# nvme-zns-id-ctrl(1) Manual Page

## NAME

nvme-zns-id-ctrl - Send NVMe Zoned Command Set Identify Controller, return result and structure

## SYNOPSIS

    nvme zns id-ctrl <device>  [--namespace-id=<NUM> | -n <NUM>]
                                 [-o <fmt> | --output-format=<fmt>]
                                 [-v | --verbose]

## DESCRIPTION

For the NVMe device given, sends the zoned command set’s identify namepsace command and provides the result and returned 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).

On success, the data structure returned by the device will be decoded and displayed in one of several ways.

## OPTIONS

-n <NUM>
--namespace-id=<NUM>

  Use the provided namespace id for the command. If not provided, the namespace id of the block device will be used. If the command is issued to a non-block device, the parameter is required.

-v
--verbose

  Increase the information detail in the output.

-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

- Has the program interpret the returned buffer and display the known fields in a human readable format:

      # nvme zns id-ns /dev/nvme0 -n 1

- Show the output in json format with extra details

      # nvme zns id-ctrl /dev/nvme0 -o json -v

## NVME

Part of nvme-cli