Provided by: nvme-cli_2.5-1_amd64 bug

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 CodeDescription                    │
       ├────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
       │            │                                │
       │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.