| NVME-CREATE-NS(1) | NVMe Manual | NVME-CREATE-NS(1) |
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>]
[--block-size=<block-size> | -b <block-size>]
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.
Conflicts with --block-size argument.
-d, --dps
The data protection settings.
-m, --nmic
Namespace multipath and sharing capabilities.
-b, --block-size
Target block size the new namespace should be formatted
as. Potential FLBAS values will be values will be scanned and the lowest
numbered will be selected for the create-ns operation. Conflicts with --flbas
argument.
EXAMPLES¶
No examples provided yet.
NVME¶
Part of the nvme-user suite
| 04/08/2019 | NVMe |