NVME-MICRON-SELECT(1) NVMe Manual NVME-MICRON-SELECT(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

nvme-micron-selective-download - Performs selective firmware download that allows user select which firmware binary to update for 9200 devices. This requires power cycle the update completes.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
nvme [<global-options>] micron selective-download <device>


                        [--fw=<FILE>, -f <FILE>]


                        [--select=<flag>, -s <flag>]
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This command uses micron vendor specific nvme commands to download given firmware image to the 9200 device to update selected or all portions of firmware image.

The &lt;device&gt; parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).

This will only work on Micron devices devices of model number 9200. Support for new devices be added subsequently. Results for any other device are undefined.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

-f &lt;FILE&gt;, --fw=&lt;FILE&gt;

name of the firmware image file

-s &lt;flag&gt;, --select=&lt;flag&gt;

flag that has following values

OOB

This updates the OOB and main firmware\\n"

EEP

This updates the eeprom and main firmware\\n"

ALL

This updates the eeprom, OOB, and main firmware";

# [GLOBAL OPTIONS](#GLOBAL_OPTIONS)

The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:

--dry-run

Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.

--no-ioctl-probing

Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.

--no-retries

Disable retry logic on transient errors.

-o &lt;fmt&gt;, --output-format=&lt;fmt&gt;

Set the reporting format to *normal*, *tabular, 'json*, or *binary*. Only one output format may be used at a time.

--output-format-version=&lt;version&gt;

Select the output format version. Version *1* uses the original field naming, while version *2* (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names.

--timeout=&lt;ms&gt;

Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds.

-v, --verbose

Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.

These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in [nvme-cli.conf(5)](/man/os/nvme-cli/nvme-cli.conf.5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

•Update OOB and main firmware

```
# nvme micron selective-download /dev/nvme0 --fw=firmware_bin --select=OOB
# nvme micron selective-download /dev/nvme0 -f firmware_bin -s OOB
```

•Update OOB and main firmware

```
# nvme micron selective-download /dev/nvme0 --fw=firmware_bin --select=EEP
# nvme micron selective-download /dev/nvme0 -f firmware_bin --s EEP
```

•Update eeprom, OOB and main firmware

```
# nvme micron selective-download /dev/nvme0 --fw=firmware_bin --select=ALL
# nvme micron selective-download /dev/nvme0 -f firmware_bin --s ALL
```

# [NVME](#NVME)

Part of the nvme-user suite

09/18/2026 NVMe

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Document: nvme-micron-selective-download(1) from nvme-cli 3.1-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli