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NVMe IO Test (LOGO)

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This test verifies the device's IO capability by running below scenarios:

  • Block size variations

    • 512 bytes

    • 4 KB

    • 8 KB

    • 12 KB

    • 512 KB

    • 2 MB

  • SQ, CQ, Queue Size variations

  • I/O on random number of processors followed by all processors

Test details

   
Specifications
  • Device.Storage.ControllerDrive.NVMe.BasicFunction
Platforms
  • Windows 10, client editions (x86)
  • Windows 10, client editions (x64)
  • Windows Server 2016 (x64)
Supported Releases
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 10, version 1511
  • Windows 10, version 1607
  • Windows 10, version 1703
  • Windows 10, version 1709
  • Windows 10, version 1803
  • Windows 10, version 1809
  • Windows 10, version 1903
  • Next update to Windows 10
Expected run time (in minutes) 240
Category Development
Timeout (in minutes) 14400
Requires reboot false
Requires special configuration false
Type automatic

 

Additional documentation

Tests in this feature area might have additional documentation, including prerequisites, setup, and troubleshooting information, that can be found in the following topic(s):

Running the test

Before you run the test, complete the test setup as described in the test requirements: Hard Disk Drive Testing Prerequisites.

Troubleshooting

For generic troubleshooting of HLK test failures, see Troubleshooting Windows HLK Test Failures.

For troubleshooting information, see Troubleshooting Device.Storage Testing.

If the test fails to find the drive letter of the device, try to restart the machine with device attached, format and mount NTFS volume and assign drive letter, reboot machine to confirm drive letter and drive number of device are recognizable in diskmgmt.msc and then schedule the test.

More information

Command syntax

Command Description

/DriveLetter

The drive letter of the device. You can get help by running nvmeshim /DriveLetter /?

Example: D:

/DriveNumber

The drive number of the device. You can get help by running nvmeshim /DriveNumber /?

Example: 1

/Duration

I/O duration in seconds. You can get help by running nvmeshim.exe /Duration /?

/Operation QueueManagement

Run QueueManagement scenarios.

/Verbosity

The level of logging verbosity. Larger values cause more verbose output.

/Scenario All

Run all scenarios in the specified operation.

 

File list

File Location

nvmeshim.exe

<testbinroot>\NTTEST\driverstest\storage\wdk\nvme\

Enable.cmd

<testbinroot>\NTTEST\driverstest\storage\wdk\nvme\

stornvme.sys

<testbinroot>\NTTEST\driverstest\storage\wdk\nvme\

Stornvmeshim.cat

<testbinroot>\NTTEST\driverstest\storage\wdk\nvme\

Stornvmeshim.man

<testbinroot>\NTTEST\driverstest\storage\wdk\nvme\

Stornvmeshim.inf

<testbinroot>\NTTEST\driverstest\storage\wdk\nvme\

Stornvmeshim.sys

<testbinroot>\NTTEST\driverstest\storage\wdk\nvme\

 

Parameters

Parameter name Parameter description
WDKDeviceID Device Instance ID
StorageDriveLetter Storage Drive Letter
StorageDriveNumber Storage Drive Number
LLU_NetAccessOnly User account for accessing test fileshare.
LLU_LclAdminUsr User account for running the test.
DiskDeviceObjLink Assigned by Create Storage Parameters
DataBufferAlignment Data buffer alignment to be used, Value ranges from 4 to 4092, specify 4096 for random buffer shift
DataBufferAlignment_Percent Percent of time buffer shift to perform
ScenarioDuration Duration of each scenaio
Scenarios IO Scenarios
QueueDepth
Settings Additional settings