , with .Nm and .Xr iscsid 8 . The only thing the two have in common is the configuration file, .Xr iscsi.conf 5 . .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/iscsi.conf" -compact .It Pa /etc/iscsi.conf iSCSI initiator configuration file. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS The .Nm utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. .Sh EXAMPLES Attach to target iqn.2012-06.com.example:target0, served by 192.168.1.1: .Dl Nm Fl A Fl t Ar iqn.2012-06.com.example:target0 Fl p Ar 192.168.1.1 .Pp Perform discovery on 192.168.1.1, and add disabled sessions for each discovered target; use .Nm -M -e on to connect them: .Dl Nm Fl A Fl d Ar 192.168.1.1 Fl e Ar off .Pp Disconnect all iSCSI sessions: .Dl Nm Fl Ra .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr libxo 3 , .Xr xo_parse_args 3 , .Xr iscsi 4 , .Xr iscsi.conf 5 , .Xr iscsid 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command appeared in .Fx 10.0 . .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm utility was developed by .An Edward Tomasz Napierala Aq Mt trasz@FreeBSD.org under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.