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The following options are available:

--libxo	Generate output via libxo(3) in a selection of different human and machine readable formats. See xo_parse_args(3) for details on command line arguments.
-A	Add session.
-M	Modify session.
-R	Remove session.
-L	List sessions.
-a	When adding, add all sessions defined in the configuration file. When removing, remove all currently established sessions.
-c path	Path to the configuration file. The default is /etc/iscsi.conf.
-d discovery-host
	Target host name or address used for SendTargets discovery. When used, it will add a temporary discovery session. After discovery is done, sessions will be added for each discovered target, and the temporary discovery session will be removed.
-e on| off	Enable or disable the session. This is ignored for discovery sessions, but gets passed down to normal sessions they add.
-i session-id
	Session ID, as displayed by iscsictl -v.
-n nickname
	The nickname of a session defined in the configuration file.
-p portal	Target portal — host name or address — for statically defined targets.
-r	Use iSER (iSCSI over RDMA) instead of plain iSCSI over TCP/IP.
-s secret	CHAP secret.
-t target	Target name.
-u user	CHAP login.
-v	Verbose mode.
-w timeout	Instead of returning immediately, wait up to timeout seconds until all configured sessions are successfully established.

Certain parameters are necessary when adding a session. One can specify these either via command line (using the -t, -p, -u, and -s options), or configuration file (using the -a or -n options). Some functionality - for example mutual CHAP - is available only via configuration file.

Since connecting to the target is performed in background, non-zero exit status does not mean that the session was successfully established. Use either Fl to check the connection status, or the -w flag to wait for session establishment.