libnvme\_transport\_is\_fabric(9) libnvme API manual libnvme\_transport\_is\_fabric(9)

# [NAME](#NAME)

libnvme\_transport\_is\_fabric - True for a fabrics transport string

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**bool libnvme\_transport\_is\_fabric** **(const char \*transport );**

# [ARGUMENTS](#ARGUMENTS)

[transport](#transport)

Transport name, e.g. "tcp", "pcie"

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

A transport is either local (pcie, apple-nvme) or NVMe-over-Fabrics (tcp, rdma, fc, loop). Use this when only the transport string is available, e.g. before a controller exists to ask **libnvme\_ctrl\_is\_transport\_fabric** instead.

# [RETURN](#RETURN)

true if *transport* is a fabrics transport, false if local.

libnvme\_transport\_is\_fabric September 2026

---

Document: libnvme_transport_is_fabric-libnvme3(2) from nvme-cli 3.1-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli