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NVME-INTEL-ID-CTR(1) NVMe Manual NVME-INTEL-ID-CTR(1)

NAME

nvme-intel-id-ctrl - Send NVMe Identify Controller, return result and structure

SYNOPSIS

nvme [<global-options>] intel id-ctrl <device>


                        [--vendor-specific | -v]


                        [--raw-binary | -b]

DESCRIPTION

For the NVMe device given, sends an identify controller command and provides the result and returned structure.

The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).

On success, the structure may be returned in one of several ways depending on the option flags; the structure may be parsed by the program or the raw buffer may be printed to stdout.

If having the program decode the output for readability, this version will decode Intel vendor unique portions of the structure.

OPTIONS

-b, --raw-binary

Print the raw buffer to stdout. Structure is not parsed by program. This overrides the vendor specific and human readable options.

-v, --vendor-specific

In addition to parsing known fields, this option will dump the vendor specific region of the structure in hex with ascii interpretation.

GLOBAL OPTIONS

The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:

--dry-run

Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.

--no-ioctl-probing

Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.

--no-retries

Disable retry logic on transient errors.

-o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt>

Set the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. Only one output format may be used at a time.

--output-format-version=<version>

Select the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names.

--timeout=<ms>

Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds.

-v, --verbose

Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.

These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.

EXAMPLES

•Has the program interpret the returned buffer and display the known fields in a human readable format: 

# nvme intel id-ctrl /dev/nvme0

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09/19/2026 NVMe