ISCSID(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		     ISCSID(8)

NAME
     iscsid — iSCSI initiator daemon

SYNOPSIS
     iscsid [-P pidfile] [-d] [-l loglevel] [-m maxproc] [-t seconds]

DESCRIPTION
     The iscsid daemon is responsible for performing the Login Phase of iSCSI
     connections, as well as performing SendTargets discovery.

     Upon startup, the iscsid daemon opens the iSCSI initiator device file and
     waits for kernel requests.  iscsid does not use any configuration files.
     All needed information is supplied by the kernel.

     When the iscsid daemon is not running, already established iSCSI connec‐
     tions continue to work.  However, establishing new connections, or recov‐
     ering existing ones in case of connection error, is not possible.

     The following options are available:

     -P pidfile  Specify alternative location of a file where main process PID
		 will be stored.  The default location is /var/run/iscsid.pid.

     -d 	 Debug mode.  The server sends verbose debug output to stan‐
		 dard 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.

     -l loglevel
		 Specifies debug level.  The default is 0.

     -m maxproc  Specifies limit for concurrently running child processes han‐
		 dling connections.  The default is 30.  Setting it to 0 dis‐
		 ables the limit.

     -t seconds  Specifies timeout for login session, after which the connec‐
		 tion will be forcibly terminated.  The default is 60.	Set‐
		 ting it to 0 disables the timeout.

FILES
     /dev/iscsi 	  The iSCSI initiator device file.
     /var/run/iscsid.pid  The default location of the iscsid PID file.

EXIT STATUS
     The iscsid utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
     iscsi(4), iscsictl(8)

HISTORY
     The iscsid command appeared in FreeBSD 10.0.

AUTHORS
     The iscsid utility was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala
     ⟨trasz@FreeBSD.org⟩ under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.

BSD			      September 12, 2014			   BSD