diff -aurp open-iscsi-2.0-872-rc4-bnx2i/doc/iscsiadm.8 open-iscsi-2.0-872-rc4-bnx2i.work/doc/iscsiadm.8
--- open-iscsi-2.0-872-rc4-bnx2i/doc/iscsiadm.8	2011-02-01 02:10:05.000000000 -0600
+++ open-iscsi-2.0-872-rc4-bnx2i.work/doc/iscsiadm.8	2011-02-01 02:10:16.000000000 -0600
@@ -171,8 +171,14 @@ sid is passed in.
 
 .TP
 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-portal=\fIip[:port]\fR
-Use target portal with ip-address \fIip\fR and \fIport\fR, the default
-\fIport\fR value is 3260.
+Use target portal with ip-address \fIip\fR and \fIport\fR. If port is not passed
+in the default \fIport\fR value is 3260.
+.IP
+IPv6 addresses can bs specified as [ddd.ddd.ddd.ddd]:port or
+ddd.ddd.ddd.ddd.
+.IP
+Hostnames can also be used for the ip argument.
+
 .IP
 This option is only valid for discovery, or for node operations with
 the \fInew\fR operator.
diff -aurp open-iscsi-2.0-872-rc4-bnx2i/README open-iscsi-2.0-872-rc4-bnx2i.work/README
--- open-iscsi-2.0-872-rc4-bnx2i/README	2011-02-01 02:10:05.000000000 -0600
+++ open-iscsi-2.0-872-rc4-bnx2i.work/README	2011-02-01 02:11:37.000000000 -0600
@@ -646,6 +646,9 @@ To now log into targets it is the same a
 	If a record does not exist, it will be created using the iscsid.conf
 	discovery settings.
 
+	The argument to -p may also be a hostname instead of an address.
+	     ./iscsiadm -m discoverydb -t st -p somehost --discover
+
 	For the ifaces, iscsiadm will first search /var/lib/iscsi/ifaces for
 	interfaces using software iscsi. If any are found then nodes found
 	during discovery will be setup so that they can logged in through
@@ -770,6 +773,10 @@ To now log into targets it is the same a
 	    ./iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2005-03.com.max \
 				-p [2001:c90::211:9ff:feb8:a9e9]:3260 -l
 
+	To specify a hostname the following can be used:
+
+	    ./iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2005-03.com.max -p somehost -l
+
     - iSCSI Login to a specific portal through the NIC setup as iface0:
 
 	    ./iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2005-03.com.max -p 192.168.0.4:3260 \
diff -aurp open-iscsi-2.0-872-rc4-bnx2i/usr/iscsi_util.c open-iscsi-2.0-872-rc4-bnx2i.work/usr/iscsi_util.c
--- open-iscsi-2.0-872-rc4-bnx2i/usr/iscsi_util.c	2011-02-01 02:10:05.000000000 -0600
+++ open-iscsi-2.0-872-rc4-bnx2i.work/usr/iscsi_util.c	2011-02-01 02:10:16.000000000 -0600
@@ -217,6 +217,64 @@ char *cfg_get_string_param(char *pathnam
 	return value;
 }
 
+/**
+ * iscsi_addr_match - check if the addrs are to the same ip
+ * @address1: pattern
+ * @address2: address to check
+ *
+ * If address1 is blank then it matches any string passed in.
+ */
+static int iscsi_addr_match(char *address1, char *address2)
+{
+	struct addrinfo hints1, hints2, *res1, *res2;
+	int rc;
+
+	if (!strlen(address1))
+		return 1;
+
+	if (!strcmp(address1, address2))
+		return 1;
+
+	memset(&hints1, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
+	hints1.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+	hints1.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+
+	memset(&hints2, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
+	hints2.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+	hints2.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+
+	/*
+	 * didn't match so we have to resolve to see if one is a dnsname
+	 * that matches a ip address.
+	 */
+	rc = getaddrinfo(address1, NULL, &hints1, &res1);
+	if (rc) {
+		log_debug(1, "Match error. Could not resolve %s: %s", address1,
+			  gai_strerror(rc));
+		return 0;
+
+	}
+
+	rc = getaddrinfo(address2, NULL, &hints2, &res2);
+	if (rc) {
+		log_debug(1, "Match error. Could not resolve %s: %s", address2,
+			  gai_strerror(rc));
+		rc = 0;
+		goto free_res1;
+	}
+
+	if ((res1->ai_addrlen != res2->ai_addrlen) ||
+	    memcmp(res1->ai_addr, res2->ai_addr, res2->ai_addrlen))
+		rc = 0;
+	else
+		rc = 1;
+
+	freeaddrinfo(res2);
+free_res1:
+	freeaddrinfo(res1);
+	return rc;
+}
+
 int __iscsi_match_session(node_rec_t *rec, char *targetname,
 			  char *address, int port, struct iface_rec *iface)
 {
@@ -240,8 +298,7 @@ int __iscsi_match_session(node_rec_t *re
 	if (strlen(rec->name) && strcmp(rec->name, targetname))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (strlen(rec->conn[0].address) &&
-	    strcmp(rec->conn[0].address, address))
+	if (!iscsi_addr_match(rec->conn[0].address, address))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (rec->conn[0].port != -1 && port != rec->conn[0].port)