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.Dd $Mdocdate: June 26 2012 $
.Dt ISCSID 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm iscsid
.Nd "iSCSI (Internet SCSI) daemon"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl dv
.Op Fl n Ar device
.Op Fl s Ar socket
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is an Internet SCSI
.Pq iSCSI
initiator implementation.
.Pp
.Nm
is usually started at boot time.
.Pp
A running
.Nm
can be controlled with the
.Xr iscsictl 8
utility.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl d
Do not daemonize.
If this option is specified,
.Nm
will run in the foreground and log to
.Em stderr .
.It Fl n Ar device
Use an alternate /dev entry for communicating with the kernel.
.It Fl s Ar socket
Use an alternate location for the default control socket.
.It Fl v
Produce more verbose output.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/iscsid.sockXX" -compact
.It /etc/iscsi.conf
Default
.Nm
configuration file.
.It /dev/vscsi0
Default device used to exchange SCSI messages with the kernel midlayer.
.It /var/run/iscsid.sock
.Ux Ns -domain
socket used for communication with
.Xr iscsictl 8 .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr vscsi 4 ,
.Xr iscsi.conf 5 ,
.Xr iscsictl 8
.Rs
.%R RFC 3720
.%T "Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI)"
.%D April 2004
.Re
.Rs
.%R RFC 3721
.%T "Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Naming and Discovery"
.%D April 2004
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
program first appeared in
.Ox 4.9 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Claudio Jeker Aq claudio@openbsd.org .