nvme-verify - Man Page

Send an NVMe Verify command, return results

Synopsis

nvme-verify <device> [--namespace-id=<nsid> | -n <nsid>]
            [--start-block=<slba> | -s <slba>]
            [--block-count=<nlb> | -c <nlb>]
            [--limited-retry | -l]
            [--force-unit-access | -f]
            [--prinfo=<prinfo> | -p <prinfo>]
            [--ref-tag=<reftag> | -r <reftag>]
            [--app-tag-mask=<appmask> | -m <appmask>]
            [--app-tag=<apptag> | -a <apptag>]
            [--storage-tag<storage-tag> | -S <storage-tag>]
            [--storage-tag-check | -C]

Description

The Verify command verifies the integrity of the stored information by reading data and metadata.

Options

--namespace-id=<nsid>, -n <nsid>

Namespace ID use in the command.

--start-block=<slba>, -s <slba>

Start block address.

--block-count=<nlb>, -c <nlb>

Number of logical blocks to Verify.

--limited-retry,  -l

Sets the limited retry flag.

--force-unit-access,  -f

Set the force-unit access flag.

--prinfo=<prinfo>, -p <prinfo>

Protection Information field definition.

BitDescription
3PRACT: Protection Information Action. When set to 1, PI is stripped/inserted on read/write when the block format’s metadata size is 8. When set to 0, metadata is passes.
2:0PRCHK: Protection Information Check:
2Set to 1 enables checking the guard tag
1Set to 1 enables checking the application tag
0Set to 1 enables checking the reference tag
--ref-tag=<reftag>, -r <reftag>

Optional reftag when used with protection information.

--app-tag-mask=<appmask>, -m <appmask>

Optional application tag mask when used with protection information.

--app-tag=<apptag>, -a <apptag>

Optional application tag when used with protection information.

-S <storage-tag>, --storage-tag=<storage-tag>

Variable Sized Expected Logical Block Storage Tag(ELBST).

-C,  --storage-tag-check

This flag enables Storage Tag field checking as part of Verify operation.

Examples

No examples yet.

Nvme

Part of the nvme-user suite

Referenced By

nvme(1).

09/29/2023 NVMe Manual