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

This driver, along with its userspace counterpart iscontrol(8), is obsolete and is not present in FreeBSD 14 and above. Users are advised to use iscsi(4) instead.

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.
kern.cam.cam_srch_hi=1: allow search above LUN 7 for SCSI3 and greater devices.
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: is the targe name of session n.
net.iscsi.n.targeaddress: is the IP address of the target of session n.
net.iscsi.n.stats: are some statistics for session n
net.iscsi.n.pid: is 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.

STANDARDS

iSCSI RFC 3720

AUTHORS

This software was written by Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>

BUGS

The lun discovery method is old-fashioned.