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nvme-list-subsys(1)

nvme-list-subsys - List all NVMe subsystems

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nvme-list-subsys - List all NVMe subsystems

nvme [<global-options>] list-subsys <device>

Scan the sysfs tree for NVM Express subsystems and return the controllers for those subsystems as well as some pertinent information about them. If a device is given, print out only the values for the controllers and subsystems leading to the device.

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 <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt>

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

--output-format-version=<version>

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

--quiet

Suppress informational messages. Errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level.

--set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...]

Set libnvme library options for this invocation. Supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir.

--timeout=<ms>

Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff).

-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). A command-line flag always overrides the file.

root@host[1]# nvme list-subsys
nvme-subsys0 - NQN=nvmf-test
\

+- nvme0 rdma traddr=1.1.1.3,trsvcid=4420,host_traddr=1.1.1.1
+- nvme1 rdma traddr=1.1.1.3,trsvcid=4420,host_traddr=1.1.1.2 nvme-subsys1 - NQN=nvmf-test2 \
+- nvme2 rdma traddr=1.1.1.3,trsvcid=4420,host_traddr=1.1.1.2
+- nvme3 rdma traddr=1.1.1.3,trsvcid=4420,host_traddr=1.1.1.1

root@host[1]# nvme list-subsys -o json
{

"Subsystems" : [
{
"Name" : "nvme-subsys0",
"NQN" : "nvmf-test"
},
{
"Paths" : [
{
"Name" : "nvme0",
"Transport" : "rdma",
"Address" : "traddr=1.1.1.3,trsvcid=4420,host_traddr=1.1.1.1",
"AddressDetails" : {
"traddr" : "1.1.1.3",
"host_traddr" : "1.1.1.1",
"trsvcid" : "4420"
}
},
{
"Name" : "nvme1",
"Transport" : "rdma",
"Address" : "traddr=1.1.1.3,trsvcid=4420,host_traddr=1.1.1.2",
"AddressDetails" : {
"traddr" : "1.1.1.3",
"host_traddr" : "1.1.1.2",
"trsvcid" : "4420"
}
}
]
},
{
"Name" : "nvme-subsys1",
"NQN" : "nvmf-test2"
},
{
"Paths" : [
{
"Name" : "nvme2",
"Transport" : "rdma",
"Address" : "traddr=1.1.1.3,trsvcid=4420,host_traddr=1.1.1.2",
"AddressDetails" : {
"traddr" : "1.1.1.3",
"host_traddr" : "1.1.1.2",
"trsvcid" : "4420"
}
},
{
"Name" : "nvme3",
"Transport" : "rdma",
"Address" : "traddr=1.1.1.3,trsvcid=4420,host_traddr=1.1.1.1",
"AddressDetails" : {
"traddr" : "1.1.1.3",
"host_traddr" : "1.1.1.1",
"trsvcid" : "4420"
}
}
]
}
] }

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