Usage: xnvme format <uri> [<args>]
Format a NVM namespace
Positional arguments:
uri ; Device URI e.g. '/dev/nvme0n1', '0000:01:00.1', '10.9.8.1.8888', '\\.\PhysicalDrive1'
Where <args> include:
[ --nsid 0xNUM ] ; Namespace Identifier for Command Construction
[ --lbafl 0xNUM ] ; Least significant 4 bits of LBA Format Index
[ --lbafu 0xNUM ] ; Most significant 2 bits of LBA Format Index
[ --mset 0xNUM ] ; Metadata settings. Off=0x0, On=0x1
[ --ses 0xNUM ] ; Secure Erase setting. No=0x0, UserData=0x1, Cryptographic=0x2
[ --pi 0xNUM ] ; Protection Information. Off=0x0, Type1/2/3=0x1/0x2/0x3
[ --pil 0xNUM ] ; Protection Information Location. Last=0x0, First=0x1
With <args> for backend:
[ --subnqn STRING ] ; Subsystem NQN of the NVMe over Fabrics endpoint e.g. 'nqn.2022-06.io.xnvme:ctrlnode1'
[ --hostnqn STRING ] ; The host NQN to use when connecting to NVMe over Fabrics controllers
[ --be STRING ] ; xNVMe backend, e.g. 'linux', 'spdk', 'fbsd', 'macos', 'posix', 'windows'
[ --dev-nsid 0xNUM ] ; Namespace Identifier for Device Handle
[ --admin STRING ] ; xNVMe admin. command-interface, e.g. 'nvme', 'block'
[ --mem STRING ] ; xNVMe buffer/memory manager
[ --direct NUM ] ; Bypass layers
[ --help ] ; Show usage / help
See 'xnvme --help' for other commands
xNVMe - Cross-platform NVMe utility -- ver: {major: 0, minor: 7, patch: 4}