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Magician DC
User guide Ver. 1.0
© 2014 Samsung Electronics Co.

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  • Page 1 Samsung SSD Magician DC User guide Ver. 1.0 © 2014 Samsung Electronics Co.
  • Page 2 / business /ssd or www.samsungssd.com Copyright © 2014 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Samsung is a registered trademark of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Specifications and designs are subject to change without notice. Nonmetric weights and meas-urements are approximate. All data were deemed correct at time of creation. Samsung is not liable for errors or omissions. All brand, product, service names and logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respec-tive owners and are hereby recognized and acknowledged.

  • Page 3: Revision History

    TRADEMARKS & SERVICE MARKS The Samsung logo is a trademark of Samsung Electronics. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    - F [--firmware-update] - E [--erase] - T [--trim] - O [--over-provision] - M [--setmax] - W [--writecache] - X [--sctcachestate] - H [--help] - C [--command-history] -- force - license Samsung Magician Software Agreement on End User License (EULA) Abbrevations...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    This document is intended as a guide for how to use Samsung SSD Magician DC software under the Linux-based server/data center environments. It provides a command line interface to interact with the Samsung SSD Drives.

  • Page 6: System Requirements

    System Requirements Hardware Requirements 1. SSD „ The following Samsung SSDs are supported: (* : Limited support ‟ Cannot update FW) Samsung SSD 845DC PRO Samsung SSD 845DC EVO Samsung SSD 850 PRO Samsung SSD 840 PRO Samsung SSD PM853T *...

  • Page 7: Known Issues

    Feature support Comments Limited support for some ATA RHEL 5.7 and later commands including Secure Erase, Set Max Address, and FW Update Limited support for some ATA commands including Secure Erase, Set Max Address, and RHEL 6.1 and 6.2 FW Update Limited support for some ATA commands http://sourceforge.net/ including Secure Erase, Set Max Address, and...

  • Page 8: Features

    Features This user guide describes the commands necessary to interact with Samsung SSD drives. The functionality includes: Feature Comments List Detect list of attached Samsung SSD Drives in the system Firmware Update Update the old firmware of the SSD to the new version...

  • Page 9: Command Line Options

    Command Line Options The Samsung SSD Magician DC uses Command Line Interface (CLI) and has two variants: Admin version and Client version. The table given below briefly explains the available command line options. The detailed description of each feature is provided in the next sections of this chapter.
  • Page 10 -d [ --disk ], Performs SETMAX related operations on specified -M [ --setmax] -s [ --set ] SSD. Used to enable/disable Write Cache on specified -W [--writecache] -d [ --disk ] SSD. 1 [ Enable ] or -s [ --set ] Sets the status for write cache.

  • Page 11: Supported Commands For Lsi Raid

    Supported Commands for LSI RAID Below commands are supported for LSI RAID: Feature Comments -L [--list] Show a disk(s) attached to the system -F [--firmware-update] Update firmware to specified disk -E [--erase] Securely Erase all data from specified disk -S [--smart] Show S.M.A.R.T values of specified disk -M [--setmax] Perform SetMax related operations on specified disk...

  • Page 12: How To Use Magician Dc

    How to use Magician DC Starting Magician DC software Find a Magician file and execute.

  • Page 13: L [--List ]

    -L [--list ] The ‟L or --list option will display a list of Samsung SSDs which shows the Model Name, Firmware version, Capacity, Disk Heath, TBW, etc. Arguments: None Used with: None magician --list Usage: [or] magician ‟L ※Note: in case of OS disk Disk Number is preceded with '*' ※Note: For normal SSDs connected directly to the system, the “Disk Number”...

  • Page 14: D [--Disk]

    -d [--disk] -d or --disk is used to input the physical disk index listed in the ‟L or --list command. Arguments: None --erase, --firmware-update, --trim, --overprovision, --smart, --benchmark, --info, Used with: --sctcachestate magician --disk 1 --erase magician --disk 1 --firmware-update --path <fwpackage-path> magician --disk 1 --trim magician --disk 1 --over-provision --set 25% magician --disk 1 --smart...

  • Page 15: I [--Info]

    -I [--info] Display the details of the selected Samsung SSD. Arguments: None Used with: --disk [or] -d magician --disk 1 --info Usage: [or] magician -d 1 -I...
  • Page 16 -S [--smart] Select a specific drive connected to the system and get the S.M.A.R.T information. For example, if --disk X is specified, where X is the physical disk index, it lists down the SMART attributes of the disk X connected to HOST system.
  • Page 17 [SMART Information] [Temperature log]...
  • Page 18 [SSD Lifetime Analyzer]...

  • Page 19: S [--Smart]

    Update the firmware of the selected Samsung SSD connected to the Host system. If --force is not used then the user will be prompted whether or not to continue the command. Firmware update package includes firmware update policy file - DSRD.enc and new firmware. Samsung will provide firmware update package separately.

  • Page 20: E [--Erase]

    -E [--erase] Erase all the data on the drive by using an ATA Format Unit command. If --force is not used then the user will be prompted whether or not to continue the command. --force option must be used cautiously as it will not prompt the user for the confirmation, which may result in severe data loss.

  • Page 21: T [--Trim]

    -T [--trim] Send LBA ranges information of invalid data such that the SSD can know that the corresponding data inside the SSD is invalid. Arguments: None Used with: --disk [or] -d magician --disk 1 --trim Usage: [or] magician -d 1 -T...

  • Page 22: O [--Over-Provision]

    -O [--over-provision] Set the SSD’s overprovision (= OP) area size to the given value. -q [--query]: Displays OP information of the selected SSD. Arguments: -s [--set]: Sets the OP value either in MB or GB or % of total disk space. -c [--clear]: Clears the current OP value on the last partition of the disk.
  • Page 23 Display value Description Calculation Capacity of total current OP area, total amount of reserved area at sda1 100GB*5% + sda2 Current OP each partition, user can only modify the 100GB*5% = 10GB reserved area of last partition using this feature Capacity of recommended OP area, 10% of Recommended OP 480GB*10% = 48GB...
  • Page 24 [Over-provision --set 10%] [Over-provision -- clear]...

  • Page 25: M [--Setmax]

    -M [--setmax] Perform SETMAX related operations on specified disk, which will decrease or increase the capacity of the SSD. (Can increase up to maximum capacity supported by the SSD). -s [--set]: Set the disk’s capacity by taking value in number of sectors in decimal. Arguments: -r [--read-native-max]: Display the native max address of the disk in the form of LBA.

  • Page 26: W [--Writecache]

    -W [--writecache] Enable/disable Write Cache on specified SSD. Arguments: -s [--set]: Enables (for --set 1) or Disables (for --set 0) Write Cache on the specified SSD. Used with: --disk [or] -d magician --disk 1 --writecache --set 1 magician --disk 1 --writecache --set 0 Usage: [or] magician -d 1 -W -s 1...
  • Page 27 [Writecache--set 0(disable)]...

  • Page 28: Sctcachestate]

    -X [--sctcachestate] Show SCT (Smart Command Transport) write cache state of the specified SSD. Arguments: Used with: --disk [or] -d magician --disk 1 --sctcachestate Usage: [or] magician -d 1 -X ※ Note: If the disk does not supports sct write cache commands, and then a message is displayed to notify the user. [sctcachestate]...

  • Page 29: H [--Help]

    -H [--help] Display the command line options which are supported by Magician application. Arguments: None Used with: None magician --help Usage: [or] magician -H...

  • Page 30: C [--Command-History]

    -C [--command-history] Display the list of CLI commands executed previously by the user. Maximum of 500 command history will be displayed: Arguments: None Used with: None magician -- command-history Usage: [or] magician -C...

  • Page 31: Force

    --force --force is used to bypass all the acknowledgements displayed by the tool and intimates the tool to complete the operation specified without any further user inputs. This option must be used cautiously as it will not prompt the user for the confirmation, which may result in severe data loss.

  • Page 32: License

    -license Display the End User License Agreement. The license agreement will show the ownership, licensing, dispute resolution and disclaimer. Arguments: None Used with: None -Usage: magician -license...

  • Page 33: Samsung Magician Software Agreement On End User License (Eula)

    Except as expressly licensed above, no title, ownership, or intellectual property rights of any kind, express or implied, are transferred to you, and all right, title, and interest in and to the Software remains with Samsung. The Software is licensed to you and not sold.
  • Page 34 This Agreement is effective until terminated. This Agreement may be terminated by you at any time by deleting the Software and discontinuing its use, or by Samsung if you fail to cure any breach of this Agreement within sixty (60) days’ written notice of breach by Samsung.

  • Page 35: Abbrevations

    Abbrevations Abbreviation Description Advanced Technology Attachment Hard Disk Drive Command Line Interface Input Output PATA Parallel ATA SATA Serial ATA Solid State Drive S.M.A.R.T. Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology...
  • Page 36 www.samsung.com/ssd...

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