NVME-DISCONNECT-AL(1)

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💅 nvme-disconnect-all(1) — the NVMe over Fabrics cleanup era

okay bestie so this is nvme-disconnect-all from the NVMe manual (section 1, iykyk), and honestly? It's giving "spring cleaning for your Fabrics controllers." Let's get into it. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

nvme-disconnect-all — disconnect from all the connected Fabrics controllers. yes, all of them. the whole squad. 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

nvme [<global-options>] disconnect-all
                        [--transport=<STR> | -t <STR>]
                        [--owner=<NAME>]
                        [--force]

literally that's it. look at her go. 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what it does: it disconnects and removes NVMe over Fabrics controllers. But here's the main character plot twist — the default behavior is ownership-aware. That means it only disconnects controllers that have no entry in the ownership registry. Controllers that are registered to an orchestrator (like nvme-stas or nbft) are left completely untouched. not us touching them. not ever. 🙈

Use --owner to target a specific orchestrator's controllers, or --force to disconnect all controllers regardless of ownership. Important: --force and --owner are mutually exclusive — you cannot have both, pick a lane bestie. 😭

When either flag is used interactively, a confirmation prompt is shown. Non-interactive invocations proceed without prompting — no vibe check, it just goes. ⚡

See the documentation for the nvme-disconnect(1) command for further background if you want the deep lore. 📖

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -t <STR>, --transport=<STR> — limit the disconnection to controllers using the specified transport (e.g. tcp, rdma, fc). only the chosen ones get the goodbye. 🦋
  • --owner=<NAME> — disconnect only the controllers owned by NAME in the registry. Requires interactive confirmation when stdin is a terminal. 🎀
  • --force — disconnect all controllers regardless of ownership. Requires interactive confirmation when stdin is a terminal. this one is lowkey powerful, treat her with respect. 🔥

👑 GLOBAL OPTIONS 👑

These are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand too — the big sisters of the options world. 💜

  • --dry-run — print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it. manifesting without the commitment. ✨
  • --no-ioctl-probing — disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support. 🧚
  • --no-retries — disable retry logic on transient errors. one shot, no takebacks. 💀
  • -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 (the default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names. Other versions are rejected — no notes, blocked. 🚫
  • --quiet — suppress informational messages. Errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level. shhh. 🤫
  • --set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] — set libnvme library options for this invocation. Supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir. customizing, your honor. 🎨
  • --timeout=<ms> — set the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff). patience is a virtue fr fr. ⏳
  • -v, --verbose — increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity. more. MORE. 🔍

These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file. periodt. 💅

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

  • Disconnect all unowned controllers (the safe default, the sensible queen 👑):
# nvme disconnect-all
  • Disconnect all controllers owned by nvme-stas:
# nvme disconnect-all --owner stas
  • Disconnect all controllers regardless of ownership:
# nvme disconnect-all --force

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

nvme-disconnect(1) nvme-registry-list(1) nvme-registry-delete(1)

⭐ NVME ⭐

Part of the nvme-user suite. she's in her ecosystem era. 💜

and that's the page bestie!! this one's from NVMe, version dated 10/30/2026, and it's the NVME-DISCONNECT-AL(1) page — go disconnect some controllers responsibly, mwah 💋🦋🌸
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