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@@ -799,9 +799,13 @@ There are three steps needed to set up a system to use iSCSI storage: 7.3. Automate target logins for future system reboots. The init scripts will start the iSCSI daemon and log into any -connections or nodes that are set up for automatic login. If your distro -does not have a init script, then you will have to start the daemon -and log into the targets manually. +portals that are set up for automatic login (discussed in 7.2) +or discovered through the discover daemon iscsid.conf params +(discussed in 7.1.2). + +If your distro does not have a init script, then you will have to start the +daemon and log into the targets manually. + 7.1.1 iSCSI startup using the init script ----------------------------------------------- @@ -832,6 +836,28 @@ gets installed with "make install" will usually get you started. + +7.1.2 Automatic Discovery and Login +----------------------------------- + +When iscsid starts it will check iscsid.conf for: + +discovery.daemon.sendtargets.addresses = +discovery.daemon.sendtargets.poll_interval = + +discovery.daemon.isns.addresses = +discovery.daemon.isns.poll_interval = + +being set. If an address or addresses are set, iscsid will perform discovery +to the address every poll_interval seconds, and it will log into any portals +found from the discovery source using the ifaces in /etc/iscsi/ifaces. + +Note: iscsid will login into new portals, but does not yet support logging +out of portals that are no longer returned during discovery. + +See the iscsid.conf for more examples. + + 7.1.2 Manual Startup: --------------------- |