Nvme-create-ns (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

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.

EXAMPLES

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NVME

Part of the nvme-user suite

nvme-create-ns (1) Linux Manual Page