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Storage Performance Development Kit(SPDK) by Longhorn

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usage: spdk-rpc [options]

SPDK RPC command line interface

positional arguments:
                        RPC methods
    accel_get_opc_assignments
                        Get list of opcode name to module assignments.
    accel_get_module_info (accel_get_engine_info)
                        Get list of valid module names and their operations.
    accel_assign_opc    Manually assign an operation to a module.
    accel_crypto_key_create
                        Create encryption key
    accel_crypto_key_destroy
                        Destroy encryption key
    accel_crypto_keys_get
                        Get a list of the crypto keys
    accel_set_driver    Select accel platform driver to execute operation chains
    accel_set_options   Set accel framework's options
    accel_get_stats     Display accel framework's statistics
    rpc_get_methods     Get list of supported RPC methods
    spdk_kill_instance  Send signal to instance
    framework_start_init
                        Start initialization of subsystems
    framework_wait_init
                        Block until subsystems have been initialized
    framework_monitor_context_switch
                        Control whether the context switch monitor is enabled
    framework_get_reactors
                        Display list of all reactors
    framework_set_scheduler
                        Select thread scheduler that will be activated and its period
                        (experimental)
    framework_get_scheduler
                        Display currently set scheduler and its properties.
    framework_get_governor
                        Display currently set governor and the available, set CPU frequencies.
    scheduler_set_options
                        Set scheduler options
    framework_disable_cpumask_locks
                        Disable CPU core lock files.
    framework_enable_cpumask_locks
                        Enable CPU core lock files.
    thread_get_stats    Display current statistics of all the threads
    thread_set_cpumask  set the cpumask of the thread whose ID matches to the specified value. The
                        thread may be migrated to one of the specified CPUs.
    thread_get_pollers  Display current pollers of all the threads
    thread_get_io_channels
                        Display current IO channels of all the threads
    bdev_nvme_start_mdns_discovery
                        Start mdns based automatic discovery
    bdev_nvme_stop_mdns_discovery
                        Stop automatic mdns discovery
    bdev_nvme_get_mdns_discovery_info
                        Get information about the automatic mdns discovery
    bdev_set_options    Set options of bdev subsystem
    bdev_examine        examine a bdev if it exists, or will examine it after it is created
    bdev_wait_for_examine
                        Report when all bdevs have been examined
    bdev_crypto_create  Add a crypto vbdev
    bdev_crypto_delete  Delete a crypto disk
    bdev_ocf_create     Add an OCF block device
    bdev_ocf_delete     Delete an OCF block device
    bdev_ocf_get_stats  Get statistics of chosen OCF block device
    bdev_ocf_reset_stats
                        Reset statistics of chosen OCF block device
    bdev_ocf_get_bdevs  Get list of OCF devices including unregistered ones
    bdev_ocf_set_cache_mode
                        Set cache mode of OCF block device
    bdev_ocf_set_seqcutoff
                        Set sequential cutoff parameters on all cores for the given OCF cache
                        device
    bdev_ocf_flush_start
                        Start flushing OCF cache device
    bdev_ocf_flush_status
                        Get flush status of OCF cache device
    bdev_malloc_create  Create a bdev with malloc backend
    bdev_malloc_delete  Delete a malloc disk
    bdev_null_create    Add a bdev with null backend
    bdev_null_delete    Delete a null bdev
    bdev_null_resize    Resize a null bdev
    bdev_aio_create     Add a bdev with aio backend
    bdev_aio_rescan     Rescan a bdev size with aio backend
    bdev_aio_delete     Delete an aio disk
    bdev_uring_create   Create a bdev with io_uring backend
    bdev_uring_rescan   Rescan a bdev size with uring backend
    bdev_uring_delete   Delete a uring bdev
    bdev_xnvme_create   Create a bdev with xNVMe backend
    bdev_xnvme_delete   Delete a xNVMe bdev
    bdev_nvme_set_options
                        Set options for the bdev nvme type. This is startup command.
    bdev_nvme_set_hotplug
                        Set hotplug options for bdev nvme type.
    bdev_nvme_attach_controller
                        Add bdevs with nvme backend
    bdev_nvme_get_controllers
                        Display current NVMe controllers list or required NVMe controller
    bdev_nvme_detach_controller
                        Detach an NVMe controller and delete any associated bdevs
    bdev_nvme_reset_controller
                        Reset an NVMe controller or all NVMe controllers in an NVMe bdev
                        controller
    bdev_nvme_enable_controller
                        Enable an NVMe controller or all NVMe controllers in an NVMe bdev
                        controller
    bdev_nvme_disable_controller
                        Disable an NVMe controller or all NVMe controllers in an NVMe bdev
                        controller
    bdev_nvme_start_discovery
                        Start automatic discovery
    bdev_nvme_stop_discovery
                        Stop automatic discovery
    bdev_nvme_get_discovery_info
                        Get information about the automatic discovery
    bdev_nvme_get_io_paths
                        Display active I/O paths
    bdev_nvme_set_preferred_path
                        Set the preferred I/O path for an NVMe bdev when in multipath mode
    bdev_nvme_set_multipath_policy
                        Set multipath policy of the NVMe bdev
    bdev_nvme_get_path_iostat
                        Display current I/O statistics of all the IO paths of the blockdev. It can
                        be called when io_path_stat is true.
    bdev_nvme_cuse_register
                        Register CUSE devices on NVMe controller
    bdev_nvme_cuse_unregister
                        Unregister CUSE devices on NVMe controller
    bdev_nvme_set_keys  Set DH-HMAC-CHAP keys and force (re)authentication on all connected qpairs
    bdev_zone_block_create
                        Create virtual zone namespace device with block device backend
    bdev_zone_block_delete
                        Delete a virtual zone namespace device
    bdev_rbd_register_cluster
                        Add a Rados cluster with ceph rbd backend
    bdev_rbd_unregister_cluster
                        Unregister a Rados cluster object
    bdev_rbd_get_clusters_info
                        Display registered Rados Cluster names and related info
    bdev_rbd_create     Add a bdev with ceph rbd backend
    bdev_rbd_delete     Delete a rbd bdev
    bdev_rbd_resize     Resize a rbd bdev
    bdev_delay_create   Add a delay bdev on existing bdev
    bdev_delay_delete   Delete a delay bdev
    bdev_delay_update_latency
                        Update one of the latency values for a given delay bdev
    bdev_error_create   Add bdev with error injection backend
    bdev_error_delete   Delete an error bdev
    bdev_ec_create      Create an erasure-coded bdev
    bdev_ec_delete      Delete an erasure-coded bdev
    bdev_ec_get_bdevs   Get information about EC bdevs
    bdev_ec_replace_base_bdev
                        Hot-swap a failed disk in an EC bdev
    bdev_ec_start_rebuild
                        Start background rebuild for all REPLACING slots
    bdev_ec_get_rebuild_progress
                        Get background rebuild progress
    bdev_ec_resize      Resize an EC bdev in-place after base bdevs grew
    bdev_ec_get_wib_status
                        Get write-intent bitmap status
    bdev_ec_get_unmap_status
                        Get unmap-bitmap status
    bdev_ec_set_rebuild_qos
                        Set QoS parameters for an in-progress rebuild
    bdev_ec_stop_rebuild
                        Stop an in-progress rebuild
    bdev_ec_get_scrub_progress
                        Get startup scrub progress
    bdev_iscsi_set_options
                        Set options for the bdev iscsi type.
    bdev_iscsi_create   Add bdev with iSCSI initiator backend
    bdev_iscsi_delete   Delete an iSCSI bdev
    bdev_passthru_create
                        Add a pass through bdev on existing bdev
    bdev_passthru_delete
                        Delete a pass through bdev
    bdev_get_bdevs      Display current blockdev list or required blockdev
    bdev_get_iostat     Display current I/O statistics of all the blockdevs or specified blockdev.
    bdev_reset_iostat   Reset I/O statistics of all the blockdevs or specified blockdev.
    bdev_enable_histogram
                        Enable or disable histogram for specified bdev
    bdev_get_histogram  Get histogram for specified bdev
    bdev_set_qd_sampling_period
                        Enable or disable tracking of a bdev's queue depth.
    bdev_set_qos_limit  Set QoS rate limit on a blockdev
    bdev_error_inject_error
                        bdev inject error
    bdev_nvme_apply_firmware
                        Download and commit firmware to NVMe device
    bdev_nvme_get_transport_statistics
                        Get bdev_nvme poll group transport statistics
    bdev_nvme_get_controller_health_info
                        Display health log of the required NVMe bdev controller.
    bdev_raid_set_options
                        Set options for bdev raid.
    bdev_raid_get_bdevs
                        This is used to list all the raid bdev details based on the input category
                        requested. Category should be one of 'all', 'online', 'configuring' or
                        'offline'. 'all' means all the raid bdevs whether they are online or
                        configuring or offline. 'online' is the raid bdev which is registered with
                        bdev layer. 'configuring' is the raid bdev which does not have full
                        configuration discovered yet. 'offline' is the raid bdev which is not
                        registered with bdev as of now and it has encountered any error or user
                        has requested to offline the raid bdev
    bdev_raid_create    Create new raid bdev
    bdev_raid_delete    Delete existing raid bdev
    bdev_raid_add_base_bdev
                        Add base bdev to existing raid bdev
    bdev_raid_remove_base_bdev
                        Remove base bdev from existing raid bdev
    bdev_raid_grow_base_bdev
                        Add a base bdev to a raid bdev, growing the raid's size if there isn't an
                        empty base bdev slot
    bdev_split_create   Add given disk name to split config. If bdev with base_name name exist the
                        split bdevs will be created right away, if not split bdevs will be created
                        when base bdev became available (during examination process).
    bdev_split_delete   Delete split config with all created splits.
    bdev_ftl_create     Add FTL bdev
    bdev_ftl_load       Load FTL bdev
    bdev_ftl_unload     Unload FTL bdev
    bdev_ftl_delete     Delete FTL bdev
    bdev_ftl_unmap      FTL unmap
    bdev_ftl_get_stats  print ftl stats
    bdev_ftl_get_properties
                        Print FTL properties
    bdev_ftl_set_property
                        Set FTL property
    bdev_nvme_opal_init
                        take ownership and activate
    bdev_nvme_opal_revert
                        Revert to default factory settings
    bdev_opal_create    Create opal bdev on specified NVMe controller
    bdev_opal_get_info  get opal locking range info for this bdev
    bdev_opal_delete    delete a virtual opal bdev
    bdev_opal_new_user  Add a user to opal bdev who can set lock state for this bdev
    bdev_opal_set_lock_state
                        set lock state for an opal bdev
    bdev_nvme_send_cmd  NVMe passthrough cmd.
    bdev_nvme_add_error_injection
                        Add a NVMe command error injection.
    bdev_nvme_remove_error_injection
                        Removes a NVMe command error injection.
    bdev_daos_create    Create a bdev with DAOS backend
    bdev_daos_delete    Delete a DAOS disk
    bdev_daos_resize    Resize a DAOS bdev
    fsdev_get_opts      Get the fsdev subsystem options
    fsdev_set_opts      Set the fsdev subsystem options
    fsdev_aio_create    Create a aio filesystem
    fsdev_aio_delete    Delete a aio filesystem
    iscsi_set_options   Set options of iSCSI subsystem
    iscsi_set_discovery_auth
                        Set CHAP authentication for discovery session.
    iscsi_create_auth_group
                        Create authentication group for CHAP authentication.
    iscsi_delete_auth_group
                        Delete an authentication group.
    iscsi_auth_group_add_secret
                        Add a secret to an authentication group.
    iscsi_auth_group_remove_secret
                        Remove a secret from an authentication group.
    iscsi_get_auth_groups
                        Display current authentication group configuration
    iscsi_get_portal_groups
                        Display current portal group configuration
    iscsi_get_initiator_groups
                        Display current initiator group configuration
    iscsi_get_target_nodes
                        Display target nodes
    iscsi_enable_histogram
                        Enable or disable histogram for specified iscsi target
    iscsi_get_histogram
                        Get histogram for specified iscsi target
    iscsi_create_target_node
                        Add a target node
    iscsi_target_node_add_lun
                        Add LUN to the target node
    iscsi_target_node_set_auth
                        Set CHAP authentication for the target node
    iscsi_target_node_add_pg_ig_maps
                        Add PG-IG maps to the target node
    iscsi_target_node_remove_pg_ig_maps
                        Delete PG-IG maps from the target node
    iscsi_target_node_set_redirect
                        Update redirect portal of the public portal group for the target node.
                        Omit redirect host and port to clear previously set redirect settings.
    iscsi_target_node_request_logout
                        For the target node, request connections whose portal group tag match to
                        logout, or request all connections if portal group tag is omitted.
    iscsi_create_portal_group
                        Add a portal group
    iscsi_start_portal_group
                        Start listening on portals if it is not started yet.
    iscsi_create_initiator_group
                        Add an initiator group
    iscsi_initiator_group_add_initiators
                        Add initiators to an existing initiator group
    iscsi_initiator_group_remove_initiators
                        Delete initiators from an existing initiator group
    iscsi_delete_target_node
                        Delete a target node
    iscsi_delete_portal_group
                        Delete a portal group
    iscsi_delete_initiator_group
                        Delete an initiator group
    iscsi_portal_group_set_auth
                        Set CHAP authentication for discovery sessions specific for the portal
                        group
    iscsi_get_connections
                        Display iSCSI connections
    iscsi_get_stats     Display stat information of iSCSI connections.
    iscsi_get_options   Display iSCSI global parameters
    scsi_get_devices    Display SCSI devices
    keyring_file_add_key
                        Add a file-based key to the keyring
    keyring_file_remove_key
                        Remove a file-based key from the keyring
    keyring_get_keys    Get a list of registered keys
    keyring_linux_set_options
                        Set options of the keyring_linux module
    log_set_flag        set log flag
    log_clear_flag      clear log flag
    log_get_flags       get log flags
    log_set_level       set log level
    log_get_level       get log level
    log_set_print_level
                        set log print level
    log_get_print_level
                        get log print level
    log_enable_timestamps
                        Enable or disable timestamps.
    bdev_lvol_create_lvstore
                        Add logical volume store on base bdev
    bdev_lvol_rename_lvstore
                        Change logical volume store name
    bdev_lvol_grow_lvstore
                        Grow the lvstore size to the underlying bdev size
    bdev_lvol_create    Add a bdev with an logical volume backend
    bdev_lvol_snapshot  Create a snapshot of an lvol bdev
    bdev_lvol_clone     Create a clone of an lvol snapshot
    bdev_lvol_clone_bdev
                        Create a clone of a non-lvol bdev
    bdev_lvol_set_xattr
                        Set xattr for lvol bdev
    bdev_lvol_get_xattr
                        Get xattr for lvol bdev
    bdev_lvol_rename    Change lvol bdev name
    bdev_lvol_inflate   Make thin provisioned lvol a thick provisioned lvol
    bdev_lvol_decouple_parent
                        Decouple parent of lvol
    bdev_lvol_detach_parent
                        Detach parent of lvol
    bdev_lvol_resize    Resize existing lvol bdev
    bdev_lvol_set_read_only
                        Mark lvol bdev as read only
    bdev_lvol_delete    Destroy a logical volume
    bdev_lvol_start_shallow_copy
                        Start a shallow copy of an lvol over a given bdev. The status of the
                        operation can be obtained with bdev_lvol_check_shallow_copy
    bdev_lvol_check_shallow_copy
                        Get shallow copy status
    bdev_lvol_start_deep_copy
                        Start a deep copy of a lvol over a given bdev. The status of the operation
                        can be obtained with bdev_lvol_check_deep_copy
    bdev_lvol_check_deep_copy
                        Get deep copy status
    bdev_lvol_start_range_shallow_copy
                        Start a range shallow copy of an lvol over a given bdev. The status of the
                        operation can be obtained with bdev_lvol_check_shallow_copy
    bdev_lvol_register_snapshot_range_checksums
                        Compute and store snapshot's whole and clusters checksums
    bdev_lvol_get_snapshot_range_checksums
                        Get snapshot's clusters checksums in a specific range
    bdev_lvol_set_parent
                        Set the parent snapshot of a lvol
    bdev_lvol_set_parent_bdev
                        Set the parent external snapshot of a lvol
    bdev_lvol_get_fragmap
                        Get a fragmap for a specific segment of a logical volume using the
                        provided offset and size.
    bdev_lvol_register_snapshot_checksum
                        Compute and store snapshot's checksum
    bdev_lvol_get_snapshot_checksum
                        Get snapshot's stored checksum
    bdev_lvol_stop_snapshot_checksum
                        Stop the registration of a snapshot's checksum
    bdev_lvol_delete_lvstore
                        Destroy an logical volume store
    bdev_lvol_get_lvstores
                        Display current logical volume store list
    bdev_lvol_get_lvols
                        Display current logical volume list
    nbd_start_disk      Export a bdev as an nbd disk
    nbd_stop_disk       Stop an nbd disk
    nbd_get_disks       Display full or specified nbd device list
    ublk_create_target  Create spdk ublk target for ublk dev
    ublk_destroy_target
                        Destroy spdk ublk target for ublk dev
    ublk_start_disk     Export a bdev as a ublk device
    ublk_stop_disk      Stop a ublk device
    ublk_recover_disk   Recover ublk device
    ublk_get_disks      Display full or specified ublk device list
    notify_get_types    List available notifications that user can subscribe to.
    notify_get_notifications
                        Get notifications
    nvmf_set_max_subsystems
                        Set the maximum number of NVMf target subsystems
    nvmf_set_config     Set NVMf target config
    nvmf_create_transport
                        Create NVMf transport
    nvmf_get_transports
                        Display nvmf transports or required transport
    nvmf_get_subsystems
                        Display nvmf subsystems or required subsystem
    nvmf_create_subsystem
                        Create an NVMe-oF subsystem
    nvmf_delete_subsystem
                        Delete a nvmf subsystem
    nvmf_subsystem_add_listener
                        Add a listener to an NVMe-oF subsystem
    nvmf_subsystem_remove_listener
                        Remove a listener from an NVMe-oF subsystem
    nvmf_subsystem_listener_set_ana_state
                        Set ANA state of a listener for an NVMe-oF subsystem
    nvmf_discovery_add_referral
                        Add a discovery service referral to an NVMe-oF target
    nvmf_discovery_remove_referral
                        Remove a discovery service referral from an NVMe-oF target
    nvmf_discovery_get_referrals
                        Display discovery subsystem referrals of an NVMe-oF target
    nvmf_subsystem_add_ns
                        Add a namespace to an NVMe-oF subsystem
    nvmf_subsystem_set_ns_ana_group
                        Change ANA group ID of a namespace
    nvmf_subsystem_remove_ns
                        Remove a namespace to an NVMe-oF subsystem
    nvmf_ns_add_host    Make namespace visible to controllers of host
    nvmf_ns_remove_host
                        Make namespace not visible to controllers of host
    nvmf_subsystem_add_host
                        Add a host to an NVMe-oF subsystem
    nvmf_subsystem_remove_host
                        Remove a host from an NVMe-oF subsystem
    nvmf_subsystem_set_keys
                        Set keys required for a host to connect to a given subsystem
    nvmf_subsystem_allow_any_host
                        Allow any host to connect to the subsystem
    nvmf_subsystem_get_controllers
                        Display controllers of an NVMe-oF subsystem.
    nvmf_subsystem_get_qpairs
                        Display queue pairs of an NVMe-oF subsystem.
    nvmf_subsystem_get_listeners
                        Display listeners of an NVMe-oF subsystem.
    nvmf_get_stats      Display current statistics for NVMf subsystem
    nvmf_set_crdt       Set the 3 crdt (Command Retry Delay Time) values for NVMf subsystem. All
                        values are in units of 100 milliseconds (same as the NVM Express
                        specification).
    nvmf_publish_mdns_prr
                        Publish pull registration request through mdns
    nvmf_stop_mdns_prr  Stop publishing pull registration request through mdns
    trace_enable_tpoint_group
                        enable trace on a specific tpoint group
    trace_disable_tpoint_group
                        disable trace on a specific tpoint group
    trace_set_tpoint_mask
                        enable tracepoint mask on a specific tpoint group
    trace_clear_tpoint_mask
                        disable tracepoint mask on a specific tpoint group
    trace_get_tpoint_group_mask
                        get trace point group mask
    trace_get_info      get name of shared memory file and list of the available trace point
                        groups
    vhost_controller_set_coalescing
                        Set vhost controller coalescing
    virtio_blk_create_transport
                        Create virtio blk transport
    virtio_blk_get_transports
                        Display virtio-blk transports or requested transport
    vhost_create_scsi_controller
                        Add new vhost controller
    vhost_start_scsi_controller
                        Start vhost scsi controller
    vhost_scsi_controller_add_target
                        Add lun to vhost controller
    vhost_scsi_controller_remove_target
                        Remove target from vhost controller
    vhost_create_blk_controller
                        Add a new vhost block controller
    vhost_get_controllers
                        List all or specific vhost controller(s)
    vhost_delete_controller
                        Delete a vhost controller
    bdev_virtio_attach_controller
                        Attach virtio controller using provided transport type and device type.
                        This will also create bdevs for any block devices connected to the
                        controller (for example, SCSI devices for a virtio-scsi controller).
                        Result is array of added bdevs.
    bdev_virtio_scsi_get_devices
                        List all Virtio-SCSI devices.
    bdev_virtio_detach_controller
                        Remove a Virtio device This will delete all bdevs exposed by this device
    bdev_virtio_blk_set_hotplug
                        Set hotplug options for bdev virtio_blk type.
    vmd_enable (enable_vmd)
                        Enable VMD enumeration
    vmd_remove_device   Remove a device behind VMD
    vmd_rescan          Force a rescan of the devices behind VMD
    sock_impl_get_options
                        Get options of socket layer implementation
    sock_impl_set_options
                        Set options of socket layer implementation
    sock_set_default_impl
                        Set the default sock implementation
    sock_get_default_impl
                        Get the default sock implementation name
    vfu_tgt_set_base_path
                        Set socket base path.
    vfu_virtio_delete_endpoint
                        Delete the PCI device via endpoint name.
    vfu_virtio_create_blk_endpoint
                        Create virtio-blk endpoint.
    vfu_virtio_scsi_add_target
                        Attach a block device to SCSI target of PCI endpoint.
    vfu_virtio_scsi_remove_target
                        Remove the specified SCSI target of PCI endpoint.
    vfu_virtio_create_scsi_endpoint
                        Create virtio-scsi endpoint.
    vfu_virtio_create_fs_endpoint
                        Create virtio-fs endpoint.
    iobuf_set_options   Set iobuf pool options
    iobuf_get_stats     Display iobuf statistics
    spdk_get_version    Get SPDK version
    save_config         Write current (live) configuration of SPDK subsystems and targets to
                        stdout.
    load_config         Configure SPDK subsystems and targets using JSON RPC.
    save_subsystem_config
                        Write current (live) configuration of SPDK subsystem to stdout.
    load_subsystem_config
                        Configure SPDK subsystem using JSON RPC.
    framework_get_subsystems
                        Print subsystems array in initialization order. Each subsystem entry
                        contain (unsorted) array of subsystems it depends on.
    framework_get_config
                        Print subsystem configuration
    ioat_scan_accel_module (ioat_scan_accel_engine)
                        Enable IOAT accel module offload.
    compressdev_scan_accel_module
                        Scan and enable compressdev module and set pmd option.
    dsa_scan_accel_module (dsa_scan_accel_engine)
                        Set config and enable dsa accel module offload.
    iaa_scan_accel_module (iaa_scan_accel_engine)
                        Set config and enable iaa accel module offload.
    dpdk_cryptodev_scan_accel_module
                        Enable dpdk_cryptodev accel module offload.
    dpdk_cryptodev_set_driver
                        Set the DPDK cryptodev driver.
    dpdk_cryptodev_get_driver
                        Get the DPDK cryptodev driver
    mlx5_scan_accel_module
                        Enable mlx5 accel module.
    accel_mlx5_dump_stats
                        Dump accel mlx5 module statistics.
    accel_error_inject_error
                        Inject an error to processing accel operation
    env_dpdk_get_mem_stats
                        write the dpdk memory stats to a file.
    framework_get_pci_devices
                        Get a list of attached PCI devices

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -s SERVER_ADDR        RPC domain socket path or IP address
  -p PORT               RPC port number (if server_addr is IP address)
  -t TIMEOUT            Timeout as a floating point number expressed in seconds waiting for
                        response. Default: 60.0
  -r CONN_RETRIES       Retry connecting to the RPC server N times with 0.2s interval. Default: 0
  -v                    Set verbose mode to INFO
  --verbose {DEBUG,INFO,ERROR}
                        Set verbose level.
  --dry-run             Display request and exit
  --go-client           Use Go client
  --server              Start listening on stdin, parse each line as a regular rpc.py execution
                        and create a separate connection for each command. Each command's output
                        ends with either **STATUS=0 if the command succeeded or **STATUS=1 if it
                        failed. --server is meant to be used in conjunction with bash coproc,
                        where stdin and stdout are connected to pipes and can be used as a faster
                        way to send RPC commands. If enabled, rpc.py must be executed without any
                        other parameters.
  --plugin RPC_PLUGIN   Module name of plugin with additional RPC commands
Options (11)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpshow this help message and exithelp
-s SERVER_ADDRRPC domain socket path or IP addresshelp
-p PORTRPC port number (if server_addr is IP address)help
-t TIMEOUTTimeout as a floating point number expressed in seconds waiting for response.help
-r CONN_RETRIESRetry connecting to the RPC server N times with 0.2s interval.help
-vSet verbose mode to INFOhelp
--verbose DEBUGSet verbose level.help
--dry-runDisplay request and exithelp
--go-clientUse Go clienthelp
--serverStart listening on stdin, parse each line as a regular rpc.py execution and create a separate connection for each command.help
--plugin RPC_PLUGINModule name of plugin with additional RPC commandshelp

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