XNVME-SANITIZE(1)

📦 version 0.7.5, in alpine 3.24, epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44

💅 XNVME-SANITIZE 💅

okay bestie, welcome to xnvme-sanitize from the xNVMe manual (section 1, obviously) — it's the one that kicks off a Sanitize Operation and honestly? iconic behavior.

✨ NAME ✨

xnvme-sanitize — Start a Sanitize Operation 🧼

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xnvme sanitize <uri> [<args>]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Start a Sanitize Operation. that's it, that's the whole vibe. no cap, it just starts it ✨

👑 REQUIRED 👑

  • <uri> — the Device URI, like '/dev/nvme0n1', '0000:01:00.1', '10.9.8.1.8888', or '\.PhysicalDrive1'. yeah you literally cannot skip this one, it's giving mandatory 💀
  • --sanact 0xNUM — Sanatize action, pick ur fighter:
    • Exit Failure Mode = 0x1
    • Block Erase = 0x2
    • Overwrite = 0x3
    • Crypto Erase = 0x4

🎀 OPTIONAL 🎀

  • [ --ause ] — Allow Unrestricted Sanatize Exit. yes the spelling is "Sanatize" in the original, we don't make the rules 🫶
  • [ --ovrpat 0xNUM ] — Overwrite Pattern
  • [ --owpass 0xNUM ] — Overwrite Pass Count
  • [ --oipbp ] — Overwrite Invert Pattern Between Passes
  • [ --nodas ] — No-Deallocate After Sanitize
  • [ --subnqn STRING ] — Subsystem NQN of the NVMe over Fabrics endpoint, e.g. 'nqn.2022-06.io.xnvme:ctrlnode1'
  • [ --hostnqn STRING ] — The host NQN to use when connecting to NVMe over Fabrics controllers
  • [ --be STRING ] — xNVMe backend, e.g. 'linux', 'spdk', 'fbsd', 'macos', 'posix', 'windows'
  • [ --dev-nsid 0xNUM ] — Namespace Identifier for Device Handle
  • [ --admin STRING ] — xNVMe admin. command-interface, e.g. 'nvme', 'block'
  • [ --mem STRING ] — xNVMe buffer/memory manager
  • [ --direct NUM ] — Bypass layers (main character energy, honestly)
  • [ --help ] — Show usage / help. the "help me pls" button 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Full documentation at: <https://xnvme.io/> — go read it, iykyk 💖

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Written by Simon A. F. Lund <simon.lund@samsung.com> on behalf of Samsung. king behavior fr fr 👑

okay that's the whole page bestie, go sanitize something (responsibly!!) 💅✨

this was xNVMe, dated 09 September 2024 — XNVME-SANITIZE(1), periodt 🎀

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