iscsictl(8)

iscsictl8

Control the internet scsi (iscsi) daemon

Usage

iscsictl [-s socket] command [argument ...]

Overview

The iscsictl program controls the iscsid(8) daemon. Commands may be abbreviated to the minimum unambiguous prefix.

The following options are available:

-s socket

Use socket instead of the default /var/run/iscsid.sock to communicate with iscsid(8).

The following commands are available:

reload

Reload the configuration file and wait to return until iscsid reports all connections have completed (successfully or otherwise), or for up to 10 seconds.

show [summary]

Show a list of all configured sessions.

show vscsi stats

Show statistics of vscsi(4) usage. It shows how many calls were issued and how many bytes were read or written.

Files

/etc/iscsi.conf

Default iscsid(8) configuration file.

/var/run/iscsid.sock

UNIX-domain socket used for communication with iscsid(8).

Releases

33 releases since OpenBSD 4.9; the text changed 4 times.

  1. 4.9–5.1
  2. 5.2–5.5
  3. 5.6–5.7
  4. 5.8–6.9
  5. 7.0–8.0

History

The iscsictl program first appeared in OpenBSD 4.9.

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.