ISCSI(4D) Devices ISCSI(4D)

NAME

iscsi - iSCSI software initiator driver and service

DESCRIPTION

The iscsi driver is a software initiator that transports SCSI
commands over TCP/IP as described in RFC 3720.


The initiator driver is administered through iscsiadm(8). The iscsi
initiator service is managed by the service management facility,
smf(7), under the following FMRI:

svc:/network/iscsi/initiator:default


The iscsi initiator acts as a host adapter driver that attaches the
appropriate target driver, for example, sd(4D) for disks, or st(4D)
for tapes) for devices it discovers. See the System Administration
Guide: Devices and File Systems for more information.


Once enabled, the iscsi initiator service ensures the right timing to
start the discovery and enumeration of iSCSI devices during boot, but
it doesn't guarantee the success of discovery for certain iSCSI
devices. If the service is disabled, iscsi driver stops the discovery
and enumeration of iSCSI devices and also tries to offline all
existing iSCSI devices. iscsiadm(8) works only when the service is
enabled.


iSCSI boot(8) is not affected by the status of the iscsi initiator
service.

FILES

/kernel/drv/iscsi
32-bit ELF kernel driver


/kernel/drv/sparcv9/iscsi
64-bit SPARC ELF kernel driver


/kernel/drv/amd64/iscsi
64-bit AMD64 ELF kernel driver


/kernel/drv/iscsi.conf
Driver configuration file


/etc/iscsi/*
iscsi persistent store

SEE ALSO

sd(4D), st(4D), attributes(7), smf(7), iscsiadm(8)


RFC 3720 Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI)


System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems

March 30, 2009 ISCSI(4D)