iscsid (8) Linux Manual Page

iscsid – Open-iSCSI daemon

Synopsis

iscsid [OPTION]

Description

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.

[-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.

[-p|–pid=]pid-file

write process ID to pid-file rather than the default /var/run/iscsid.pid

[-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.

/etc/iscsi/nodes

Open-iSCSI persistent configuration database

See Also

iscsiadm(8)

Authors

Open-iSCSI project <http://www.open-iscsi.com/>
Alex Aizman <itn780 [at] yahoo.com>
Dmitry Yusupov <dmitry_yus [at] yahoo.com>