---
name: "nvme-get-lba-status"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nvme-cli"
version: "3.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nvme-get-lba-status"
---

# nvme-get-lba-status(1)

Get LBA Status from NVMe device

## NAME

nvme-get-lba-status - Get LBA Status from NVMe device

## SYNOPSIS

```
nvme [<global-options>] get-lba-status <device>
                        [--namespace-id=<nsid> | -n <nsid>]
                        [--start-lba=<slba> | -s <slba>]
                        [--max-dw=<max-dw> | -m <max-dw>]
                        [--action=<action-type> | -a <action-type>]
                        [--range-len=<range-len> | -l <range-len>]
```

## DESCRIPTION

For the NVMe device given, send an nvme Get LBA Status admin command and provides the results.

The \<device\> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).

On success, the returned get lba data structure may be returned in one of several ways depending on the option flags; the structure may parsed by the program and printed in a readable format or the raw buffer may be printed to stdout for another program to parse.

## OPTIONS

- \-n \<nsid\>, --namespace-id=\<nsid\>

  Send the Get LBA Status command for the specified nsid. This can be used to override the default value for either character device (unspecified) or the block device (result from NVME\_IOCTL\_ID). The broadcast value 0xffffffff can also be given as *all* or *-1*.

- \-s \<slba\>, --start-lba=\<slba\>

  Starting LBA(SLBA) in 64-bit address of the first logical block addressed

- \-m \<max-dw\>, --max-dw=\<max-dw\>

  Maximum Number of Dwords(MNDW) specifies maximum number of dwords to return

- \-a \<action-type\>, --action=\<action-type\>

  Action Type(ATYPE) specifies the mechanism it uses in determining the LBA Status Descriptors.

- \-l \<range-len\>, --range-len=\<range-len\>

  Range Length(RL) specifies the length of the range of contiguous LBAs beginning at SLBA

## 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)](/nvme-cli.conf/5.md). A command-line flag always overrides the file.

## EXAMPLES

• Get the LBA Status of the device using all defaults:

```
# nvme get-lba-status /dev/nvme0n1
```

• Get LBA Status of the namespace 1 from SLBA 10 for the max Dwords of 0x1000

```
# nvme get-lba-status /dev/nvme0 --namespace-id=1 --start-lba=10 --max-dw=0x1000
```

## NVME

Part of the nvme-user suite