NAME

       nvme - the dumb pci-e storage utility

SYNOPSIS

       nvme <command> <device> [<args>]

DESCRIPTION

       NVM-Express is a fast, scalable host controller interface designed to address the needs
       for PCI Express based solid state drives.

       This nvme program is a user space utility to provide standards compliant tooling for
       NVM-Express drives. It was made specifically for Linux as it relies on the IOCTLs defined
       by the mainline kernel driver.

NVME COMMANDS

       The utility has sub-commands for all admin and io commands defined in the specification
       and for displaying controller registers. There is also an option to submit completely
       arbitrary commands. For a list of commands available, run "nvme help".

NVME CLI SUB-COMMANDS

   Main commands
       nvme-admin-passthru(1)
           Admin Passthrough Command

       nvme-compare(1)
           IO Compare

       nvme-error-log(1)
           Retrieve error logs

       nvme-flush(1)
           Submit flush

       nvme-dms(1)
           Submit Data Set Management

       nvme-format(1)
           Format namespace(s)

       nvme-fw-activate(1)
           F/W Activate

       nvme-fw-download(1)
           F/W Download

       nvme-fw-log(1)
           Retrieve f/w log

       nvme-get-feature(1)
           Get Features

       nvme-get-log(1)
           Generic Get Log

       nvme-smart-log(1)
           Retrieve Smart Log

       nvme-get-ns-id(1)
           Retrieve namespace identifier

       nvme-help(1)
           NVMe CLI Help

       nvme-id-ctrl(1)
           Identify Controller

       nvme-id-ns(1)
           Identify Namespace

       nvme-create-ns(1)
           Create a new namespace

       nvme-delete-ns(1)
           Delete existing namespace

       nvme-attach-ns(1)
           Attach namespace

       nvme-detach-ns(1)
           Detach namespace

       nvme-io-passthru(1)
           IO Passthrough Command

       nvme-list-ns(1)
           List all nvme namespaces

       nvme-list(1)
           List all nvme controllers

       nvme-list-ctrl(1)
           List controller in NVMe subsystem

       nvme-read(1)
           Issue IO Read Command

       nvme-write(1)
           Issue IO Write Command

       nvme-write-zeroes(1)
           Issue IO Write Zeroes Command

       nvme-write-uncor(1)
           Issue IO Write Uncorrectable Command

       nvme-resv-acquire(1)
           Acquire Namespace Reservation

       nvme-resv-register(1)
           Register Namespace Reservation

       nvme-resv-release(1)
           Release Namespace Reservation

       nvme-resv-report(1)
           Report Reservation Capabilities

       nvme-security-recv(1)
           Security Receive

       nvme-security-send(1)
           Security Send

       nvme-set-feature(1)
           Set Feature

       nvme-show-regs(1)
           Show NVMe Controller Registers

FURTHER DOCUMENTATION

       See the freely available references on the Official NVM-Express Site[1].

AUTHORS

       This is written and maintained by Keith Busch[2].

REPORTING BUGS

       Patches and issues may be submitted to the official repository at
       https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli.

NVME

       Part of the nvme suite

NOTES

        1. Official NVM-Express Site
           http://nvmexpress.org

        2. Keith Busch
           mailto:keith.busch@intel.com