iscsistart.8

ISCSISTART

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS

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NAME

iscsistart − iSCSI boot tool

SYNOPSIS

iscsistart [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

iscsistart will start a session using the settings passed in, or using the iBFT or Open Firmware [OF] boot information. This program should not be run to manage sessions. Its primary use is to start sessions used for iSCSI root boot.

OPTIONS

**[-c|—config=]**config−file

Read configuration from config−file rather than the default /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file.

**[-i|—initiatorname=]**name

Set InitiatorName to name (Required if not using iBFT or OF)

**[-t|—targetname=]**name

Set TargetName to name (Required if not using iBFT or OF)

**[-g|—tgpt=]**N

Set target portal group tag to N (Required if not using iBFT or OF)

**[-a|—address=]**A.B.C.D

Set IP address to A.B.C.D (Required if not using iBFT or OF)

**[-p|—port=]**N

Set port to N (Optional. Default 3260)

**[-u|—username=]**N

Set username to N (Optional)

**[-w|—password=]**N

Set password to N (Optional)

**[-U|-username_in=]**N

Set incoming username to N (Optional)

**[-W|—password_in=]**N

Set incoming password to N (Optional)

**[-d|—debug=]**debug_level

Print debugging information

[-b|—fwparam_connect]

Create a session to the target using the iBFT or OF info

[-N|—fwparam_network]

Bring up the network as specified by iBFT or OF

[-f|—fwparam_print]

Print the iBFT or OF info to STDOUT

**[-P|—param=]**NAME=VALUE

Set the parameter with the name NAME to VALUE. NAME is one of the settings in the node record or iscsid.conf. Multiple params can be passed in.

[-h|—help]

Display this help and exit

[-v|—version]

Display version and exit

SEE ALSO

iscsiadm(8)

AUTHORS

Open-iSCSI project <http://www.open-iscsi.com/>
Mike Christie <mchristi@redhat.com>

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