ZONED-MGMT-OPEN(1)

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👑 zoned-mgmt-open — the manual page, bestie edition 💅

okay so you opened the xNVMe manual, section 1, and the star of the show is zoned-mgmt-open. sit down, grab a lil snack, we're opening a zone and we're doing it flawlessly. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

zoned-mgmt-open — Open a Zone

like, literally just. open a zone. that's the whole job. and she does it gorgeously. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

zoned mgmt-open <uri> [<args>]

that's it. that's the shape of it. <uri> is the main character, [<args>] are the supporting cast. 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Open a Zone.

no cap, that's the entire description. short. iconic. efficient. she said what she said and she said it in four words. periodt. 👑

🔥 REQUIRED 🔥

these are not optional, bestie. you cannot skip these. the vibe check will fail. 😭

  • <uri> — the Device URI. think of it as the address of the thing you're talking to. examples they gave us: '/dev/nvme0n1', '0000:01:00.1', '10.9.8.1.8888', '\.PhysicalDrive1'. write it exactly like that, okay? character for character. 💅
  • --slba 0xNUM — Start Logical Block Address. it's where the zone starts. the beginning. the origin story. 0xNUM means hex, so bring your hex energy. 🔢

🎀 OPTIONAL 🎀

these ones are the lil extras. optional but adorable. take them or leave them, she'll still slay. ✨

  • [ --nsid 0xNUM ] — Namespace Identifier for Command Construction. yes it's different from the one further down. no they are not the same. read the labels, bestie. 🙈
  • [ --all ] — Select / Affect all. everything. all of it. the whole group chat. 💯
  • [ --subnqn STRING ] — Subsystem NQN of the NVMe over Fabrics endpoint. example given: 'nqn.2022-06.io.xnvme:ctrlnode1'. yes you copy that exactly. no you do not "improve" it. 🧚
  • [ --hostnqn STRING ] — The host NQN to use when connecting to NVMe over Fabrics controllers. it's your name tag at the fabrics party. 🪩
  • [ --be STRING ] — xNVMe backend. the options are 'linux', 'spdk', 'fbsd', 'macos', 'posix', 'windows'. pick your fighter. 🥊
  • [ --dev-nsid 0xNUM ] — Namespace Identifier for Device Handle. (yes, again with the nsid. this one's for the device handle tho. two different nsids. it's giving twins. 👯)
  • [ --admin STRING ] — xNVMe admin. command-interface, e.g. 'nvme', 'block'. 🛠️
  • [ --mem STRING ] — xNVMe buffer/memory manager. she manages the memory so you don't have to. 🧠
  • [ --direct NUM ] — Bypass layers. straight through. no detours. main character energy fr fr. ⚡
  • [ --sync STRING ] — xNVMe sync. command-interface, e.g. 'nvme', 'block'. ⏱️
  • [ --help ] — Show usage / help. your bestie when you're lost. always there. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Full documentation at: <https://xnvme.io/>

go read it. i'll wait. actually no i won't, i'll be right here. 💜

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

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

shoutout to Simon for writing this on behalf of Samsung, absolute legend behavior. 👑

and that's the whole page, bestie!! no details were harmed in the making of this rewrite — every flag, every default, every path, every 0xNUM, all of it stayed exactly where it was. 💖

this was xNVMe, dated 09 September 2024, and the page is ZONED-MGMT-OPEN(1). mwah. go open a zone. slay. 💅✨

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