NAME
iscsi-target
—
service remote iSCSI
requests
SYNOPSIS
iscsi-target |
[-46DV ] [-b
block length] [-f
configuration file] [-p
port number] [-s
maximum number of sessions]
[-t target name]
[-v verbose arg] |
DESCRIPTION
iscsi-target
is the server for iSCSI requests from iSCSI
initiators. iscsi-target
listens for discovery and
login requests on the required port, and responds to those requests
appropriately.
Options and operands available for
iscsi-target
:
-4
iscsi-target
will listen for IPv4 connections, and respond back using IPv4. This is the default address family.-6
iscsi-target
will listen for IPv6 connections, and respond back using IPv6.-b
blocksize- Specify the underlying block size for iSCSI storage which will be served. The possible sizes are: 512, 1024, 2048, and 4096 bytes, with the default being 512 bytes.
-D
- When this option is specified,
iscsi-target
will not detach itself from the controlling tty, and will not become a daemon. This can be useful for debugging purposes. -f
configfile- Use the named file as the configuration file. The default file can be found in /etc/iscsi/targets. See targets(5) for more information.
-p
port number- Use the port number provided as the argument as the port on which to listen for iSCSI service requests from initiators.
-s
maximum number of sessions- Allow the maximum number of sessions to be initiated when connecting to the target.
-t
filename- The target name (as it appears to the iSCSI initiator) can be specified using this flag.
-V
iscsi-target
will print the utility name and version number, and the address for bug reports, and then exit.-v
argument- The amount of information shown can be varied by using this command. Possible values of argument are net to show network-related information, iscsi to show iSCSI protocol-related information, scsi to show SCSI protocol information, and all to show information from all of the above arguments.
FILES
- /etc/iscsi/targets
- the list of exported storage
- /var/run/iscsi-target.pid
- the PID of the currently running
iscsi-target
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The iscsi-target
utility first appeared in
NetBSD 4.0.