nvme-gen-hostnqn - Man Page

Generate a host NVMe Qualified Name

Synopsis

nvme gen-hostnqn [--output-format=<fmt> | -o <fmt>] [--verbose | -v]

Description

Generate a random host NQN in the form: nqn​.2014-08​.org​.nvmexpress:uuid:1b4e28ba-2fa1-11d2-883f-0016d3cca427 and prints it to stdout​.

Options

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

Set the reporting format to normal, json or binary​. Only one output format can be used at a time​.

-v,  --verbose

Increase the information detail in the output​.

Examples

nvme gen-hostnqn

Nvme

Part of the nvme-user suite

Referenced By

nvme(1).

08/18/2026 NVMe Manual