iscsid8

Usage

Overview

The iscsid implements the control path of iSCSI protocol, plus some management facilities. For example, the daemon could be configured to automatically re-start discovery at startup, based on the contents of persistent iSCSI database.

Options

[-c|--config=]config-file

Read configuration from config-file rather than the default /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file.

[-i|--initiatorname=]iname-file

Read initiator name from iname-file rather than the default /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi file.

[-f|--foreground]

run iscsid in the foreground. Implies --no-pid-file.

[-d|--debug=]debug_level

print debugging information. Valid values for debug_level are 0 to 8.

[-u|--uid=]uid

run under user ID uid (default is the current user ID).

[-g|--gid=]gid

run under user group ID gid (default is the current user group ID).

[-n|--no-pid-file]

do not write a process ID file. Conflicts with the --pid= option.

[-p|--pid=]pid-file

write process ID to pid-file rather than the default /run/iscsid.pid. Conflicts with the --no-pid-file option.

[-h|--help]

display this help and exit

[-v|--version]

display version and exit.

Files

/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf

The configuration file read by iscsid and iscsiadm on startup.

/etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi

The file containing the iSCSI initiatorname and initiatoralias read by iscsid and iscsiadm on startup.

/var/lib/iscsi/nodes

Open-iSCSI persistent configuration database