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NAME

iscsi_initiator – kernel driver for the iSCSI protocol

CONTENTS

SYNOPSIS

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device iscsi_initiator

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): 

iscsi_initiator_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

This driver, along with its userspace counterpart iscontrol(8), is obsolete and is not present in FreeBSD 14 and above. Users are advised to use iscsi(4) instead.

The iscsi_initiator implements the kernel side of the Internet SCSI (iSCSI) network protocol standard, the userland companion is iscontrol(8), and permits access to remote virtual SCSI devices via cam(4).

SYSCTL VARIABLES

debug.iscsi_initiator
  set the debug-level, 0 means no debugging, 9 for maximum.
net.iscsi.isid
  the initiator part of the Session Identifier.
kern.cam.cam_srch_hi=1
  allow search above LUN 7 for SCSI3 and greater devices.
the following are informative only:
net.iscsi.driver_version
  the current version of the driver.
net.iscsi.sessions
  the number of current active sessions.
net.iscsi.n.targetname
  is the targe name of session n.
net.iscsi.n.targeaddress
  is the IP address of the target of session n.
net.iscsi.n.stats
  are some statistics for session n
net.iscsi.n.pid
  is the process id of the userland side of session n, see iscontrol(8).

FILES

The iscsi_initiator driver creates the following:

/dev/iscsi used to create new sessions.
/dev/iscsi%d for each new session.

SEE ALSO

cam(4), camcontrol(8), iscontrol(8)

STANDARDS

iSCSI RFC 3720

AUTHORS

This software was written by Daniel Braniss <Mt danny@cs.huji.ac.il>

BUGS

The lun discovery method is old-fashioned.
ISCSI_INITIATOR (4) October 26, 2021
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