nvme-wdc-get-drive-status - Man Page

Send the NVMe WDC get-drive-status command, return result

Synopsis

nvme wdc get-drive-status <device>

For the NVMe device given, send the unique WDC get-drive-status command and provide the additional drive status information.

The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0).

This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for any other device are undefined.

On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.

Field	Description
Percent Life Used.	The percentage of drive function used.
EOL (End of Life) Status	The 3 possible states are : Normal, Read Only, or End of Life.
Assert Dump Status	The 2 possible states are : Present or Not Present.
Thermal Throttling Status	The 3 possible states are : Off, On, or Unavailable.
Format Corrupt Reason	The 3 possible states are : Not Corrupted, Corrupt due to FW Assert, or Corrupt for Unknown Reason.

Has the program issue WDC get-drive-status command :
```
# nvme wdc get-drive-status /dev/nvme0
```

Part of the nvme-user suite.

08/18/2026 NVMe Manual