Chapter 20 Show Commands

show iscsi initiator

show iscsi initiator

To display information about all the iSCSI nodes that are remote to the switch, use the show iscsi initiator command.

show iscsi initiator [configured [initiator-name] detail fcp-session [detail] iscsi-session

 

 

[detail] summary [name] ]

 

 

 

 

Syntax Description

 

configured

Displays the configured information for the iSCSI initiator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

initiator-name

Specifies the name of an initiator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

detail

Displays detailed iSCSI initiator information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

fcp-session

Displays the Fibre Channel session details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

iscsi-session

Displays iSCSI session details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

summary

Displays summary information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

name

Displays initiator name information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defaults

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

Command Modes

 

EXEC

 

 

 

 

Command History

 

This command was introduced in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.1(1).

 

 

 

Usage Guidelines

 

If no parameter is provided the command lists all the active iSCSI initiators. If the iSCSI node name is

 

 

provided then the command lists the details of that iSCSI initiator.

 

 

 

Examples

 

The following example displays all iSCSI initiators.

 

 

switch# show iscsi initiator

 

 

iSCSI Node name is iqn.1987-05.com.cisco.01.15cee6e7925087abc82ed96377653c8

 

 

iSCSI alias name: iscsi7-lnx

 

 

Node WWN is 23:10:00:05:30:00:7e:a0 (dynamic)

 

 

Member of vsans: 1

 

 

 

Number of Virtual n_ports: 1

 

 

Virtual Port WWN is 23:12:00:05:30:00:7e:a0 (dynamic)

 

 

Interface iSCSI 8/3, Portal group tag: 0x382

 

 

VSAN ID 1, FCID 0xdc0100

 

 

iSCSI Node name is iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:02.91b0ee2e8aa1.iscsi16-w2k

 

 

iSCSI alias name: ISCSI16-W2K

 

 

Node WWN is 23:1f:00:05:30:00:7e:a0 (dynamic)

 

 

Member of vsans: 1

 

 

 

Number of Virtual n_ports: 1

 

 

Virtual Port WWN is 23:28:00:05:30:00:7e:a0 (dynamic)

 

Interface

iSCSI 8/3, Portal group tag: 0x382

 

VSAN ID

1, FCID 0xdc0101

 

 

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78-16088-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3

 

 

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