Provided by: nvme-cli_1.9-1ubuntu0.1_amd64 
NAME
nvme-wdc-purge-monitor - Send NVMe WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command, return result
SYNOPSIS
nvme wdc purge-monitor <device>
DESCRIPTION
For the NVMe device given, send a Vendor Unique WDC Purge-Monitor command and provide the
status of the purge command.
Expected status and description :-
┌────────────┬────────────────────────────────┐
│Status Code │ Description │
├────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│0x00 │ Purge State Idle. │
├────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│0x01 │ Purge State Done. │
├────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│0x02 │ Purge State Busy. │
├────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│0x03 │ Purge State Error : Purge │
│ │ operation resulted in error, │
│ │ power cycle required. │
├────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│0x04 │ Purge State Error : Purge │
│ │ operation interrupted by power │
│ │ cycle or reset. │
└────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘
The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex:
/dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).
This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for any other device
are undefined.
On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.
OPTIONS
No options yet.
EXAMPLES
• Has the program issue WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command :
# nvme wdc purge-monitor /dev/nvme0
NVME
Part of the nvme-user suite.