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# nvme-cli {#nvme-cli}
# nvme-cli with SPDK Getting Started Guide
Now nvme-cli can support both kernel driver and SPDK user mode driver for most of its available commands and
Intel specific commands.
1. Clone the nvme-cli repository from the SPDK GitHub fork. Make sure you check out the spdk-1.6 branch.
~~~{.sh}
git clone -b spdk-1.6 https://github.com/spdk/nvme-cli.git
~~~
2. Clone the SPDK repository from https://github.com/spdk/spdk under the nvme-cli folder.
3. Refer to the "README.md" under SPDK folder to properly build SPDK.
4. Refer to the "README.md" under nvme-cli folder to properly build nvme-cli.
5. Execute "<spdk_folder>/scripts/setup.sh" with the "root" account.
6. Update the "spdk.conf" file under nvme-cli folder to properly configure the SPDK. Notes as following:
~~~{.sh}
spdk=1
Indicates whether or not to use spdk. Can be 0 (off) or 1 (on).
Defaults to 1 which assumes that you have run "<spdk_folder>/scripts/setup.sh", unbinding your drives from the kernel.
core_mask=0x1
A bitmask representing which core(s) to use for nvme-cli operations.
Defaults to core 0.
mem_size=512
The amount of reserved hugepage memory to use for nvme-cli (in MB).
Defaults to 512MB.
shm_id=0
Indicates the shared memory ID for the spdk application with which your NVMe drives are associated,
and should be adjusted accordingly.
Defaults to 0.
~~~
7. Run the "./nvme list" command to get the domain:bus:device.function for each found NVMe SSD.
8. Run the other nvme commands with domain:bus:device.function instead of "/dev/nvmeX" for the specified device.
~~~{.sh}
Example: ./nvme smart-log 0000:01:00.0
~~~
9. Run the "./nvme intel" commands for Intel specific commands against Intel NVMe SSD.
~~~{.sh}
Example: ./nvme intel internal-log 0000:08:00.0
~~~
10. Execute "<spdk_folder>/scripts/setup.sh reset" with the "root" account and update "spdk=0" in spdk.conf to
use the kernel driver if wanted.
## Use scenarios
### Run as the only SPDK application on the system
1. Modify the spdk to 1 in spdk.conf. If the system has fewer cores or less memory, update the spdk.conf accordingly.
### Run together with other running SPDK applications on shared NVMe SSDs
1. For the other running SPDK application, start with the parameter like "-i 1" to have the same "shm_id".
2. Use the default spdk.conf setting where "shm_id=1" to start the nvme-cli.
3. If other SPDK applications run with different shm_id parameter, update the "spdk.conf" accordingly.
### Run with other running SPDK applications on non-shared NVMe SSDs
1. Properly configure the other running SPDK applications.
~~~{.sh}
a. Only access the NVMe SSDs it wants.
b. Allocate a fixed number of memory instead of all available memory.
~~~
2. Properly configure the spdk.conf setting for nvme-cli.
~~~{.sh}
a. Not access the NVMe SSDs from other SPDK applications.
b. Change the mem_size to a proper size.
~~~
## Note
1. To run the newly built nvme-cli, either explicitly run as "./nvme" or added it into the $PATH to avoid
invoke other already installed version.
2. To run the newly built nvme-cli with SPDK support in arbitrary directory, copy "spdk.conf" to that
directory from the nvme cli folder and update the configuration as suggested.