nvme-attach-ns(1)

# nvme-attach-ns(1) Manual Page

## NAME

nvme-attach-ns - Send NVMe attach namespace, return result.

## SYNOPSIS

    nvme attach-ns <device> [--namespace-id=<nsid> | -n <nsid>]
                            [--controllers=<ctrl-list,> | -c <ctrl-list,>]
                            [--output-format=<fmt> | -o <fmt>] [--verbose | -v]

## DESCRIPTION

For the NVMe device given, sends the nvme namespace attach command for the provided namespace identifier, attaching to the provided list of controller identifiers.

The <device> parameter is mandatory NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0) but not a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).

## OPTIONS

-n <nsid>
--namespace-id=<nsid>

  The namespace identifier to attach but not attached already.

-c <ctrl-list,>
-controllers=<ctrl-list,>

  The comma separated list of controller identifiers to attach the namespace too. If no list is provided, the namespace will be attached to the <device> controller used for this command.

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

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

-v
--verbose

  Increase the information detail in the output.

## EXAMPLES

    Attach namespace 2 to the controllers with id 0x21 and 0x22:

    # nvme attach-ns /dev/nvme1 -n 0x2 -c 0x21,0x22

    Attach namespace 3 to nvme0:

    # nvme attach-ns /dev/nvme0 -n 3

## NVME

Part of the nvme-user suite