Provided by: nvme-cli_2.13-2_amd64 
NAME
nvme-wdc-purge-monitor - Send NVMe WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command, return result
SYNOPSIS
nvme wdc purge-monitor <device>
DESCRIPTION
For the NVMe device given, send a Vendor Unique WDC Purge-Monitor command and provide the status of the
purge command.
Expected status and description :-
┌─────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Status Code │ Description │
├─────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ 0x00 │ Purge State Idle. │
├─────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ 0x01 │ Purge State Done. │
├─────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ 0x02 │ Purge State Busy. │
├─────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ 0x03 │ Purge State Error : Purge operation │
│ │ resulted in error, power cycle │
│ │ required. │
├─────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ 0x04 │ Purge State Error : Purge operation │
│ │ interrupted by power cycle or reset. │
└─────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a
namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).
This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for any other device are undefined.
On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.
OPTIONS
No options yet.
EXAMPLES
• Has the program issue WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command :
# nvme wdc purge-monitor /dev/nvme0
NVME
Part of the nvme-user suite.
NVMe 05/02/2025 NVME-WDC-PURGE-MO(1)