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== Admin Commands ==
== Admin Commands ==

Admin commands are used to do non-storage related activities, such as identify the controller features, storage size, create and destroy general purpose queues.


== NVM Commands ==
== NVM Commands ==

Revision as of 08:54, 27 December 2019

The NVMe Specifications can be found here.

Forum thread about this page here.

TLDR FAQ

Introduction

Examples in several programming languages can be found at GitHub

NVMe is a non-volatile memory(NVM) controller you access over PCI_Express.

NVMe has queues that are used to issue administration commands and storage commands.

Submission Queue

Completion Queue

Admin Commands

Admin commands are used to do non-storage related activities, such as identify the controller features, storage size, create and destroy general purpose queues.

NVM Commands