ESXCLI Commands

esxcli nvme Commands

Command	Description	Options Help
nvme adapter list	List all NVMe adapters.	--help Show the help message.
nvme controller identify	Get NVMe Identify Controller data.	--controller | -c Controller to operate on. (required) --format | -f Output format. Valid values are: detailed: Show bit level value and description. hex: Dump the data in hex format. --help Show the help message.
nvme controller list	List NVMe controllers.	--adapter | -a Filter the output to a specific adapter. --protocol | -p Filter the output to a specific transport protocol. Valid Values are: [FC, PCIe, RDMA, TCP]. --skip-vvols | -V Filter the output to exclude vVol controllers. --vvols | -v Filter the output to vVol controllers only. --help Show the help message.
nvme device get	Get NVMe device information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device list	List NVMe devices registered to VMware NVMe driver	--help Show the help message.
nvme device config list	List the configurable parameters for this plugin	--help Show the help message.
nvme device config set	Set the plugin's parameter	--parameter | -p Parameter name (required) --value | -v Parameter value (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device controller list	List all controllers on the device if namespace is not specified, otherwise list all controllers the namespace attached	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --namespace | -n Namespace ID attached. ID starts from 1 --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature cap	Get NVMe device feature supported capabilities information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature get	Get NVMe device feature	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --cdw11 | -c Command Dword 11 --cdw12 | -w Command Dword 12 --cdw13 | -x Command Dword 13 --cdw14 | -y Command Dword 14 --cdw15 | -z Command Dword 15 --fid | -f Feature ID (required) --length | -l Feature data length. --namespace | -n Namespace to operate on --path | -p Data path. If set, the raw feature data will be wrote to the specified file. If not set, the feature data will be printed in hex format. --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature set	Set NVMe device feature	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --cdw11 | -c Command Dword 11 --cdw12 | -w Command Dword 12 --cdw13 | -x Command Dword 13 --cdw14 | -y Command Dword 14 --cdw15 | -z Command Dword 15 --fid | -f Feature ID (required) --namespace | -n Namespace to operate on --path | -p Feature data file path --save | -S save the attribute --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature aec get	Get NVMe device feature async event configuration information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature aec set	Set NVMe device feature async event configuration information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --fwnotices | -w an asynchronous event notification is sent to the host for a Firmware Activation Starting event, 0 for false, 1 for true, 0 will be passed as default value, if not set --nsnotices | -m an asynchronous event notification is sent to the host for a Namespace Attribute change, 0 for false, 1 for true, 0 will be passed as default value, if not set --save | -S save the attribute --value | -v SMART health critical warnings bitmap to be set, refer to Figure 79, NVMe 1.2 SPEC (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature apst get	Get NVMe device feature autonomous power state transition information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature ar get	Get NVMe device feature arbitration information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature ar set	Set NVMe device feature arbitration information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --save | -S save the attribute --value | -v Arbitration Burst value to be set (required) --value2 | -x Low Priority Weight value to be set (required) --value3 | -y Medium Priority Weight value to be set (required) --value4 | -z High Priority Weight value to be set (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature er get	Get NVMe device feature error recovery information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --namespace | -n Namespace to operate on --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature er set	Set NVMe device feature error recovery information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --enable | -e Deallocated or unwritten logical block error enable value to be set. The default value is 0. --namespace | -n Namespace to operate on, 0 will be passed as default value, if not set --save | -S Save the attribute --value | -v Time limited error recovery value to be set (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature hi get	Get NVMe device feature host identifier information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature hmb get	Get NVMe device feature host memory buffer information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature ic get	Get NVMe device feature interrupt coalescing information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature ic set	Set NVMe device feature interrupt coalescing information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --save | -S save the attribute --value | -v Aggregation threshold value to be set (required) --value2 | -x Aggregation time value to be set (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature ivc get	Get NVMe device feature interrupt vector configuration information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature ivc set	Set NVMe device feature interrupt vector configuration information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --save | -S Save the attribute --value | -v Interrupt vector value to be set (required) --value2 | -x Coalescing deactivate value to be set, 0 for false (activate), 1 for true (deactivate) (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature kat get	Get NVMe device feature keep alive timer information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature kat set	Set NVMe device feature keep alive timer information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --save | -S save the attribute --timeout | -t timeout value for the keep alive feature to be set (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature lba get	Get NVMe device feature LBA range type information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --namespace | -n Namespace to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature nq get	Get NVMe device feature number of queue information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature pm get	Get NVMe device feature power management information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature pm set	Set NVMe device feature power management information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --save | -S save the attribute --value | -v Power state value to be set (required) --workload | -w Workload Hint to be set, 0 will be passed as default value, if not set --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature spm get	Get NVMe device feature software progress marker information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature spm set	Set software progress marker feature information, will clear Pre-boot Software Load Count (PBSLC) to 0	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --save | -S save the attribute --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature tt get	Get NVMe device feature temperature threshold information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature tt set	Set NVMe device feature temperature threshold information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --save | -S save the attribute --sensor | -s Threshold temperature select value to be set, 0 will be passed as default value, if not set --under | -u Set under temperature threshold --value | -v Temperature threshold value to be set (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature vwc get	Get NVMe device feature volatile write cache information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature vwc set	Set NVMe device feature volatile write cache information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --save | -S save the attribute --value | -v Volitale write cache enable value to be set (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature wa get	Get NVMe device feature write atomicity information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --select | -S specify which value of the attributes to return, "current", "default", "saved" --help Show the help message.
nvme device feature wa set	Set NVMe device feature write atomicity information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --save | -S Save the attribute --value | -v Deactivate Normal value to be set, 0 for false (activate), 1 for true (deactivate) (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device firmware activate	Commit downloaded firmware image to a specific slot	--action | -a Activate action 0: Downloaded image replaces the image indicated by the firmware slot field. This image is not activated. 1: Downloaded image replaces the image indicated by the firmware slot field. This image is activated at the next reset. 2: The image specified by the firmware slot field is activated at the next reset. 3: The image specified by the firmware slot field is requested to be activated immediately without reset. (required) --adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --slot | -s Slot number. If the value specified is 0, then the controller shall choose the firmware slot. (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device firmware download	Download firmware image to the device	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --firmware | -f Firmware image path (required) --offset | -o Firmware image offset. This parameter is needed if the firmware image is split across multiple files. The default value is 0. --xfersize | -x Size to split each transfer. This parameter is needed if the device has special requirement on the firmware transfer size. --help Show the help message.
nvme device log get	Get NVMe log page	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --length | -l Log page length. (required) --lid | -i Log page ID. Both decimal number and hexadecimal number are accepted. Hexadecimal number should start with '0x' or '0X'. (required) --lsi | -I Log specific ID. The default value is 0. --lsp | -s Log specific field. The default value is 0. --namespace | -n Namespace ID. The default value is 0xFFFFFFFF. --offset | -o Log page offset. The default value is 0. --path | -p Log path. If set, the raw log data will be wrote to the specified file. If not set, the log data will be printed in hex format. --rae | -r Retain asynchronous event. The default value is 0. --uuid | -u UUID index. The default value is 0. --help Show the help message.
nvme device log error get	Get NVMe device error log information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --elpe | -e Error log page entries. This value indicates the number of log entries you wish to get. The maximum number of entries supported is device-specific. (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device log fwslot get	Get NVMe device firmware slot log information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device log persistentevent get	Get NVMe persistent event log	--action | -a Action the controller shall take during processing this command. 0: Read log data. 1: Establish context and read log data. 2: Release context. (required) --adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --path | -p Persistent event log path. This parameter is required if the --action parameter is 0 or 1. --help Show the help message.
nvme device log smart get	Get NVMe device SMART log information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --namespace | -n Namespace ID. If log page is supported on a per namespace basis this value indicates the ID of namespace you wish to get log from. This parameter can be omitted to request global log page. --help Show the help message.
nvme device log telemetry controller get	Get NVMe telemetry controller-initiated data	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --data | -d Data area to get telemetry data, 3 is selected if not set --path | -p Telemetry log path (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device log telemetry host get	Get NVMe telemetry host-initiated data	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --data | -d Data area to get telemetry data, 3 is selected if not set --path | -p Telemetry log path (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device namespace attach	Attach namespace on NVMe device	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --controller | -c Controller ID to attach. ID starts from 0 (required) --namespace | -n Namespace ID to attach. ID starts from 1 (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device namespace create	Create namespace on NVMe device	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --capacity | -c Namespace Capacity (required) --dps | -p End-to-End Data Protection Type Settings (required) --flbas | -f Formatted LBA Size (required) --nmic | -m Namespace Multi-path IO and Namespace Sharing Capabilities (required) --size | -s Namespace Size (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device namespace delete	Delete namespace on NVMe device	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --namespace | -n ID of namespace to delete, starts from 1 (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device namespace detach	Detach namespace on NVMe device	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --controller | -c Controller ID to detach. ID starts from 0 (required) --namespace | -n ID of namespace to detach. ID starts from 1 (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device namespace format	Change namespace format	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --format | -f LBA Format(LBAF) (required) --ms | -m Metadata Settings(MS). 0: Metadata is transferred as part of a separate buffer. 1: Metadata is transferred as part of an extended data LBA. (required) --namespace | -n Namespace ID (required) --pi | -p Protection Information(PI). 0: Protection information is not enabled. 1: Protection information is enabled, Type 1. 2: Protection information is enabled, Type 2. 3: Protection information is enabled, Type 3. (required) --pil | -l Protection Information Location(PIL). 0: PI is transferred as the last eight bytes of metadata, if PI is enabled. 1: PI is transferred as the first eight bytes of metadata, if PI is enabled. (required) --ses | -s Secure Erase Settings(SES). 0: No secure erase operation requested. 1: User Data Erase. 2: Cryptographic Erase. (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device namespace get	Get nvme namespace information	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --namespace | -n ID of namespace to get information from. ID starts from 1 (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device namespace list	List namespace on NVMe device	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device register get	Dump NVMe device registers	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device timeout get	Get timeout value of IO timeout checker	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme device timeout set	Set timeout value for IO timeout checker	--adapter | -A Adapter to operate on (required) --timeout | -t IO timeout seconds for internal checker. Maximum timeout value is 40. 0: deactivate timeout checker. (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme driver loglevel set	Set NVMe driver log level and debug level	--debuglevel | -d Debug level(hex int format). When log level is 5, this value is used to manupulate NVMe driver parameter: nvme_dbg. This parameter can be omitted to indicate value 0. BIT_0: Print ctrlr level log BIT_1: Print namespace level log BIT_2: Print queue level log BIT_3: Print IO command level log BIT_4: Print admin command level log BIT_5: Print management level log BIT_6: Print exception handler log BIT_7: Print split command log BIT_13: Print timeout handler log BIT_14: Print init/cleanup log BIT_15: Print temp log BIT_16: Dump SG array BIT_17: Dump PRP BIT_18: Dump cdb BIT_19: Dump NVM command BIT_20: Dump completion queue entry BIT_21: Dump user passthru data BIT_22: Dump namespace info BIT_23: Dump timeout info BIT_24: Dump smart log info --loglevel | -l Log level. This value is used to manupulate NVMe driver parameter: nvme_log_level. 1: error 2: warning 3: info 4: verbose 5: debug (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme fabrics connect	Connect to an NVMe controller on a specified target through an adapter.	--adapter | -a Adapter through which the controller will be connected. (required) --admin-queue-size | -q Size of the admin queue (default: 32). --controller-id | -c ID of the controller to be connected. (default: 0xFFFF) --digest | -d Enable/disable digest verification (only for NVMe over TCP). Available options are: 0: Disable digest verification (default) 1: Enable header digest verification 2: Enable data digest verification 3: Enable header and data digest verification --io-queue-number | -N Expected number of IO queues to create. (range: 1~16) --io-queue-size | -Q Expected size of IO queue to create. (range: 8~1024) --ip-address | -i IP(v4/v6) address of the RDMA/TCP target port. (required for NVMe over RDMA/TCP) --keep-alive-timeout | -t Keep alive timeout value in seconds. (range: 5~60, default: 30) --port-number | -p Target port number. Default: 4420 (for NVMe/RDMA), 8009(for NVMe/TCP) --subsystem-nqn | -s NVMe Qualified Name of the NVM subsystem. (required) --world-wide-node-name | -W World Wide Node Name of the fibre channel target port. (required for NVMe/FC) --world-wide-port-name | -w World Wide Port Name of the fibre Channel target port. (required for NVMe/FC) --help Show the help message.
nvme fabrics disable	Disable NVMe over Fabrics for a transport protocol.	--device | -d Device on which to disable NVMe. (required) --protocol | -p Transport protocol to be disabled. Options are: RDMA: RDMA Protocol TCP: TCP protocol (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme fabrics disconnect	Disconnect specified NVMe controller(s) on the specified NVMe adapter.	--adapter | -a Adapter to use for target disconnection. (required) --controller-number | -n Controller number to disconnect. --subsystem-nqn | -s NVMe Qualified Name of the NVM subsystem. This will be ignored if --controller-number is specified. --help Show the help message.
nvme fabrics discover	Discover NVMe controllers on the specified target port through the specified NVMe adapter and list all of them.	--adapter | -a Adapter to use for target discovery. (required) --connect-all | -c Connect to all the discovered NVM Subsystems. --digest | -d Enable/disable digest verification (only for NVMe over TCP). Available options are: 0: Disable digest verification (default) 1: Enable header digest verification 2: Enable data digest verification 3: Enable header and data digest verification --dynamic | -D Dynamically discover and connect to controllers (only for NVMe/TCP adapters). --io-queue-number | -N Expected number of IO queues to create. (range: 1~16) --io-queue-size | -Q Expected size of IO queue to create. (range: 8~1024) --ip-address | -i IP(v4/v6) address of the RDMA/TCP target port. (required for NVMe over RDMA/TCP) --port-number | -p Target port number. Default: 4420 (for NVMe/RDMA), 8009 (for NVMe/TCP) --rdc | -r Connect to RDC/CDC (Root/Central Discovery Controller). --world-wide-node-name | -W World Wide Node Name of the fibre channel target port. (required for NVMe/FC) --world-wide-port-name | -w World Wide Port Name of the fibre Channel target port. (required for NVMe/FC) --help Show the help message.
nvme fabrics enable	Enable NVMe over Fabrics for a transport protocol.	--device | -d Device on which to enable NVMe. (required) --protocol | -p Transport protocol to be enabled. Available options are: RDMA: RDMA Protocol TCP: TCP Protocol (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme fabrics connection delete	Delete persistent NVMe over Fabrics connection entries. Reboot required for settings to take effect.	--aqn | -a Adapter's AQN(Adapter Qualified Name) of the NVMe over Fabrics connection to be deleted. (required) --ip-address | -i IP(v4/v6) address of the RDMA/TCP target port. (required for NVMe over RDMA/TCP) --port-number | -p Target port number. Default: 4420 (for NVMe/RDMA), 8009 (for NVMe/TCP) --rdc | -r Delete RDC/CDC (Root/Central Discovery Controller) connection. --subsystem-nqn | -s NVMe Qualified Name of the NVM subsystem. --world-wide-node-name | -W World Wide Node Name of the fibre channel target port. (required for NVMe/FC) --world-wide-port-name | -w World Wide Port Name of the fibre Channel target port. (required for NVMe/FC) --help Show the help message.
nvme fabrics connection list	List all persistent NVMe over Fabrics connection entries.	--help Show the help message.
nvme info get	Get NVMe host information.	--help Show the help message.
nvme info set	Set NVMe host information.	--hostnqn The HostNQN to set. --hostnqn=default will regenerate HostNQN with default policy. --help Show the help message.
nvme namespace identify	Get NVMe Identify Namespace data.	--format | -f Output format. Valid values are: detailed: Show bit level value and description. hex: Dump the data in hex format. --namespace | -n Namespace to operate on. (required) --help Show the help message.
nvme namespace list	List all NVMe namespaces.	--controller-number | -c Filter the output to a specific controller number. --namespace | -n Filter the output to a specific namespace name. --help Show the help message.