Techniques for Use of Vendor Defined Messages to Execute a Command to Access a Storage Device

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a network input/output device coupled to a server, a command for a client remote to the server to access a storage device controlled by a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) controller maintained at the server;
• forwarding the command to the NVMe controller with a first vendor defined message, the NVMe controller to receive the command and execute the command based, at least in part, on the first vendor defined message;
• and
• receiving a command completion message with a second vendor defined message from the NVMe controller and forwarding a status of the executed command to the client based, at least in part, on the second vendor defined message.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) controller coupled to a server, a command forwarded by a network input/output device coupled to the server, the command for a client remote to the server to access a storage device controlled by the NVMe controller;
• executing the command based, at least in part, on a first vendor defined message received with the command;
• and
• sending a command completion message with a second vendor defined message to the network input/output device.