List the Supported LBA Format

  1. To list the supported LBA formats on an NVMe controller, type:

    # nvmeadm format -l [controller_name]

    For example:

    # nvmeadm format -l SUNW-NVME-1

    SUNW-NVME-1
            LBA Format: 1
                    Block Size:                     512
                    Metadata Size:                  0
            LBA Format: 2
                    Block Size:                     512
                    Metadata Size:                  8
            LBA Format: 3
                    Block Size:                     512
                    Metadata Size:                  16
            LBA Format: 4
                    Block Size:                     4096
                    Metadata Size:                  0
            LBA Format: 5
                    Block Size:                     4096
                    Metadata Size:                  8
            LBA Format: 6
                    Block Size:                     4096
                    Metadata Size:                  64