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.Dd September 12, 2014
.Dt ISCSID 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm iscsid
.Nd iSCSI initiator daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl P Ar pidfile
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl l Ar loglevel
.Op Fl m Ar maxproc
.Op Fl t Ar seconds
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
daemon is responsible for performing the Login Phase of iSCSI connections,
as well as performing SendTargets discovery.
.Pp
Upon startup, the
.Nm
daemon opens the iSCSI initiator device file and waits for kernel requests.
.Nm
does not use any configuration files.
All needed information is supplied by the kernel.
.Pp
When the
.Nm
daemon is not running, already established iSCSI connections continue
to work.
However, establishing new connections, or recovering existing ones in case
of connection error, is not possible.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width ".Fl P Ar pidfile"
.It Fl P Ar pidfile
Specify alternative location of a file where main process PID will be stored.
The default location is
.Pa /var/run/iscsid.pid .
.It Fl d
Debug mode.
The server sends verbose debug output to standard error, and does not
put itself in the background.
The server will also not fork and will exit after processing one connection.
This option is only intended for debugging the initiator.
.It Fl l Ar loglevel
Specifies debug level.
The default is 0.
.It Fl m Ar maxproc
Specifies limit for concurrently running child processes handling
connections.
The default is 30.
Setting it to 0 disables the limit.
.It Fl t Ar seconds
Specifies timeout for login session, after which the connection
will be forcibly terminated.
The default is 60.
Setting it to 0 disables the timeout.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/iscsid.pid" -compact
.It Pa /dev/iscsi
The iSCSI initiator device file.
.It Pa /var/run/iscsid.pid
The default location of the
.Nm
PID file.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr iscsi 4 ,
.Xr iscsictl 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Fx 10.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility was developed by
.An Edward Tomasz Napierala Aq trasz@FreeBSD.org
under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.