iscsi.5¶

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iscsi - a table in the xCAT database.

iscsi Attributes: node, server, target, lun, iname, file, userid, passwd, kernel, kcmdline, initrd, comments, disable

Contains settings that control how to boot a node from an iSCSI target

node

The node name or group name.

server

The server containing the iscsi boot device for this node.

target

The iscsi disk used for the boot device for this node. Filled in by xCAT.

lun

LUN of boot device. Per RFC-4173, this is presumed to be 0 if unset. tgtd often requires this to be 1

iname

Initiator name. Currently unused.

file

The path on the server of the OS image the node should boot from.

userid

The userid of the iscsi server containing the boot device for this node.

passwd

The password for the iscsi server containing the boot device for this node.

kernel

The path of the linux kernel to boot from.

kcmdline

The kernel command line to use with iSCSI for this node.

initrd

The initial ramdisk to use when network booting this node.

comments

Any user-written notes.

disable

Set to ‘yes’ or ‘1’ to comment out this row.