NVME-WDC-GET-DRIV(1)

NAME
nvme-wdc-get-drive-status - Send the NVMe WDC get-drive-status command, return result

SYNOPSIS

nvme [<global-options>] wdc get-drive-status <device>

DESCRIPTION

For the NVMe device given, send the unique WDC get-drive-status command and provide the additional drive status information.

The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either 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
Field | Description
Percent Life Used. | The percentage of drive function used.
EOL (End of Life) Status | The 3 possible states are : Normal, Read Only, or End of Life.
Assert Dump Status | The 2 possible states are : Present or Not Present.
Thermal Throttling Status | The 3 possible states are : Off, On, or Unavailable.
Format Corrupt Reason | The 3 possible states are : Not Corrupted, Corrupt due to FW Assert, or Corrupt for Unknown Reason.

OPTIONS

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 issue WDC get-drive-status command :

        # nvme wdc get-drive-status /dev/nvme0

NVME

Part of the nvme-user suite.