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NVME-CONNECT(1) 		   NVMe Manual			 NVME-CONNECT(1)

NAME
     nvme-connect - Connect to a Fabrics controller.

SYNOPSIS
     nvme connect [--transport=<trtype> | -t <trtype>]
			     [--nqn=<subnqn> | -n <subnqn>]
			     [--traddr=<traddr> | -a <traddr>]
			     [--trsvcid=<trsvcid> | -s <trsvcid>]
			     [--host-traddr=<traddr> | -w <traddr>]
			     [--host-iface=<iface> | -f <iface>]
			     [--hostnqn=<hostnqn> | -q <hostnqn>]
			     [--hostid=<hostid> | -I <hostid>]
			     [--config=<filename> | -J <filename>]
			     [--dhchap-secret=<secret> | -S <secret>]
			     [--dhchap-ctrl-secret=<secret> | -C <secret>]
			     [--nr-io-queues=<#> | -i <#>]
			     [--nr-write-queues=<#> | -W <#>]
			     [--nr-poll-queues=<#> | -P <#>]
			     [--queue-size=<#> | -Q <#>]
			     [--keep-alive-tmo=<#> | -k <#>]
			     [--reconnect-delay=<#> | -c <#>]
			     [--ctrl-loss-tmo=<#> | -l <#>] [--tos=<#> | -T <#>]
			     [--keyring=<keyring>] [--tls-key=<tls-key>]
			     [--tls-key-identity=<identity>]
			     [--duplicate-connect | -D] [--disable-sqflow ]
			     [--hdr-digest | -g] [--data-digest | -G] [--tls]
			     [--concat] [--dump-config | -O] [--application=<id>]
			     [--output-format=<fmt> | -o <fmt>] [--verbose | -v]

DESCRIPTION
     Create a transport connection to a remote system (specified by --traddr and
     --trsvcid) and create a NVMe over Fabrics controller for the NVMe subsystem
     specified by the --nqn option.

OPTIONS
     -t <trtype>, --transport=<trtype>
	 This field specifies the network fabric being used for a NVMe-over-Fab-
	 rics network. Current string values include:
	 +-------+-----------------------------+
	 | Value | Definition		       |
	 +-------+-----------------------------+
	 | rdma  | The	network  fabric  is an |
	 |	 | rdma network (RoCE,	iWARP, |
	 |	 | Infiniband,	 basic	 rdma, |
	 |	 | etc) 		       |
	 +-------+-----------------------------+
	 | fc	 | WIP The network fabric is a |
	 |	 | Fibre Channel network.      |
	 +-------+-----------------------------+
	 | tcp	 | The	network  fabric  is  a |
	 |	 | TCP/IP network.	       |
	 +-------+-----------------------------+
	 | loop  | Connect to a NVMe over Fab- |
	 |	 | rics  target  on  the local |
	 |	 | host 		       |
	 +-------+-----------------------------+

     -n <subnqn>, --nqn <subnqn>
	 This field specifies the name for the NVMe subsystem to connect to.

     -a <traddr>, --traddr=<traddr>
	 This field specifies the network address of the Controller. For  trans-
	 ports	using  IP  addressing (e.g. rdma) this should be an IP-based ad-
	 dress (ex. IPv4).

     -s <trsvcid>, --trsvcid=<trsvcid>
	 This field specifies the transport service id. For transports using  IP
	 addressing  (e.g.  rdma) this field is the port number. By default, the
	 IP port number for the RDMA transport is 4420.

     -w <traddr>, --host-traddr=<traddr>
	 This field specifies the network address used on the host to connect to
	 the Controller. For TCP, this sets the source address on the socket.

     -f <iface>, --host-iface=<iface>
	 This field specifies the network interface used on the host to  connect
	 to  the Controller (e.g. IP eth1, enp2s0, enx78e7d1ea46da). This forces
	 the connection to be made on a specific interface  instead  of  letting
	 the system decide.

     -q <hostnqn>, --hostnqn=<hostnqn>
	 Overrides  the  default Host NQN that identifies the NVMe Host. If this
	 option  is  not  specified,  the  default   is   read	 from	/usr/lo-
	 cal/etc/nvme/hostnqn  first.  If that does not exist, the autogenerated
	 NQN value from the NVMe Host kernel module is used next. The  Host  NQN
	 uniquely identifies the NVMe Host.

     -I <hostid>, --hostid=<hostid>
	 UUID(Universally  Unique  Identifier)	to be discovered which should be
	 formatted.

     -J <filename>, --config=<filename>
	 Use the specified  JSON  configuration  file  instead	of  the  default
	 /usr/local/etc/nvme/config.json file or none to not read in an existing
	 configuration file. The JSON configuration file format is documented in
	 https://github.com/linux-nvme/libnvme/blob/master/doc/con-
	 fig-schema.json

     -S <secret>, --dhchap-secret=<secret>
	 NVMe  In-band	authentication	secret;  needs	to be in ASCII format as
	 specified in NVMe 2.0 section 8.13.5.8 Secret representation.

     -C <secret>, --dhchap-ctrl-secret=<secret>
	 NVMe In-band authentication controller secret	for  bi-directional  au-
	 thentication; needs to be in ASCII format as specified in NVMe 2.0 sec-
	 tion  8.13.5.8 Secret representation. If not present bi-directional au-
	 thentication is not attempted.

     -i <#>, --nr-io-queues=<#>
	 Overrides the default number of I/O queues create by the driver.

     -W <#>, --nr-write-queues=<#>
	 Adds additional queues that will be used for write I/O.

     -P <#>, --nr-poll-queues=<#>
	 Adds additional queues that will be used for polling latency  sensitive
	 I/O.

     -Q <#>, --queue-size=<#>
	 Overrides  the  default number of elements in the I/O queues created by
	 the driver.

     -k <#>, --keep-alive-tmo=<#>
	 Overrides the default keep alive timeout (in seconds).

     -c <#>, --reconnect-delay=<#>
	 Overrides the default delay (in seconds) before reconnect is  attempted
	 after a connect loss.

     -l <#>, --ctrl-loss-tmo=<#>
	 Overrides the default controller loss timeout period (in seconds). This
	 is  the  maximum  time  the  kernel will retry a connection, where each
	 retry will be issued after reconnect-delay seconds.

     -T <#>, --tos=<#>
	 Type of service for the connection (TCP)

     --keyring=<keyring>
	 Keyring for TLS key lookup, either the key id or the keyring name.

     --tls-key=<tls-key>
	 TLS key for the connection (TCP), either the  TLS  key  in  interchange
	 format  or the key id. It's strongly recommended not to provide the TLS
	 key via the comamnd line due to security concerns. Instead  in  produc-
	 tion  situation,  the	key should be loaded into the keystore with nvme
	 tls --import and only the --tls options used. The  kernel  will  select
	 the matching key.

     --tls-key-identity=<identity>
	 The identity used for the tls-key. If none is provided the tls-key pro-
	 vided	via the comamnd line is considered a configuration key and a de-
	 rive key will be loaded into the keyring.

     -D, --duplicate-connect
	 Allows duplicated connections between same transport host and subsystem
	 port.

     --disable-sqflow
	 Disables SQ flow control to omit head doorbell  update  for  submission
	 queues when sending nvme completions.

     -g, --hdr-digest
	 Generates/verifies header digest (TCP).

     -G, --data-digest
	 Generates/verifies data digest (TCP).

     --tls
	 Enable TLS encryption (TCP).

     --concat
	 Enable secure concatenation (TCP).

     -O, --dump-config
	 Print out resulting JSON configuration file to stdout.

     --context <STR>
	 Set  the execution context to <STR>. This allows to coordinate the man-
	 agement of the global resources.

     -o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt>
	 Set the reporting format to normal, json or  binary.  Only  one  output
	 format can be used at a time.

     -v, --verbose
	 Increase the information detail in the output.

EXAMPLES
     *	 Connect  to  a subsystem named nqn.2014-08.com.example:nvme:nvm-subsys-
	 tem-sn-d78432 on the IP4 address 192.168.1.3. Port 4420 is used by  de-
	 fault:

	     # nvme connect --transport=rdma --traddr=192.168.1.3 \
	     --nqn=nqn.2014-08.com.example:nvme:nvm-subsystem-sn-d78432

SEE ALSO
     nvme-discover(1) nvme-connect-all(1)

AUTHORS
     This was co-written by Jay Freyensee[1] and Christoph Hellwig[2]

NVME
     Part of the nvme-user suite

NOTES
      1. Jay Freyensee
	 mailto:james.p.freyensee@intel.com

      2. Christoph Hellwig
	 mailto:hch@lst.de

NVMe				   10/31/2024			 NVME-CONNECT(1)

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