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@@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ Usage: iscsiadm [OPTION] 3 = Print SCSI info like LUNs, device state. If no sid and no operation is given print out the running sessions. + -m iface --interface=iscsi_ifacename --op=[op] [--name=[name] --value=[value]] + --print=level + perform operation on fiven interface with name + iscsi_ifacename. + + See below for examples. -d, --debug debuglevel print debugging information -V, --version display version and exit -h, --help display this help and exit @@ -299,9 +305,10 @@ The format is: iface_name transport_name,hwaddress,net_ifacename -For software iscsi, you must currently create the iface configs by hand. -In the future iscsiadm may help with this task. To help with this task -there is a iface.example in /etc/iscsi/ifaces which can be used as a template. +For software iscsi, you can create the iface configs by hand, but it is +reccomended that you use iscsiadm's iface mode. There is a iface.example in +/etc/iscsi/ifaces which can be used as a template for the daring. + For each network object you wish to bind a session to you must create a seperate iface config in /etc/iscsi/ifaces and each iface config file must have a unique name which is less than or equal to 64 characters. @@ -324,11 +331,26 @@ Warning: Do not name a iface config file "default". default is a special value/file that is used by the iscsi tools for backward compatibility. If you name a config default, then the behavior is not defined. +To use iscsiadm to create iface0 above for you run: + +(This will create a new empty iface config. If there was already a iface +with the name "iface0" this command will overwrite it.) +# iscsiadm -m iface -I iface0 --op=new + +(This will set the hwaddress.) +# iscsiadm -m iface -I iface0 --op=update -n iface.hwaddress -v 00:0F:1F:92:6B:BF + +If you had sessions logged in iscsiadm will not update, delete or overwrite +a iface. You must log out first. If you have a iface bound to a node/portal +but you have not logged in then, iscsiadm will update the config and +all existing bindings. + When you then run iscsiadm to do discovery, it will check for interfaces -in /etc/iscsi/ifaces and setup each portal that is discovered to be logged -in through each iface. This behavior can also be overriden by passing in -the interfaces you want to use. For example if you had defined two -interface but only wanted to use one you can use the --interface/-I argument: +in /etc/iscsi/ifaces and bind the portals that are discovered so that +they will be logged in through each iface. This behavior can also be overriden +by passing in the interfaces you want to use. For example if you had defined +two interface but only wanted to use one you can use the +--interface/-I argument: iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p ip:port -I iface1 -P 1 |