nvme-create-ns (1) Linux Manual Page
nvme-create-ns – Send NVMe Namespace management command to create namespace, returns results.
Synopsis
nvme create-ns <device> [–nsze=<nsze> | -s <nsze>]
[–ncap=<ncap> | -c <ncap>]
[–flbas=<flbas> | -f <flbas>]
[–dps=<dps> | -d <dps>]
[–nmic=<nmic> | -m <nmic>]
Description
For the NVMe device given, sends a namespace management command to create the namespace with the requested settings. On success, the namespace identifier assigned by the controller is returned. 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
-s, –nsze- The namespace size.
-c, –ncap
- The namespace capacity.
-f, –flbas
- The namespace formatted logical block size setting.
-d, –dps
- The data protection settings.
-m, –nmic
- Namespace multipath and sharing capabilities.