---
name: "nvme-zns-report-zones"
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-zns-report-zones"
---

# nvme-zns-report-zones(1)

Retrieve and display the Report Zones data structure

## NAME

nvme-zns-report-zones - Retrieve and display the Report Zones data structure

## SYNOPSIS

```
nvme [<global-options>] zns report-zones <device>
                                 [--namespace-id=<NUM> | -n <NUM>]
                                 [--start-lba=<IONUM> | -s <IONUM>]
                                 [--descs=<NUM> | -d <NUM>]
                                 [--state=<NUM> | -S <NUM>]
                                 [--extended | -e]
                                 [--partial | -p]
```

## DESCRIPTION

For the NVMe device given, sends the Zone Management Receive command with the Zone Receive Action set to either Report Zones or Extended Report Zones, depending on the *extended* option.

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 data structure returned by the device will be decoded and displayed in one of several ways.

## OPTIONS

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

  Use the provided namespace id for the command. If not provided, the namespace id of the block device will be used. If the command is issued to a non-block device, the parameter is required. The broadcast value 0xffffffff can also be given as *all* or *-1*.

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

  The starting LBA of the zone to begin the report

- \-d \<NUM\>, --descs=\<NUM\>

  The number of descriptors to request in the report.

- \-S \<NUM\>, --state=\<NUM\>

  The state of zones to request in the report. Known values include:

  | | |
  | --- | --- |
  | Value | Definition |
  | 0 | List all zones (default) |
  | 1 | Empty State |
  | 2 | Implicitly Opened State |
  | 3 | Explicitly Opened State |
  | 4 | Closed State |
  | 5 | Full State |
  | 6 | Read Only State |
  | 7 | Offline State |

- \-e, --extended

  Request to use the Extended Report Zones option. The extended data is not decoded.

- \-p, --partial

  If set, the device will return the number of zones that match the state rather than the number of zones returned in the report.

## 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

• Has the program interpret the report for 16 zones, and display the known fields in a human readable format:

```
# nvme zns report-zones /dev/nvme0 -n 1 -d 16
```

• Show the output in json format with extra details

```
# nvme zns report-zones /dev/nvme0 -n 1 -d 16 -o json
```

## NVME

Part of nvme-cli