1NVME-CREATE-NS(1) NVMe Manual NVME-CREATE-NS(1)
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6 nvme-create-ns - Send NVMe Namespace management command to create
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10 nvme create-ns <device> [--nsze=<nsze> | -s <nsze>]
11 [--ncap=<ncap> | -c <ncap>]
12 [--flbas=<flbas> | -f <flbas>]
13 [--dps=<dps> | -d <dps>]
14 [--nmic=<nmic> | -m <nmic>]
15 [--anagrp-id=<anagrpid> | -a <anagrpid>]
16 [--nvmset-id=<nvmsetid> | -i <nvmsetid>]
17 [--block-size=<block-size> | -b <block-size>]
18 [--timeout=<timeout> | -t <timeout>]
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21 For the NVMe device given, sends a namespace management command to create
22 the namespace with the requested settings. On success, the namespace
23 identifier assigned by the controller is returned.
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25 The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character
26 device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).
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28 OPTIONS
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37 The namespace formatted logical block size setting. Conflicts with
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44 Namespace multipath and sharing capabilities.
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47 ANA Gorup Identifier. If this value is 0h specifies that the
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51 This field specifies the identifier of the NVM Set.
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54 Target block size the new namespace should be formatted as.
55 Potential FLBAS values will be values will be scanned and the
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63 Part of the nvme-user suite
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