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29.Dd September 20, 2007
30.Dt ISCSI-INITIATOR 8
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm iscsi-initiator
34.Nd refuse-based iSCSI initiator
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Nm
37.Op Fl 46bcfVv
38.Op Fl a Ar authentication-type
39.Op Fl d Ar digest-type
40.Op Fl h Ar target-hostname
41.Op Fl p Ar target-port-number
42.Op Fl t Ar target-number
43.Op Fl u Ar username
44.Ar mount_point
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48utility can be used to access an iSCSI target, such as
49.Xr iscsi-target 8 ,
50to access block storage which has been exported.
51Information pertaining to the target is displayed underneath
52the mount point, along with the device corresponding
53to the storage which the target exports.
54.Pp
55The various arguments are as follows:
56.Bl -tag -width Ds
57.It Fl 4
58Use an IPv4 connection to the target.
59.It Fl 6
60Use an IPv6 connection to the target.
61.It Fl a Ar authentication-type
62Use the specified authentication type when communicating with the target.
63The possible values are chap, kerberos, srp or none.
64The default value is none.
65.It Fl b
66Show the storage as a block device.
67.It Fl c
68Show the storage as a character device.
69.It Fl d Ar digest-type
70Use the specified digest type when communicating with the target.
71The possible values are header, data, both, all or none.
72The default value is none.
73.It Fl f
74Show the storage as a regular file.
75.It Fl h Ar hostname
76Connect to the iSCSI target running on the host specified as the argument.
77.It Fl p Ar port-number
78Connect to the iSCSI target running on the port specified as the argument.
79The default value is 3260.
80.It Fl t Ar target
81Connect to the number of the iSCSI target running as the argument.
82.It Fl u Ar username
83Use the specified user's credentials when logging in to the iSCSI target.
84There is no default.
85.It Fl V
86Print out the version number and then exit.
87.It Fl v
88Be verbose in operation.
89.El
90.Pp
91The
92.Xr refuse 3
93library is used to provide the file system features.
94.Pp
95The mandatory parameter is the local mount point.
96.Pp
97This iSCSI initiator presents a view of the targets underneath the
98mount point.
99Firstly, it creates a directory tree with the hostname of the target,
100and, in that directory, a virtual directory is created for each
101target name exported by the iSCSI target program.
102Within that virtual target directory, symbolic links exist for
103the hostname (for convenience),
104a textual representation of the IP address,
105the iSCSI target product name,
106the iSCSI target IQN,
107the iSCSI target vendor and version number.
108One other directory entry is presented in the virtual target
109directory, relating to the storage presented by the iSCSI target.
110This can be in the form of a regular file, which is also the
111default, a block device or a character device.
112.Pp
113Please note that the
114.Nm
115utility needs the
116.Dq puffs
117kernel module loaded via
118.Xr modload 8
119to operate.
120.Sh EXAMPLES
121.Bd -literal
122# ./iscsi-initiator -u agc iscsi-target0.alistaircrooks.co.uk /mnt
123# ls -al /mnt/iscsi-target0.alistaircrooks.co.uk/target0
124total 576
125drwxr-xr-x  2 agc  agc        512 May 11 22:24 .
126drwxr-xr-x  2 agc  agc        512 May 11 22:24 ..
127lrw-r--r--  1 agc  agc         39 May 11 22:24 hostname -\*[Gt] iscsi-target0.alistaircrooks.co.uk
128lrw-r--r--  1 agc  agc         14 May 11 22:24 ip -\*[Gt] 172.16.135.130
129lrw-r--r--  1 agc  agc         16 May 11 22:24 product -\*[Gt] NetBSD iSCSI
130-rw-r--r--  1 agc  agc  104857600 May 11 22:24 storage
131lrw-r--r--  1 agc  agc         43 May 11 22:24 targetname -\*[Gt] iqn.1994-04.org.netbsd.iscsi-target:target0
132lrw-r--r--  1 agc  agc          8 May 11 22:24 vendor -\*[Gt] NetBSD
133lrw-r--r--  1 agc  agc          4 May 11 22:24 version -\*[Gt] 0
134#
135.Ed
136.Sh SEE ALSO
137.Xr puffs 3 ,
138.Xr refuse 3 ,
139.Xr iscsi-target 8
140.Sh HISTORY
141The
142.Nm
143utility first appeared in
144.Nx 5.0 .
145.Sh AUTHORS
146The
147.Nm
148utility was written by
149.An Alistair Crooks
150.Aq agc@NetBSD.org .
151