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ISCSI_INITIATOR(4)					   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 					ISCSI_INITIATOR(4)

NAME

     iscsi_initiator -- kernel driver for the iSCSI protocol

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

     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.

     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	the target name of session n.

     net.iscsi.n.targedaddress	the IP address of the target of session n.

     net.iscsi.n.stats		statistics for session

     net.iscsi.n.pid		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

BUGS

     The lun discovery method is old-fashioned.

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ISCSI(4)						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						  ISCSI(4)

NAME

     iscsi -- iSCSI initiator

SYNOPSIS

     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in the kernel configuration file:

	   device iscsi

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

	   iscsi_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

     The iscsi subsystem provides the kernel component of an iSCSI initiator.  The initiator is the iSCSI client, which connects to an iSCSI tar-
     get, providing local access to a remote block device.  The userland component is provided by iscsid(8) and both the kernel and userland are
     configured using iscsictl(8).  The iscsi subsystem is responsible for implementing the "Full Feature Phase" of the iSCSI protocol.

SYSCTL VARIABLES

     The following variables are available as both sysctl(8) variables and loader(8) tunables:

     kern.iscsi.ping_timeout
	     The number of seconds to wait for the target to respond to a NOP-Out PDU.	In the event that there is no response within that time
	     the session gets forcibly restarted.

     kern.iscsi.iscsid_timeout
	     The number of seconds to wait for ctld(8) to establish a session.	After that time iscsi will abort and retry.

     kern.iscsi.login_timeout
	     The number of seconds to wait for a login attempt to succeed.  After that time iscsi will abort and retry.

     kern.iscsi.maxtags
	     The maximum number of outstanding IO requests.

     kern.iscsi.fail_on_disconnection
	     Controls the behavior after an iSCSI connection has been dropped due to network problems.	When set to 1, a dropped connection causes
	     the iSCSI device nodes to be destroyed.  After reconnecting, they will be created again.  By default, the device nodes are left
	     intact.  While the connection is down all input/output operations are suspended, to be retried after the connection is reestablished.

SEE ALSO

     iscsi.conf(5), iscsictl(8), iscsid(8)

HISTORY

     The iscsi subsystem first appeared in FreeBSD 10.0.

AUTHORS

     The iscsi subsystem was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.

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