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6 nvme-get-log - Retrieves a log page from an NVMe device
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9 nvme get-log <device> [--log-id=<log-id> | -i <log-id>]
10 [--log-len=<log-len> | -l <log-len>]
11 [--aen=<aen> | -a <aen>]
12 [--namespace-id=<nsid> | -n <nsid>]
13 [--raw-binary | -b]
14 [--lpo=<offset> | -o <offset>]
15 [--lsp=<field> | -s <field>]
16 [--lsi=<field> | -S <field>]
17 [--rae | -r]
18 [--csi=<command_set_identifier> | -y <command_set_identifier>]
19 [--ot=<offset_type> | -O <offset_type>]
20 [--xfer-len=<length> | -x <length>]
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23 Retrieves an arbitrary NVMe log page from an NVMe device and provides
24 the returned structure.
25 The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe
27 character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex:
28 /dev/nvme0n1).
29 On success, the returned log structure may be returned in one of
31 several ways depending on the option flags; the structure may be
32 displayed in hex by the program or the raw buffer may be printed to
33 stdout for another program to parse.
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36 -l <log-len>, --log-len=<log-len>
37 Allocates a buffer of <log-len> bytes size and requests this many
38 bytes be returned in the constructed NVMe command. This param is
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40 -i <log-id>, --log-id=<log-id>
42 Sets the commands requested log-id to <log-id>. Defaults to 0.
43 -a <aen>, --aen=<aen>
45 Convenience field for extracting log information based on an
46 asynchronous event notification result. This will override log-id
47 and log-len, if set.
48 -n <nsid>, --namespace-id=<nsid>
50 Sets the command’s nsid value to the given nsid. Defaults to
51 0xffffffff if not given. This option may not affect anything
52 depending on the log page, which may or may not be specific to a
53 namespace.
54 -b, --raw-binary
56 Print the raw log buffer to stdout.
57 -o <offset>, --lpo=<offset>
59 The log page offset specifies the location within a log page to
60 start returning data from. It’s Dword-aligned and 64-bits.
61 -s <field>, --lsp=<field>
63 The log specified field of LID.
64 -S <field>, --lsi=<field>
66 The log specified field of Log Specific Identifier.
67 -r, --rae
69 Retain an Asynchronous Event.
70 -y <command_set_identifier>, --csi=<command_set_identifier>
72 This field specifies the identifier of command set. if not issued,
73 NVM Command Set will be selected.
74 -O, --ot
76 This field specifies the offset type. If set to false, the Log Page
77 Offset Lower field and the Log Page Offset Upper field specify the
78 byte offset into the log page to be returned. If set to true, the
79 Log Page Offset Lower field and the Log Page Offset Upper field
80 specify the index into the list of data structures in the log page
81 to be returned. The default is byte offset. If the option is
82 specified the index mode is used.
83 -x <length>
85 --xfer-len <length>: Specify the read chunk size. The length
86 argument is expected to be a multiple of 4096. The default size is
87 4096.
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90 • Get 512 bytes from log page 2
91 # nvme get-log /dev/nvme0 --log-id=2 --log-len=512
93 The above example will get log page 2 (SMART), and request 512
95 bytes. On success, the returned log will be dumped in hex and not
96 interpreted by the program.
97 • Have the program return the raw log page in binary:
99 # nvme get-log /dev/nvme0 -log-id=2 --log-len=512 --raw-binary > log_page_2.raw
101 # nvme get-log /dev/nvme0 -i 2 -l 512 -b > log_page_2.raw
102 It is not a good idea to not redirect stdout when using this mode.
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106 Part of the nvme-user suite
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