The process iscsid just requested firewall access on my Lion MBP. I looked at the logs in console and found that the process originates in /usr/sbin/xtendsan. Googling revealed that iscsid is an iSCSI process used by some NAS makers like QNAP. I have a Drobo FS, but that is not iSCSI based. Does anyone know what that process is and where I can look for more information? There is no man page for iscsid on the Mac.
Thanks
Pete
iscsid is not a native process in Mac OS X so it's come from some third-party software. Xtend SAN is driver software from ATTO Technology. Perhaps Drobo has licensed software from them and it installs that daemon even though your particular drive model isn't iSCSI. If you haven't installed some other NAS software, I'd suggest contacting Drobo support and asking them about that daemon.
Regards.
SaratogaPete: Were you ever able to determine whether the iscsid process was Drobo-related ?
I just installed the Drobo mini and that came up on my firewall...so I think its related.
Man talk about speed up the timemachine back up over my NAS drive! Holy smokes!
It's a protocol that Drobo uses to communicate. It's an iscsi daemon. It's required for normal Drobo operation.
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Thanks all - useful thread for me also.
I've just upgraded to Mavericks 10.9.5 and I also got the message, but I've been using my Drobo for some months. Anyway thanks to this thread I can allow it access without worrying what it might be doing...
What is "iscsid"?
