numam-spdk/doc/jsonrpc.md

JSON-RPC Methods

Overview

SPDK implements a JSON-RPC 2.0 server to allow external management tools to dynamically configure SPDK components.

App Framework

kill_instance

Send a signal to the application.

Parameters

Name	Optional	Type	Description
sig_name	Required	string	Signal to send (SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGQUIT, SIGHUP, or SIGKILL)

Example

Example request:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "kill_instance",
  "params": {
    "sig_name": "SIGINT"
  }
}

Example response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": true
}

context_switch_monitor

Query, enable, or disable the context switch monitoring functionality.

Parameters

Name	Optional	Type	Description
enabled	Optional	boolean	Enable (true) or disable (false) monitoring (omit this parameter to query the current state)

Response

The current state of context switch monitoring is returned as a boolean.

Example

Example request:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "context_switch_monitor",
  "params": {
    "enabled": false
  }
}

Example response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": false
}

NVMe-oF Target

get_nvmf_subsystems method

Parameters

This method has no parameters.

Example

Example request:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "get_nvmf_subsystems"
}

Example response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": [
    {
      "core": 0,
      "nqn": "nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress.discovery",
      "subtype": "Discovery"
      "listen_addresses": [],
      "hosts": [],
      "allow_any_host": true
    },
    {
      "core": 5,
      "nqn": "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1",
      "subtype": "NVMe",
      "listen_addresses": [
        {
          "trtype": "RDMA",
          "adrfam": "IPv4",
          "traddr": "192.168.0.123",
          "trsvcid": "4420"
        }
      ],
      "hosts": [
        {"nqn": "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:host1"}
      ],
      "allow_any_host": false,
      "serial_number": "abcdef",
      "namespaces": [
        {"nsid": 1, "name": "Malloc2"},
        {"nsid": 2, "name": "Nvme0n1"}
      ]
    }
  ]
}

construct_nvmf_subsystem method

Construct an NVMe over Fabrics target subsystem.

Parameters

Name	Optional	Type	Description
core	Optional	number	Core to run the subsystem's poller on. Default: Automatically assign a core.
nqn	Required	string	Subsystem NQN
listen_addresses	Required	array	Array of @ref rpc_construct_nvmf_subsystem_listen_address objects
hosts	Optional	array	Array of strings containing allowed host NQNs. Default: No hosts allowed.
allow_any_host	Optional	boolean	Allow any host (true) or enforce allowed host whitelist (false). Default: false.
serial_number	Required	string	Serial number of virtual controller
namespaces	Optional	array	Array of @ref rpc_construct_nvmf_subsystem_namespace objects. Default: No namespaces.

listen_address

Name	Optional	Type	Description
trtype	Required	string	Transport type ("RDMA")
adrfam	Required	string	Address family ("IPv4", "IPv6", "IB", or "FC")
traddr	Required	string	Transport address
trsvcid	Required	string	Transport service ID

namespace

Name	Optional	Type	Description
nsid	Optional	number	Namespace ID between 1 and 4294967294, inclusive. Default: Automatically assign NSID.
bdev_name	Required	string	Name of bdev to expose as a namespace.

Example

Example request:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "construct_nvmf_subsystem",
  "params": {
    "core": 5,
    "nqn": "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1",
    "listen_addresses": [
      {
        "trtype": "RDMA",
        "adrfam": "IPv4",
        "traddr": "192.168.0.123",
        "trsvcid: "4420"
      }
    ],
    "hosts": [
      "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:host1",
      "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:host2"
    ],
    "allow_any_host": false,
    "serial_number": "abcdef",
    "namespaces": [
      {"nsid": 1, "name": "Malloc2"},
      {"nsid": 2, "name": "Nvme0n1"}
    ]
  }
}

Example response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": true
}

delete_nvmf_subsystem method

Delete an existing NVMe-oF subsystem.

Parameters

Parameter	Optional	Type	Description
nqn	Required	string	Subsystem NQN to delete.

Example

Example request:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "delete_nvmf_subsystem",
  "params": {
    "nqn": "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1"
  }
}

Example response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": true
}