{
  "slug": "nvme-error-information-log-entries",
  "term": "NVMe Error Information Log Entries",
  "aliases": [
    "Number of Error Information Log Entries",
    "NEILE",
    "num_err_log_entries",
    "ErrorInfoLogEntryCount"
  ],
  "definition": "NVMe Error Information Log Entries is the SMART / Health Information log counter of Error Information log entries accumulated over the controller's life.",
  "note": "The counter at bytes 176 through 191 is separate from Error Information log 01h, which supplies error details. That log can describe failed commands or errors not associated with a particular command. Inspect the reported status and context before treating an increase as a media failure. [nvme-base-2-3-smart]",
  "status": "shipping",
  "advantages": [],
  "limitations": [
    {
      "text": "The lifetime total is not the number of records returned by a particular log request and is not interchangeable with Media and Data Integrity Errors.",
      "citationIds": [
        "microsoft-nvme-health",
        "libnvme-error-log",
        "nvme-base-2-3-smart"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "nvme-smart-log",
    "nvme-unexpected-power-losses",
    "nvme-media-data-integrity-errors"
  ],
  "supersedes": [],
  "supersededBy": [],
  "firstSeen": null,
  "lastSeen": null,
  "citations": [
    {
      "id": "microsoft-nvme-health",
      "title": "Microsoft: NVME_HEALTH_INFO_LOG, ErrorInfoLogEntryCount member",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/nvme/ns-nvme-nvme_health_info_log",
      "accessed": "2026-10-14"
    },
    {
      "id": "libnvme-error-log",
      "title": "libnvme: nvme_get_log_error, request count and scope of error details",
      "url": "https://github.com/linux-nvme/libnvme/blob/master/doc/rst/ioctl.rst",
      "accessed": "2026-10-14"
    },
    {
      "id": "nvme-base-2-3-smart",
      "title": "NVM Express Base Specification 2.3, section 5.2.12.1.3, Figure 210, p. 216: Number of Error Information Log Entries",
      "url": "https://nvmexpress.org/wp-content/uploads/NVM-Express-Base-Specification-Revision-2.3-2025.08.01-Ratified.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-10-14"
    }
  ],
  "updated": "2026-10-14"
}