nvme-cli/Documentation/nvme-id-iocs.txt

nvme-id-iocs(1)
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NAME
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nvme-id-iocs - Send NVMe Identify I/O Command Set, return result and structure

SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'nvme id-iocs' <device> [--controller-id=<cntid> | -c <cntid>]
                        [-o <fmt> | --output-format=<fmt>]

DESCRIPTION
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For the NVMe device given, send an identify command and return the Identify I/O
Command Set data structure.

The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character
device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).

OPTIONS
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-c <cntid>::
--controller-id=<cntid>::
	Retrieve the identify I/O Command set data structure for the given
	cntid. If this value is not given, cntid will be 0xffff.
-H::
--human-readable::
	This option will parse and format many of the bit fields
	into human-readable formats.

-o <format>::
--output-format=<format>::
              Set the reporting format to 'normal', 'json', or
              'binary'. Only one output format can be used at a time.

EXAMPLES
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* Have the program interpret the returned buffer and display the known
fields in a human readable format:
+
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# nvme id-iocs /dev/nvme0
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* show the fields in human readable format
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# nvme id-iocs /dev/nvme0 -H
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NVME
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Part of the nvme-user suite