nvme-cli/Documentation/nvme-wdc-id-ctrl.1

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.TH "NVME\-WDC\-ID\-CTRL" "1" "10/20/2020" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
nvme-wdc-id-ctrl \- Send NVMe Identify Controller, return result and structure
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
\fInvme wdc id\-ctrl\fR <device> [\-v | \-\-vendor\-specific] [\-b | \-\-raw\-binary]
                        [\-H | \-\-human\-readable]
                        [\-o <fmt> | \-\-output\-format=<fmt>]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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For the NVMe device given, sends an identify controller command and provides the result and returned structure\&.
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The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1)\&.
.sp
This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature\&. Results for any other device are undefined\&.
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On success, the structure may be returned in one of several ways depending on the option flags; the structure may be parsed by the program or the raw buffer may be printed to stdout\&.
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If having the program decode the output for readability, this version will decode WDC vendor unique portions of the structure\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-b, \-\-raw\-binary
.RS 4
Print the raw buffer to stdout\&. Structure is not parsed by program\&. This overrides the vendor specific and human readable options\&.
.RE
.PP
\-v, \-\-vendor\-specific
.RS 4
In addition to parsing known fields, this option will dump the vendor specific region of the structure in hex with ascii interpretation\&.
.RE
.PP
\-H, \-\-human\-readable
.RS 4
This option will parse and format many of the bit fields into human\-readable formats\&.
.RE
.PP
\-o <format>, \-\-output\-format=<format>
.RS 4
Set the reporting format to
\fInormal\fR,
\fIjson\fR, or
\fIbinary\fR\&. Only one output format can be used at a time\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
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.RS 4
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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Has the program interpret the returned buffer and display the known fields in a human readable format:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
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.nf
# nvme wdc id\-ctrl /dev/nvme0
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.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.SH "NVME"
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Part of the nvme\-user suite