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NVME-DISCONNECT(1) NVMe Manual NVME-DISCONNECT(1)

NAME

nvme-disconnect - Disconnect one or more Fabrics controller(s).

SYNOPSIS

nvme [<global-options>] disconnect [--device=<device> | -d <device>]


                        [--exclude | -x]


                        [<fabrics-options>]

DESCRIPTION

Disconnects and removes one or more existing NVMe over Fabrics controllers. If the --device option is specified, the controller with that name will be removed. If --nqn is given by itself, every controller connected to the subsystem identified by subnqn will be removed. If --nqn is combined with any of the other fabrics options below (the same ones nvme connect accepts, such as --transport, --traddr, --trsvcid, --host-traddr, --host-iface, --hostnqn or --hostid), only the controller(s) matching all of the specified options are removed — useful for disambiguating between multiple controllers connected to the same subsystem. --device cannot be combined with --nqn or any of the other fabrics options.

With --exclude, a matching entry is written to the system-wide NVMe-oF exclusion list before the controller (or subsystem) is torn down, so that a cooperating orchestrator sees the exclusion in place before the removal event fires and does not immediately reconnect. See nvme-exclusion-add(1) and the exclusion list overview for details.

OPTIONS

-d <device>, --device <device>

Indicates that the controller with the specified name should be removed. Cannot be combined with --nqn or any of the fabrics options below.

-x, --exclude

Write a matching entry to the user exclusion list before disconnecting, so orchestrators do not auto-reconnect the controller. The entry is built from the controller’s transport parameters (or, with a bare --nqn, from the subsystem NQN).

FABRICS OPTIONS

The following options are common to NVMe over Fabrics commands such as nvme connect:

-a <traddr>, --traddr=<traddr>

Specify the network address of the controller. For transports using IP addressing (e.g. rdma, tcp), this should be an IP address.

--concat

Enable secure concatenation (TCP).

-c <#>, --reconnect-delay=<#>

Set the delay in seconds before reconnect is attempted after a connection loss.

-C <secret>, --kxchap-ctrl-secret=<secret>

Controller authentication secret for bi-directional authentication. If not specified, bi-directional authentication is not attempted.

-S <secret>, --kxchap-secret=<secret>

Host authentication secret (KX-HMAC-CHAP). Must be provided in ASCII format as defined in the NVMe specification.

-C <secret>, --dhchap-ctrl-secret=<secret>

Controller authentication secret for bi-directional authentication. If not specified, bi-directional authentication is not attempted. (deprecated, see --kxchap-ctrl-secret)

-S <secret>, --dhchap-secret=<secret>

Host authentication secret (DH-HMAC-CHAP). Must be provided in ASCII format as defined in the NVMe specification. (deprecated, see --kxchap-secret)

--disable-sqflow

Disable submission queue flow control.

-G, --data-digest

Enable data digest generation/verification (TCP).

-D, --duplicate-connect

Allow duplicate connections to the same subsystem.

-g, --hdr-digest

Enable header digest generation/verification (TCP).

-f <iface>, --host-iface=<iface>

Specify the network interface to use for the connection.

-I <hostid>, --hostid=<hostid>

Specify the host UUID.

-q <hostnqn>, --hostnqn=<hostnqn>

Override the default host NQN.

-w <traddr>, --host-traddr=<traddr>

Specify the source address on the host side of the connection.

-k <#>, --keep-alive-tmo=<#>

Set the keep-alive timeout in seconds.

--keyring=<keyring>

Keyring to use for TLS key lookup.

-n <subnqn>, --nqn=<subnqn>

Specify the NVMe subsystem NQN to connect to.

-i <#>, --nr-io-queues=<#>

Number of I/O queues to create.

-P <#>, --nr-poll-queues=<#>

Number of polling queues to create.

-W <#>, --nr-write-queues=<#>

Number of write queues to create.

-Q <#>, --queue-size=<#>

Queue depth for I/O queues.

-l <#>, --ctrl-loss-tmo=<#>

Maximum time in seconds to retry reconnect attempts after controller loss.

-s <trsvcid>, --trsvcid=<trsvcid>

Transport service identifier (e.g. TCP/rdma port). Default is 4420 for RDMA.

-T <#>, --tos=<#>

Type of service value for the connection (TCP).

-t <trtype>, --transport=<trtype>

Specify the transport type. Supported values include:

+

Value Description
rdma RDMA (RoCE, iWARP, InfiniBand)
tcp TCP/IP
fc Fibre Channel (experimental)
loop Local loopback transport

--tls

Enable TLS encryption (TCP).

--tls-key=<tls-key>

TLS key for the connection. It is recommended to preload keys into the system keyring instead of passing them via the command line.

--tls-key-identity=<identity>

Identity associated with the TLS key.

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.

--timeout=<ms>

Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds.

-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). A command-line flag always overrides the file.

EXAMPLES

•Disconnect all controllers for a subsystem named nqn.2014-08.com.example:nvme:nvm-subsystem-sn-d78432: 

# nvme disconnect --nqn=nqn.2014-08.com.example:nvme:nvm-subsystem-sn-d78432

•Disconnect the controller nvme4 

# nvme disconnect --device=nvme4

•Disconnect only the tcp controller for a subsystem at a given traddr, leaving other controllers of the same subsystem (e.g. over a different transport address) connected: 

# nvme disconnect --nqn=nqn.2014-08.com.example:nvme:nvm-subsystem-sn-d78432 \


                   --transport=tcp --traddr=192.168.1.100

•Disconnect nvme4 and exclude it so orchestrators do not reconnect it: 

# nvme disconnect --device=nvme4 --exclude

SEE ALSO

nvme-connect(1) nvme-exclusion-add(1)

NVME

Part of the nvme-user suite

07/31/2026 NVMe