How To Install iscsi-initiator-utils on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iscsi-initiator-utils on CentOS 7.
What is iscsi-initiator-utils
The iscsi package provides the server daemon for the iSCSI protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it. iSCSI is a protocol for distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol networks. The iscsi package provides the server daemon for the iSCSI protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it. iSCSI is a protocol for distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol networks.
We can use yum or dnf to install iscsi-initiator-utils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iscsi-initiator-utils.
Install iscsi-initiator-utils on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install iscsi-initiator-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install iscsi-initiator-utils
Install iscsi-initiator-utils on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install iscsi-initiator-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install iscsi-initiator-utils
How To Uninstall iscsi-initiator-utils on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the iscsi-initiator-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove iscsi-initiator-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iscsi-initiator-utils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.