NAME
nvme-disconnect - Disconnect one or more Fabrics controller(s).
SYNOPSIS
nvme [<global-options>] disconnect [--device=<device> | -d <device>]
[--exclude | -x]
[<fabrics-options>]
DESCRIPTION
Disconnects and removes one or more existing NVMe over Fabrics controllers. If the --device option is specified, the controller with that name will be removed. If --nqn is given by itself, every controller connected to the subsystem identified by subnqn will be removed. If --nqn is combined with any of the other fabrics options below (the same ones nvme connect accepts, such as --transport, --traddr, --trsvcid, --host-traddr, --host-iface, --hostnqn or --hostid), only the controller(s) matching all of the specified options are removed — useful for disambiguating between multiple controllers connected to the same subsystem. --device cannot be combined with --nqn or any of the other fabrics options.
With --exclude, a matching entry is written to the system-wide NVMe-oF exclusion list before the controller (or subsystem) is torn down, so that a cooperating orchestrator sees the exclusion in place before the removal event fires and does not immediately reconnect. See nvme-exclusion-add(1) and the exclusion list overview for details.
OPTIONS
- -d <device>, --device <device>
-
Indicates that the controller with the specified name should be removed. Cannot be combined with --nqn or any of the fabrics options below.
- -x, --exclude
-
Write a matching entry to the user exclusion list before disconnecting, so orchestrators do not auto-reconnect the controller. The entry is built from the controller’s transport parameters (or, with a bare --nqn, from the subsystem NQN).
FABRICS OPTIONS
The following options are common to NVMe over Fabrics commands such as nvme connect:
- -a <traddr>, --traddr=<traddr>
-
Specify the network address of the controller. For transports using IP addressing (e.g. rdma, tcp), this should be an IP address.
- --concat
-
Enable secure concatenation (TCP).
- -c <#>, --reconnect-delay=<#>
-
Set the delay in seconds before reconnect is attempted after a connection loss.
- -C <secret>, --kxchap-ctrl-secret=<secret>
-
Controller authentication secret for bi-directional authentication. If not specified, bi-directional authentication is not attempted.
- -S <secret>, --kxchap-secret=<secret>
-
Host authentication secret (KX-HMAC-CHAP). Must be provided in ASCII format as defined in the NVMe specification.
- -C <secret>, --dhchap-ctrl-secret=<secret>
-
Controller authentication secret for bi-directional authentication. If not specified, bi-directional authentication is not attempted. (deprecated, see --kxchap-ctrl-secret)
- -S <secret>, --dhchap-secret=<secret>
-
Host authentication secret (DH-HMAC-CHAP). Must be provided in ASCII format as defined in the NVMe specification. (deprecated, see --kxchap-secret)
- --disable-sqflow
-
Disable submission queue flow control.
- -G, --data-digest
-
Enable data digest generation/verification (TCP).
- -D, --duplicate-connect
-
Allow duplicate connections to the same subsystem.
- -g, --hdr-digest
-
Enable header digest generation/verification (TCP).
- -f <iface>, --host-iface=<iface>
-
Specify the network interface to use for the connection.
- -I <hostid>, --hostid=<hostid>
-
Specify the host UUID.
- -q <hostnqn>, --hostnqn=<hostnqn>
-
Override the default host NQN.
- -w <traddr>, --host-traddr=<traddr>
-
Specify the source address on the host side of the connection.
- -k <#>, --keep-alive-tmo=<#>
-
Set the keep-alive timeout in seconds.
- --keyring=<keyring>
-
Keyring to use for TLS key lookup.
- -n <subnqn>, --nqn=<subnqn>
-
Specify the NVMe subsystem NQN to connect to.
- -i <#>, --nr-io-queues=<#>
-
Number of I/O queues to create.
- -P <#>, --nr-poll-queues=<#>
-
Number of polling queues to create.
- -W <#>, --nr-write-queues=<#>
-
Number of write queues to create.
- -Q <#>, --queue-size=<#>
-
Queue depth for I/O queues.
- -l <#>, --ctrl-loss-tmo=<#>
-
Maximum time in seconds to retry reconnect attempts after controller loss.
- -s <trsvcid>, --trsvcid=<trsvcid>
-
Transport service identifier (e.g. TCP/rdma port). Default is 4420 for RDMA.
- -T <#>, --tos=<#>
-
Type of service value for the connection (TCP).
- -t <trtype>, --transport=<trtype>
-
Specify the transport type. Supported values include:
+
| Value | Description |
| rdma | RDMA (RoCE, iWARP, InfiniBand) |
| tcp | TCP/IP |
| fc | Fibre Channel (experimental) |
| loop | Local loopback transport |
- --tls
-
Enable TLS encryption (TCP).
- --tls-key=<tls-key>
-
TLS key for the connection. It is recommended to preload keys into the system keyring instead of passing them via the command line.
- --tls-key-identity=<identity>
-
Identity associated with the TLS key.
GLOBAL OPTIONS
The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:
- --dry-run
-
Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.
- --no-ioctl-probing
-
Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.
- --no-retries
-
Disable retry logic on transient errors.
- -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.
- --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.
- --quiet
-
Suppress informational messages. Errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level.
- --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.
- --timeout=<ms>
-
Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff).
- -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
• Disconnect all controllers for a subsystem named nqn.2014-08.com.example:nvme:nvm-subsystem-sn-d78432:
# nvme disconnect --nqn=nqn.2014-08.com.example:nvme:nvm-subsystem-sn-d78432
• Disconnect the controller nvme4
# nvme disconnect --device=nvme4
• Disconnect only the tcp controller for a subsystem at a given traddr, leaving other controllers of the same subsystem (e.g. over a different transport address) connected:
# nvme disconnect --nqn=nqn.2014-08.com.example:nvme:nvm-subsystem-sn-d78432 \
--transport=tcp --traddr=192.168.1.100
• Disconnect nvme4 and exclude it so orchestrators do not reconnect it:
# nvme disconnect --device=nvme4 --exclude
SEE ALSO
NVME
Part of the nvme-user suite