It is possible to run multiple concurrent instances of tgtd on a host. This argument is used to control which instance the tgtadm command will operate on.

Block devices are created with a default block size of 512 bytes. This argument can be used to create block devices with different block sizes.

Example:
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new \
       --tid <TID> --lun <LUN> \
       -b <backing-file> --blocksize=4096

When creating a LUN, this parameter specifies the type of device to create. Default is disk.

Possible device-types are:
    disk    : emulate a disk device
    tape    : emulate a tape reader
    ssc     : same as tape
    cd      : emulate a DVD drive
    changer : emulate a media changer device
    pt      : passthrough type to export a /dev/sg device

When creating a LUN, this parameter specifies the type of backend storage to to use.

Possible backend types are:
    rdwr    : Use normal file I/O. This is the default for disk devices
    aio     : Use Asynchronous I/O
    rbd     : Use Ceph's distributed-storage RADOS Block Device
    sg      : Special backend type for passthrough devices
    ssc     : Special backend type for tape emulation

Add a new target with <id> and <name>.

Delete specific target with <id>. The target must have no active I_T nexus.

Delete specific target forcibly with <id>.

Show all the targets.

Show target parameters of a target with <id>.

Add a new logical unit with <lun> to specific target with <id>. The logical unit is offered to the initiators. <path> must be block device files (including LVM and RAID devices) or regular files, or an RBD image or snapshot name for --bstype rbd. lun0 is reserved for a special device automatically created.

Delete specific logical unit with <lun> that the target with <id> has.

Add the address to the access lists of the target with <id>. Initiators with the address can access to the target. 'ALL' is a special address to allow all initiators to access to a target.

Add the initiator's name to the access lists of the target with <id>. Initiators with the names can access to the target.

Delete the address from the access lists of the target with <id>.

Delete the initiator's name from the access lists of the target with <id>.

Change the value of <parameter> of the target with <id> to <value>.

Sets/changes the value of one or more target parameters.

Sets/changes the value of one or more logical unit parameters.

Start the specified lld without restarting the tgtd process. Can be used to initialize lld driver in case required modules were loaded after tgtd was already executed.

Display a list of available options and exits.

This parameter sets the Vendor Identification string that a LUN will report in INQURY data.

This parameter sets the Product Identification string that a LUN will report in INQURY data.

This parameter sets the Product Revision string that a LUN will report in INQURY data.

Example:
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update \
       --tid <TID> --lun <LUN> \
       --params vendor_id=TGTD,product_id=VirtualHD,product_rev=0103

This can be used to override/change the default setting for the removable flag. Disk devices default to non-removable while DVD and TAPE devices default to removable.

This flag controls the format of sense data that the device will return. 0 = Clasic sense format, 1 = Support descriptor format.

This controls whether a device is online or not.

Devices default to be online when created but can be brought offline using this parameter. Behaviour of offline devices depend on device type. An MMC/DVD device that is offline will report that there is no disk in the unit but the actual MMC/DVD unit itself can still be communicated with. All other device types will fail all I/O with a sense code of Not Ready.

Example:
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update \
       --tid 1 --lun 1 \
       --params removable=1,sense_format=1,online=1

This parameter is used to set specific mode pages for the device and the mode page contents. Most devices default to reasonable default mode pages automatically when the LUN is created, but this allows special settings.

Examples:
Create mode page '2', subpage 0 and 14 bytes of data.
This is Disconnect-Reconnect mode page.
tgtadm --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 2 \
         --params mode_page=2:0:14:0x80:0x80:0:0xa:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
Create mode page '10', subpage 0 and 10 bytes of data.
This is Control Extension mode page.
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 2 \
         --params mode_page=10:0:10:2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:2:0
Create mode page '0x1c', subpage 0 and 10 bytes of data.
This is Informational Exceptions Control mode page.
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 2 \
         --params mode_page=0x1c:0:10:8:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0

This sets the read-only flag of a LUN. A read-only LUN will refuse any attempts to write data to it.

This parameter only applies to DISK devices.

tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 1 \
         --params readonly=1

This controls the provisioning for the LUN. A thin-provisioned LUN is represented as a sparse file. TGTD supports provisioning type 2 for sparse files. When initiators use the SCSI UNMAP command TGTD will release the affected areas back to the filesystem using FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE.

This parameter only applies to DISK devices.

Thin-provisioning works for LUNs stored on filesystems that support FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE.

When using thin-provisioning option with a block device such a SSD or ZVOL, UNMAP SCSI command discards the region from the block device.

tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 1 \
         --params thin_provisioning=1

This sets the reported rotation rate in RPM of the LUN to the initiator. Some operating systems assume a SSD type disk when this parameter is zero.

This parameter only applies to DISK devices.

tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 1 \
         --params rotation_rate=0

This controls which type of element a certain slot in the jukebox/vtl is.

This is used to create/operate on a single slot. Address specifies the slot on which to perform the operation.

This is used to create/operate on an entire range of slots at once. Start_address specifies the first address to operate on and quantity specifies the number of consequtive slots.

When creating storage elements, i.e. "element_type=2", this parameter specifies if the media has 1 or two sides to hold data.

This option is used to clear a storage element and remove any media that may be present. Once this command completes the storage element will show up as "Empty".

This is used to assign a barcode to an element. Barcodes are limited to 10 characters in tgtd.

This is used to assign a volume tag to SMC storage elements. If no volume tag is specified tgtd will use fall back to the barcode. The volume tag can be up to 32 characters.

This parameter specifies a directory where all virtual media for the dvd/tape device elements are stored.

To assign a media image file to a storage element slot, you assign "barcode" to be the name of the image file in the "media_home" directory.

Example: How to create a DVD jukebox with eight disk trays and
two empty DVD-R disks.
# Create a target
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode target --op new --tid 1 --targetname iqn.2007-03:virtual-dvd:`hostname`
# Create a DVD drive and give it a nice name
# The dvd starts out without a backing store file, i.e. no disk loaded
tgtadm --op new --mode logicalunit --tid 1 --lun 1 --device-type cd
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 1 --params vendor_id=STGT_DVD,product_id=DVD101,product_rev=0010,scsi_sn=STGTDVD01,removable=1
# We need a backend store file for the media changer
if [ ! -f $HOME/smc ]; then
	dd if=/dev/zero of=$HOME/smc bs=1k count=1
fi
# Create the SMC device and give it a nice name
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new --tid 1 --lun 2 --backing-store $HOME/smc --device-type changer
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 2 --params vendor_id=STK,product_id=L700,product_rev=0010,scsi_sn=XYZZY_0,removable=1
# Add a Data Transfer devices (1 drive)
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 2 --params element_type=4,start_address=1,quantity=1
# Specify that the DVD above (LUN 1) is the data transfer device we created
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 2 --params element_type=4,address=1,tid=1,lun=1
# Medium Transport Elements (robot arm / picker)
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 2 --params element_type=1,start_address=16,quantity=1
# define path to virtual media
VTL=${HOME}/vtl
mkdir -p ${VTL}
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 2 --params media_home=${VTL}
# Storage Elements - 8 starting at addr 1024
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 2 --params element_type=2,start_address=1024,quantity=8
# Add 'media' to slots 1 and 2 and leave the other 6 slots empty
# slot 1
# Create empty writeable virtual DVD-R media
tgtimg --op new --device-type cd --type dvd+r --file ${VTL}/DISK_001
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 2 --params element_type=2,address=1024,barcode=DISK_001,volume_tag="A blank disk",sides=1
# slot 2
tgtimg --op new --device-type cd --type dvd+r --file ${VTL}/DISK_002
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op update --tid 1 --lun 2 --params element_type=2,address=1025,barcode=DISK_002,volume_tag="My second blank disk",sides=1
# Allow ALL initiators to connect to this target
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode target --op bind --tid 1 --initiator-address ALL
# Show all our good work.
tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode target --op show

This specifies that an SG devices is used.

This specifies that passthrough device type is used.

This specifies which device to export through TGTD.

This argument is used when creating a LUN to specify extra flags to use when opening the backing file. O_DIRECT is specified by "direct" and O_SYNC by "sync".

Example:
Make /dev/sg4 available to initiators connecting to TGTD.
tgtadm --lld iscsi --op new --mode logicalunit --tid 1 --lun 1 --bstype=sg --device-type=pt --backing-store=/dev/sg4
Example:
Open the backing file with O_SYNC.
tgtadm --lld iscsi --op new --mode logicalunit --tid 1 --lun 1 --bsoflags="sync" --backing-store=/data/100m_image.raw

This specifies the IP address of the iSNS server. TGTD only supprots one iSNS server.

Example:
tgtadm --op update --mode sys --name iSNSServerIP --value 192.168.11.133

This setting enables(on)/disables(off) iSNS.

Example:
tgtadm --op update --mode sys --name iSNS --value On

This setting specifies the port to use for iSNS.

Example:
tgtadm --op update --mode sys --name iSNSServerPort --value 3205

Enable/disable access control for iSNS.

Example:
tgtadm --op update --mode sys --name iSNSAccessControl --value Off