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

NAME
       nvme-registry-list - List NVMe-oF controller ownership registry entries

SYNOPSIS
       nvme [<global-options>] registry list

DESCRIPTION
       List all live entries in the NVMe-oF controller ownership registry. The
       registry records which orchestrator (e.g. nvme-stas, nbft) owns each
       connected NVMe-oF controller. It is stored under /run/nvme/registry/ as
       one directory per live controller containing one plain-text file per
       attribute (e.g. /run/nvme/registry/nvme3/owner).

       One entry is printed per live registered controller. Controllers with
       no registry entry (unowned) and non-fabrics (PCIe) controllers (which
       are never registered) are not shown. Stale entries whose corresponding
       /dev/nvmeN device node no longer exists are silently skipped.

OPTIONS
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
       o   List all owned controllers:

               # nvme registry list
               nvme1
                 owner        stas
               nvme3
                 owner        nbft

SEE ALSO
       nvme-registry-retrieve(1) nvme-registry-update(1)
       nvme-registry-delete(1) nvme-disconnect-all(1)

NVME
       Part of the nvme-user suite

NVMe                              09/07/2026             NVME-REGISTRY-LIST(1)