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/usr/bin/iscsistart

iSCSI initiator tools and daemon

From open-iscsi 2.1.13-r4 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running iscsistart --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: iscsistart [OPTION]
Open-iSCSI initiator.
  -c, --config=[path]      set config file (default /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf).
  -i, --initiatorname=name set InitiatorName to name (Required)
  -t, --targetname=name    set TargetName to name (Required)
  -g, --tgpt=N             set target portal group tag to N (Required)
  -a, --address=A.B.C.D    set IP address to A.B.C.D (Required)
  -p, --port=N             set port to N (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=debuglevel   print debugging information
  -b, --fwparam_connect    create a session to the target using iBFT or OF
  -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 parameter with the name NAME to VALUE
  -h, --help               display this help and exit
  -v, --version            display version and exit
Options (16)
OptionDescriptionSource
-c, --config pathset config file (default /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf).help
-t, --targetname nameset TargetName to name (Required)help
-g, --tgpt Nset target portal group tag to N (Required)help
-a, --address A.B.C.Dset IP address to A.B.C.D (Required)help
-p, --port Nset port to N (Default 3260)help
-u, --username Nset username to N (optional)help
-w, --password Nset password to N (optionalhelp
-U, --username_in Nset incoming username to N (optional)help
-W, --password_in Nset incoming password to N (optional)help
-d, --debug debuglevelprint debugging informationhelp
-b, --fwparam_connectcreate a session to the target using iBFT or OFhelp
-N, --fwparam_networkbring up the network as specified by iBFT or OFhelp
-f, --fwparam_printprint the iBFT or OF info to STDOUThelp
-P, --param NAME=VALUEset parameter with the name NAME to VALUEhelp
-h, --helpdisplay this help and exithelp
-v, --versiondisplay version and exithelp

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