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iscsi-initiator
—
refuse-based iSCSI initiator
iscsi-initiator |
[-46bcDfVv ] [-a
authentication-type] [-d
digest-type] [-h
target-hostname] [-p
target-port-number] [-t
target-number] [-u
username] mount_point |
The iscsi-initiator
utility can be used to
access an iSCSI target, such as
iscsi-target(8), to
access block storage which has been exported. Information pertaining to the
target is displayed underneath the mount point, along with the device
corresponding to the storage which the target exports.
The various arguments are as follows:
-4
-6
-a
authentication-type-b
-c
-d
digest-type-D
-f
-h
hostname-p
port-number-t
target-u
username-V
-v
The refuse(3) library is used to provide the file system features.
The mandatory parameter is the local mount point.
This iSCSI initiator presents a view of the targets underneath the mount point. Firstly, it creates a directory tree with the hostname of the target, and, in that directory, a virtual directory is created for each target name exported by the iSCSI target program. Within that virtual target directory, symbolic links exist for the hostname (for convenience), a textual representation of the IP address, the iSCSI target product name, the iSCSI target IQN, the iSCSI target vendor and version number. One other directory entry is presented in the virtual target directory, relating to the storage presented by the iSCSI target. This can be in the form of a regular file, which is also the default, a block device or a character device.
Please note that the iscsi-initiator
utility needs the “puffs” kernel module loaded via
modload(8) to operate.
# ./iscsi-initiator -u agc -h iscsi-target0.alistaircrooks.co.uk /mnt # ls -al /mnt/target0 total 576 drwxr-xr-x 2 agc agc 512 May 11 22:24 . drwxr-xr-x 2 agc agc 512 May 11 22:24 .. lrw-r--r-- 1 agc agc 39 May 11 22:24 hostname -> iscsi-target0.alistaircrooks.co.uk lrw-r--r-- 1 agc agc 14 May 11 22:24 ip -> 172.16.135.130 lrw-r--r-- 1 agc agc 16 May 11 22:24 product -> NetBSD iSCSI -rw-r--r-- 1 agc agc 104857600 May 11 22:24 storage lrw-r--r-- 1 agc agc 43 May 11 22:24 targetname -> iqn.1994-04.org.netbsd.iscsi-target:target0 lrw-r--r-- 1 agc agc 8 May 11 22:24 vendor -> NetBSD lrw-r--r-- 1 agc agc 4 May 11 22:24 version -> 0 #
The iscsi-initiator
utility first appeared
in NetBSD 6.0. An earlier version called iscsifs was
available in NetBSD 5.0 in source format only.
The iscsi-initiator
utility was written by
Alistair Crooks ⟨agc@NetBSD.org⟩.
iscsi-initiator
currently only supports a
CHAP challenge length of 16 octets. Other initiators support up to 1024 and
thus it is expected that most targets will also support such lengths. This
means that CHAP compatibility with other targets apart from
iscsi-target(8) is
likely to be poor. To workaround this, please use authentication type none
by not specifying a username with the -u
option.
February 22, 2011 | NetBSD 10.99 |