iscsi\_discovery(8) System Manager's Manual iscsi\_discovery(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

iscsi\_discovery - discover iSCSI targets

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**iscsi\_discovery** *<IP>* \[**-p** *<port>*] \[**-d**] \[ **-t** *<tcp|iser>* \[**-f**] ] \[**-m**] \[**-l**]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Perform send-targets discovery to the specified IP. If a discovery record is generated, try to login to the portal using the preferred transport (-t flag specifies the requested transport type, TCP is the default). If login using a certain transport succeeds, mark the portal for automatic login (unless -m flag is used), and disconnect (unless -l flag is used).

For iSCSI discovery to work, open-iscsi services must be running. i.e. iscsid should be up, and the iSCSI modules loaded. This is best accomplished by the init.d startup script.

**\[-p=]*port-number***

set the port number (default is 3260).

**\[-d]**

print debugging information.

**\[-t=]*transport-type***

set transport (default is tcp).

**\[-f]**

force specific transport - disable the fallback to tcp (default is fallback enabled). force the transport specified by the argument of the -t flag.

**\[-m]**

manual startup - will set manual startup (default is automatic startup).

**\[-l]**

login - login to the new discovered nodes (default is false).

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Written by Dan Bar Dov

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

Report bugs to <erezzi.list@gmail.com>.

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright © Voltaire Ltd. 2006.

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Document: iscsi_discovery(8) from open-iscsi 2.1.13-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi