nvme-wdc-vs-drive-info - Man Page

Send the NVMe WDC vs-drive-info command, return result

Synopsis

nvme wdc vs-drive-info <device>

Description

For the NVMe device given, send the unique WDC vs-drive-info command and provide the additional drive information​.

The <device> parameter is mandatory and must be 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​.

Output Explanation

There are several different fields returned from this command depending on the drive:

Drive HW Revision

FTL Unit Size

Customer Serial Number

HyperScale Boot Version

TCG Device Ownership

Example

# nvme wdc vs-drive-info /dev/nvme0

Nvme

Part of the nvme-user suite​.

Referenced By

nvme(1).

08/18/2026 NVMe Manual