Displaying initiators connected to the storage system

Initiator information displayed

You can display a list of initiators currently connected to the storage system. The information displayed for each initiator includes the target session identifier handle (TSIH) assigned to the session, the target portal group tag of the group the initiator is connected to, the iSCSI initiator alias (if provided by the initiator), and the initiator's iSCSI node name and initiator session identifier (ISID).

Displaying initiators using the command line

To display a list of iSCSI initiators connected to the storage system, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	On the storage system console, enter the following command: iscsi initiator show Result The initiators currently connected to the storage system are displayed. Example toaster> iscsi initiator show Initiators connected: TSIH TPGroup Initiator 19 1000 iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:host1.fake.com / 40:01:37:00:06:00 21 1002 iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:host2.fake.com / 40:01:37:00:00:00

Step

Action

On the storage system console, enter the following command:

iscsi initiator show

Result

The initiators currently connected to the storage system are displayed.

Example

toaster> iscsi initiator show

Initiators connected:

  TSIH  TPGroup  Initiator

    19    1000   iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:host1.fake.com / 40:01:37:00:06:00

    21    1002   iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:host2.fake.com / 40:01:37:00:00:00

Displaying initiators using FilerView

To display a list of iSCSI initiators connected to the storage system, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Click LUNs > iSCSI > Initiators. Result The initiators currently connected to the storage system are displayed.