'\" t .\" Title: nvme-lnvm-create .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> .\" Date: 10/20/2020 .\" Manual: NVMe Manual .\" Source: NVMe .\" Language: English .\" .TH "NVME\-LNVM\-CREATE" "1" "10/20/2020" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" nvme-lnvm-create \- Instantiate a target on top of a LightNVM enabled device .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp .nf \fInvme lnvm\-create\fR [\-\-device\-name=<DEVICE> | \-d <DEVICE>] [\-\-target\-name=<TARGET> | \-n <TARGET>] [\-\-target\-type=<TARGETTYPE> | \-t <TARGETTYPE>] [\-\-lun\-begin <NUM> | \-b <NUM>] [\-\-lun\-end <NUM> | \-e <NUM>] .fi .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp Instantiate a target on top of a LightNVM enabled device\&. This exposes the physical for the user to use\&. .sp The target name is the name of which the media is exposed as in /dev/<targetname> .sp The target type is the target to be instantiated\&. Typically pblk or rrpc\&. .sp LUN begin and end defines the range of LUNs to use for a target instantiation\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP \-\-device\-name=<DEVICE>, \-d <DEVICE> .RS 4 Device name to initialize\&. .RE .PP \-\-target\-name=<TARGET>, \-n <TARGET> .RS 4 Target name of the device to initialize\&. For example: target0\&. .RE .PP \-\-target\-type=<TARGETTYPE>, \-t <TARGETTYPE> .RS 4 Target type of the device to use\&. For example: pblk .RE .PP \-\-lun\-begin <NUM>, \-b <NUM> .RS 4 Begin LUN id offset to use for target .RE .PP \-\-lun\-end <NUM>, \-e <NUM> .RS 4 End LUN id offset to use for target .RE .SH "EXAMPLES" .sp .RS 4 .ie n \{\ \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c .\} .el \{\ .sp -1 .IP \(bu 2.3 .\} Initialize nvme0n1 with pblk target with 64 LUNs\&. .RE .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf # nvme lnvm\-create \-d nvme0n1 \-t pblk \-n target0 \-b 0 \-e 63 .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .SH "NVME" .sp Part of the nvme\-user suite