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+.\" Title: nvme-wdc-vs-smart-add-log
+.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author]
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 04/24/2020
+.\" Manual: NVMe Manual
+.\" Source: NVMe
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "NVME\-WDC\-VS\-SMART" "1" "04/24/2020" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+nvme-wdc-vs-smart-add-log \- Send NVMe WDC vs\-smart\-add\-log Vendor Unique Command, return result
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+.nf
+\fInvme wdc vs\-smart\-add\-log\fR <device> [\-\-interval=<NUM>, \-i <NUM>] [\-\-output\-format=<normal|json> \-o <normal|json>]
+.fi
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.sp
+For the NVMe device given, send a Vendor Unique WDC vs\-smart\-add\-log command and provide the additional smart log\&. The \-\-interval option will return performance statistics from the specified reporting interval\&.
+.sp
+The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0)\&.
+.sp
+This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature\&. Results for any other device are undefined\&.
+.sp
+On success it returns 0, error code otherwise\&.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+\-i <NUM>, \-\-interval=<NUM>
+.RS 4
+Return the statistics from specific interval, defaults to 14
+.RE
+.PP
+\-o <format>, \-\-output\-format=<format>
+.RS 4
+Set the reporting format to
+\fInormal\fR, or
+\fIjson\fR\&. Only one output format can be used at a time\&. Default is normal\&.
+.RE
+.sp
+Valid Interval values and description :\-
+.TS
+allbox tab(:);
+ltB ltB.
+T{
+Value
+T}:T{
+Description
+T}
+.T&
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt.
+T{
+.sp
+\fB1\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Most recent five (5) minute accumulated set\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fB2\-12\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Previous five (5) minute accumulated sets\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fB13\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+The accumulated total of sets 1 through 12 that contain the previous hour of accumulated statistics\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fB14\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+The statistical set accumulated since power\-up\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fB15\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+The statistical set accumulated during the entire lifetime of the device\&.
+T}
+.TE
+.sp 1
+.SH "CA LOG PAGE DATA OUTPUT EXPLANATION"
+.TS
+allbox tab(:);
+ltB ltB.
+T{
+Field
+T}:T{
+Description
+T}
+.T&
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt.
+T{
+.sp
+\fBPhysical NAND bytes written\&.\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+The number of bytes written to NAND\&. 16 bytes \- hi/lo
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBPhysical NAND bytes read\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+The number of bytes read from NAND\&. 16 bytes \- hi/lo
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBBad NAND Block Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Raw and normalized count of the number of NAND blocks that have been retired after the drives manufacturing tests (i\&.e\&. grown back blocks)\&. 2 bytes normalized, 6 bytes raw count
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBUncorrectable Read Error Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Total count of NAND reads that were not correctable by read retries, all levels of ECC, or XOR (as applicable)\&. 8 bytes
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBSoft ECC Error Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Total count of NAND reads that were not correctable by read retries, or first\-level ECC\&. 8 bytes
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBSSD End to End Detection Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+A count of the detected errors by the SSD end to end error correction which includes DRAM, SRAM, or other storage element ECC/CRC protection mechanism (not NAND ECC)\&. 4 bytes
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBSSD End to End Correction Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+A count of the corrected errors by the SSD end to end error correction which includes DRAM, SRAM, or other storage element ECC/CRC protection mechanism (not NAND ECC)\&. 4 bytes
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBSystem Data % Used\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+A normalized cumulative count of the number of erase cycles per block since leaving the factory for the system (FW and metadata) area\&. Starts at 0 and increments\&. 100 indicates that the estimated endurance has been consumed\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBUser Data Max Erase Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+The maximum erase count across all NAND blocks in the drive\&. 4 bytes
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBUser Data Min Erase Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+The minimum erase count across all NAND blocks in the drive\&. 4 bytes
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBRefresh Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+A count of the number of blocks that have been re\-allocated due to background operations only\&. 8 bytes
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBProgram Fail Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Raw and normalized count of total program failures\&. Normalized count starts at 100 and shows the percent of remaining allowable failures\&. 2 bytes normalized, 6 bytes raw count
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBUser Data Erase Fail Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Raw and normalized count of total erase failures in the user area\&. Normalized count starts at 100 and shows the percent of remaining allowable failures\&. 2 bytes normalized, 6 bytes raw count
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBSystem Area Erase Fail Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Raw and normalized count of total erase failures in the system area\&. Normalized count starts at 100 and shows the percent of remaining allowable failures\&. 2 bytes normalized, 6 bytes raw count
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBThermal Throttling Status\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+The current status of thermal throttling (enabled or disabled)\&. 2 bytes
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBThermal Throttling Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+A count of the number of thermal throttling events\&. 2 bytes
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBPCIe Correctable Error Count\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Summation counter of all PCIe correctable errors (Bad TLP, Bad DLLP, Receiver error, Replay timeouts, Replay rollovers)\&. 8 bytes
+T}
+.TE
+.sp 1
+.SH "C1 LOG PAGE DATA OUTPUT EXPLANATION"
+.TS
+allbox tab(:);
+ltB ltB.
+T{
+Field
+T}:T{
+Description
+T}
+.T&
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt.
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Read Commands\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of host read commands received during the reporting period\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Read Blocks\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of 512\-byte blocks requested during the reporting period\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBAverage Read Size\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Average Read size is calculated using (Host Read Blocks/Host Read Commands)\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Read Cache Hit Commands\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of host read commands that serviced entirely from the on\-board read cache during the reporting period\&. No access to the NAND flash memory was required\&. This count is only updated if the entire command was serviced from the cache memory\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Read Cache Hit Percentage\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Percentage of host read commands satisfied from the cache\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Read Cache Hit Blocks\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of 512\-byte blocks of data that have been returned for Host Read Cache Hit Commands during the reporting period\&. This count is only updated with the blocks returned for host read commands that were serviced entirely from cache memory\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBAverage Read Cache Hit Size\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Average size of read commands satisfied from the cache\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Read Commands Stalled\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of host read commands that were stalled due to a lack of resources within the SSD during the reporting period (NAND flash command queue full, low cache page count, cache page contention, etc\&.)\&. Commands are not considered stalled if the only reason for the delay was waiting for the data to be physically read from the NAND flash\&. It is normal to expect this count to equal zero on heavily utilized systems\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Read Commands Stalled Percentage\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Percentage of read commands that were stalled\&. If the figure is consistently high, then consideration should be given to spreading the data across multiple SSDs\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Write Commands\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of host write commands received during the reporting period\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Write Blocks\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of 512\-byte blocks written during the reporting period\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBAverage Write Size\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Average Write size calculated using (Host Write Blocks/Host Write Commands)\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Write Odd Start Commands\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of host write commands that started on a non\-aligned boundary during the reporting period\&. The size of the boundary alignment is normally 4K; therefore this returns the number of commands that started on a non\-4K aligned boundary\&. The SSD requires slightly more time to process non\-aligned write commands than it does to process aligned write commands\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Write Odd Start Commands Percentage\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Percentage of host write commands that started on a non\-aligned boundary\&. If this figure is equal to or near 100%, and the NAND Read Before Write value is also high, then the user should investigate the possibility of offsetting the file system\&. For Microsoft Windows systems, the user can use Diskpart\&. For Unix\-based operating systems, there is normally a method whereby file system partitions can be placed where required\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Write Odd End Commands\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of host write commands that ended on a non\-aligned boundary during the reporting period\&. The size of the boundary alignment is normally 4K; therefore this returns the number of commands that ended on a non\-4K aligned boundary\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Write Odd End Commands Percentage\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Percentage of host write commands that ended on a non\-aligned boundary\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Write Commands Stalled\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of host write commands that were stalled due to a lack of resources within the SSD during the reporting period\&. The most likely cause is that the write data was being received faster than it could be saved to the NAND flash memory\&. If there was a large volume of read commands being processed simultaneously, then other causes might include the NAND flash command queue being full, low cache page count, or cache page contention, etc\&. It is normal to expect this count to be non\-zero on heavily utilized systems\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBHost Write Commands Stalled Percentage\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Percentage of write commands that were stalled\&. If the figure is consistently high, then consideration should be given to spreading the data across multiple SSDs\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBNAND Read Commands\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of read commands issued to the NAND devices during the reporting period\&. This figure will normally be much higher than the host read commands figure, as the data needed to satisfy a single host read command may be spread across several NAND flash devices\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBNAND Read Blocks\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of 512\-byte blocks requested from NAND flash devices during the reporting period\&. This figure would normally be about the same as the host read blocks figure
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBAverage NAND Read Size\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Average size of NAND read commands\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBNAND Write Commands\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of write commands issued to the NAND devices during the reporting period\&. There is no real correlation between the number of host write commands issued and the number of NAND Write Commands\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBNAND Write Blocks\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Number of 512\-byte blocks written to the NAND flash devices during the reporting period\&. This figure would normally be about the same as the host write blocks figure\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBAverage NAND Write Size\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+Average size of NAND write commands\&. This figure should never be greater than 128K, as this is the maximum size write that is ever issued to a NAND device\&.
+T}
+T{
+.sp
+\fBNAND Read Before Write\fR
+T}:T{
+.sp
+This is the number of read before write operations that were required to process non\-aligned host write commands during the reporting period\&. See Host Write Odd Start Commands and Host Write Odd End Commands\&. NAND Read Before Write operations have a detrimental effect on the overall performance of the device\&.
+T}
+.TE
+.sp 1
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.ie n \{\
+\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.sp -1
+.IP \(bu 2.3
+.\}
+Has the program issue WDC vs\-smart\-add\-log Vendor Unique Command with default interval (14) :
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+# nvme wdc vs\-smart\-add\-log /dev/nvme0
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.RE
+.SH "NVME"
+.sp
+Part of the nvme\-user suite\&.