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NDCTL Man Pages

This section links to the online man pages:
​ndctl - Manage “libnvdimm” subsystem devices (Non-volatile Memory)
​ndctl-activate-firmware - activate staged firmware on memory devices
​ndctl-check-labels - determine if the given dimms have a valid namespace index block
​ndctl-check-namespace - check namespace metadata consistency
​ndctl-clear-errors - clear all errors (badblocks) on the given namespace
​ndctl-create-namespace - provision or reconfigure a namespace
​ndctl-destroy-namespace - destroy the given namespace(s)
​ndctl-disable-dimm - disable one or more idle dimms
​ndctl-disable-namespace - disable the given namespace(s)
​ndctl-disable-region - disable the given region(s) and all descendant namespaces
​ndctl-enable-dimm - enable one more dimms
​ndctl-enable-namespace - enable the given namespace(s)
​ndctl-enable-region - enable the given region(s) and all descendant namespaces
​ndctl-freeze-security - Set the given DIMM(s) to reject future security operations
​ndctl-init-labels - initialize the label data area on a dimm or set of dimms
​ndctl-inject-error - inject media errors at a namespace offset
​ndctl-inject-smart - perform smart threshold/injection operations on an NVDIMM
​ndctl-list - print the platform nvdimm device topology and attributes 
​ndctl-load-keys - load the master key (kek) and encrypted passphrases into the keyring
​ndctl-monitor - Monitor the SMART events from NVDIMMs 
​ndctl-read-infoblock - read and optionally parse the info-block a namespace
​ndctl-read-labels - read out the label area on a NVDIMM or set of NVDIMMs
​ndctl-remove-passphrase - Stop an NVDIMM from locking at power-loss and requiring a passphrase to access media
​ndctl-sanitize-dimm - Perform a cryptographic destruction or overwrite of the contents of the given NVDIMM(s)
​ndctl-setup-passphrase - setup and enable the security passphrase for one or more NVDIMMs
​ndctl-start-scrub - start an Address Range Scrub (ARS) operation
​ndctl-update-firmware - provides for updating the firmware on an NVDIMM
​ndctl-update-passphrase - update the security passphrase for one or more NVDIMMs
​ndctl-wait-overwrite - wait for an overwrite operation to complete
​ndctl-wait-scrub - wait for an Address Range Scrub (ARS) operation to complete
​ndctl-write-infoblock - generate and write an infoblock
​ndctl-write-labels - write data to the label area on a dimm
​ndctl-zero-labels - zero out the label area on a dimm or set of dimms
Managing NVDIMM Security
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