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ISCSID(8)		    System Manager's Manual		     ISCSID(8)

NAME
       iscsid -- iSCSI initiator daemon

SYNOPSIS
       iscsid [-P pidfile] [-d]	[-l loglevel] [-m maxproc] [-t seconds]

DESCRIPTION
       The  iscsid  daemon  is the userspace component of the iSCSI initiator,
       responsible for performing the Login Phase of iSCSI connections and the
       SendTargets discovery.

       Upon startup, the iscsid	daemon opens the iSCSI initiator  device  file
       and  waits  for	requests  from the kernel component, iscsi(4).	iscsid
       does not	use any	configuration files.  All needed information  is  sup-
       plied by	the kernel.

       When  the  iscsid daemon	is not running,	already	established iSCSI con-
       nections	continue to work.  However, establishing new  connections,  or
       recovering existing ones	in case	of connection error, is	not possible.

       The following options are available:

       -P pidfile  Specify  alternative	 location of a file where main process
		   PID	 will	be   stored.	The   default	location    is
		   /var/run/iscsid.pid.

       -d	   Debug mode.	The daemon sends verbose debug output to stan-
		   dard	error, and does	not put	itself in the background.  The
		   daemon  will	 also  not fork	and will exit after processing
		   one connection.  This option	is only	intended for debugging
		   the initiator.

       -l loglevel
		   Specifies debug level.  The default is 0.

       -m maxproc  Specifies limit for concurrently  running  child  processes
		   handling  connections.  The default is 30.  Setting it to 0
		   disables the	limit.

       -t seconds  Specifies timeout for login session,	after which  the  con-
		   nection  will  be  forcibly terminated.  The	default	is 60.
		   Setting it to 0 disables the	timeout.

FILES
       /dev/iscsi	    The	iSCSI initiator	device file.
       /var/run/iscsid.pid  The	default	location of the	iscsid PID file.

EXIT STATUS
       The iscsid utility exits	0 on success, and >0 if	an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
       iscsi(4), iscsictl(8)

HISTORY
       The iscsid command appeared in FreeBSD 10.0.

AUTHORS
       The  iscsid  utility  was  developed   by   Edward   Tomasz   Napierala
       <trasz@FreeBSD.org> under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.

FreeBSD	14.3			 May 28, 2017			     ISCSID(8)

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