nvme-sndk-get-drive-status1
Send the nvme sndk get-drive-status command, return result
Usage
nvme [<global-options>]
sndk
get-drive-status
<device>
Overview
For the NVMe device given, send the unique sndk get-drive-status command and provide the additional drive status information.
The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0).
This will only work on Sandisk devices supporting this feature. Results for any other device are undefined.
On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.
Output explanation
| Field | Description |
| Percent Life Used. | The percentage of drive function used. |
| EOL (End of Life) Status | The 3 possible states are : Normal, Read Only, or End of Life. |
| Assert Dump Status | The 2 possible states are : Present or Not Present. |
| Thermal Throttling Status | The 3 possible states are : Off, On, or Unavailable. |
| Format Corrupt Reason | The 3 possible states are : Not Corrupted, Corrupt due to FW Assert, or Corrupt for Unknown Reason. |
Options
Global options
The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:
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--dry-run -
Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.
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--no-ioctl-probing -
Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.
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--no-retries -
Disable retry logic on transient errors.
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-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.
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--output-format-version=<version> -
Select the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names. Other versions are rejected.
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--quiet -
Suppress informational messages. Errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level.
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--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.
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--timeout=<ms> -
Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff).
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-v, --verbose -
Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.
These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.
Examples
• Has the program issue sndk get-drive-status command :
# nvme sndk get-drive-status /dev/nvme0
Nvme
Part of the nvme-user suite.
Releases
2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.
--dry-run since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--no-ioctl-probing since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--no-retries since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--output-format since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--output-format-version since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--quiet since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--set-options since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--timeout since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--verbose since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
-o since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
-v since Arch Linux 2026-11-07.