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

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