1.\" $OpenBSD: iscsid.8,v 1.11 2025/01/21 12:26:47 claudio Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2010 David Gwynne <dlg@openbsd.org> 4.\" 5.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 6.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 7.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 8.\" 9.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 10.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 11.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 12.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 13.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 14.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 15.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 16.\" 17.Dd $Mdocdate: January 21 2025 $ 18.Dt ISCSID 8 19.Os 20.Sh NAME 21.Nm iscsid 22.Nd iSCSI (Internet SCSI) daemon 23.Sh SYNOPSIS 24.Nm 25.Op Fl dv 26.Op Fl n Ar device 27.Op Fl s Ar socket 28.Sh DESCRIPTION 29.Nm 30is an Internet SCSI 31.Pq iSCSI 32initiator implementation. 33.Pp 34.Nm 35is usually started at boot time. 36.Pp 37A running 38.Nm 39can be controlled with the 40.Xr iscsictl 8 41utility. 42.Pp 43The options are as follows: 44.Bl -tag -width Ds 45.It Fl d 46Do not daemonize. 47If this option is specified, 48.Nm 49will run in the foreground and log to 50.Em stderr . 51.It Fl n Ar device 52Use an alternate /dev entry for communicating with the kernel. 53.It Fl s Ar socket 54Use an alternate location for the default control socket. 55.It Fl v 56Produce more verbose output. 57.El 58.Sh FILES 59.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/iscsid.sockXX" -compact 60.It Pa /etc/iscsi.conf 61Default 62.Nm 63configuration file. 64.It Pa /dev/vscsi0 65Default device used to exchange SCSI messages with the kernel midlayer. 66.It Pa /var/run/iscsid.sock 67.Ux Ns -domain 68socket used for communication with 69.Xr iscsictl 8 . 70.El 71.Sh SEE ALSO 72.Xr vscsi 4 , 73.Xr iscsi.conf 5 , 74.Xr iscsictl 8 75.Sh STANDARDS 76.Rs 77.%D April 2004 78.%R RFC 3721 79.%T Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Naming and Discovery 80.Re 81.Pp 82.Rs 83.%D April 2014 84.%R RFC 7143 85.%T Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Protocol (Consolidated) 86.Re 87.Sh HISTORY 88The 89.Nm 90program first appeared in 91.Ox 4.9 . 92.Sh AUTHORS 93.An Claudio Jeker Aq Mt claudio@openbsd.org . 94