nvme-create-ns(1)

# nvme-create-ns(1) Manual Page

## NAME

nvme-create-ns - Send NVMe Namespace management command to create namespace, returns results.

## SYNOPSIS

    nvme create-ns <device> [--nsze=<nsze> | -s <nsze>]
                            [--ncap=<ncap> | -c <ncap>]
                            [--flbas=<flbas> | -f <flbas>]
                            [--dps=<dps> | -d <dps>]
                            [--nmic=<nmic> | -m <nmic>]
                            [--block-size=<block-size> | -b <block-size>]

## DESCRIPTION

For the NVMe device given, sends a namespace management command to create the namespace with the requested settings. On success, the namespace identifier assigned by the controller is returned.

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

## OPTIONS

-s
--nsze

  The namespace size.

-c
--ncap

  The namespace capacity.

-f
--flbas

  The namespace formatted logical block size setting. Conflicts with --block-size argument.

-d
--dps

  The data protection settings.

-m
--nmic

  Namespace multipath and sharing capabilities.

-b
--block-size

  Target block size the new namespace should be formatted as. Potential FLBAS values will be values will be scanned and the lowest numbered will be selected for the create-ns operation. Conflicts with --flbas argument.

## EXAMPLES

No examples provided yet.

## NVME

Part of the nvme-user suite