NVME-LIST-SECONDAR(1) NVMe Manual NVME-LIST-SECONDAR(1)

nvme-list-secondary - Show secondary controller list associated with the primary controller of the given device (deprecated)

nvme [<global-options>] list-secondary <device>
                        [--cntid=<cntid> | -c <cntid>]
                        [--num-entries=<entries> | -e <entries>]

Deprecated alias for nvme-id-secondary-ctrl-list(1), kept for scripts written against nvme-cli versions older than 3.0. Options and behavior are identical; only the top-level command name is retained.

New scripts should use nvme id secondary-ctrl-list instead. This alias prints a deprecation warning on stderr and may be removed in a future release.

See nvme-id-secondary-ctrl-list(1) for the full option reference.

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.

No Examples

Part of the nvme-user suite

nvme-id-secondary-ctrl-list(1)

09/07/2026 NVMe