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Devices                                                 iscsi(7D)



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(1M).
     The  iscsi  initiator  service  is  managed  by  the service
     management facility, smf(5), 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(7D)
     for disks, or st(7D) for tapes) for  devices  it  discovers.
     See  the  System Administration Guide: Devices and File Sys-
     tems for more information.


     Once enabled, the iscsi initiator service ensures the  right
     timing  to start the discovery and enumeration of iSCSI dev-
     ices during boot, but it doesn't guarantee  the  success  of
     discovery  for certain iSCSI devices. If the service is dis-
     abled, iscsi driver stops the discovery and  enumeration  of
     iSCSI  devices  and also tries to offline all existing iSCSI
     devices.  iscsiadm(1M)  works  only  when  the  service   is
     enabled.


     iSCSI boot(1M) 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




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Devices                                                 iscsi(7D)



ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
   |        ATTRIBUTE TYPE       |        ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
   | ____________________________|_____________________________|_
   |  Availability               |  network/iscsi/initiator,   |
   |                             |  network/iscsi/initiator    |
   |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     iscsiadm(1M), attributes(5), smf(5), sd(7D), st(7D)


     RFC 3720 Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI)


     System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems

































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