nvme-wdc-purge-monitor
NVME-WDC-PURGE-MO(1) NVMe Manual NVME-WDC-PURGE-MO(1)
NAME
nvme-wdc-purge-monitor - Send NVMe WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command, return resultSYNOPSIS
nvme wdc purge-monitor <device>DESCRIPTION
For the NVMe device given, send a Vendor Unique WDC Purge-Monitor command and provide the status of the purge command.
Expected status and description :-
┌─────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Status Code │ Description │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ 0x00 │ Purge State Idle. │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ 0x01 │ Purge State Done. │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ 0x02 │ Purge State Busy. │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ 0x03 │ Purge State Error : Purge operation resulted in error, power │
│ │ cycle required. │
├─────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ 0x04 │ Purge State Error : Purge operation interrupted by power cycle │
│ │ or reset. │
└─────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).
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.OPTIONS
No options yet.EXAMPLES
• Has the program issue WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command :
# nvme wdc purge-monitor /dev/nvme0NVME
Part of the nvme-user suite.NVMe 05/02/2025 NVME-WDC-PURGE-MO(1)