# nvme-id-iocs(1) Manual Page

## NAME

nvme-id-iocs - Send NVMe Identify I/O Command Set, return result and structure

## SYNOPSIS

    nvme id-iocs <device> [--controller-id=<cntid> | -c <cntid>]

## DESCRIPTION

For the NVMe device given, send an identify command and return the Identify I/O Command Set data structure.

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

-c <cntid>
--controller-id=<cntid>

  Retrieve the identify I/O Command set data structure for the given cntid. If this value is not given, cntid will be 0xffff.

## EXAMPLES

- Have the program interpret the returned buffer and display the known fields in a human readable format:

      # nvme id-iocs /dev/nvme0

## NVME

Part of the nvme-user suite