Samsung MZ-7LM3T8E, MZ-7KM480Z System Requirements, Hardware Requirements, Software Requirements

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Samsung SSD Magician DC

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System Requirements

Hardware Requirements

1. SSD

•The following Samsung SSDs are supported:

-Samsung SSD SM863 *

-Samsung SSD PM863 *

*This software version has been fully verified only with firmware version that was pre-installed in the device by the company. Therefore, users may be limited from using this software under other firmware versions or other certain circumstances.

2.Others

•On Marvell controller, the Magician feature may not work properly after hot plugging.

Software Requirements

The tool is supported on the following environments.

Linux system requirements

OS	Comments

RHEL 5.7 and later	Refer to the C600 chipset table below

RHEL 6.1 and later	Refer to the C600 chipset table below

CentOS	Follows the same limitations as RHEL above

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS	N/A

•Limited support for the Intel C600 chipset families due to the well-known ISCI (Intel SAS Driver) driver issue. (https://github.com/Xilinx/linux-xlnx/commits/master/drivers/scsi/isci?page=1)

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Contents Samsung SSD Legal and additional information Legalities Table of Contents Abbreviations IntroductionA.R.T Features Hardware Requirements System RequirementsSoftware Requirements Rhel 5.7 and later Address, and FW UpdateFW Update Limited support for some ATA commands Windows ServerKnown Issues Command Line Options Set Update EraseExecute SetmaxLicense ClearVendor UtilityStarting Magician DC software How to Use Magician DCFind a Magician file and execute Magician -H HelpNone Magician --helpMagician -- command-history Command-historyMagician -C Force Disk ※Note in case of OS disk Disk Number is preceded with ListMagician --list Magician -LSmart Smart Information Temperature log SSD Lifetime Analyzer Trim Magician -d a -F -p fwpackage-path Firmware-updateFirmware files and it should be given just after the switch Disk a --firmware-update -p fwpackage-pathErase Overprovisioning on Windows Example Over-provision10% of device size Overprovisioning on Linux ExampleOver-provision --query Over-provision --set 10% Over-provision -- clear Display the details of the selected Samsung SSD InfoSetmax --set Setmax --read-native-max SetmaxMagician --disk 1 --setmax --read-native-max Magician -d 1 -M -rSetfeature Writecache --set 1enable Writecache--set 0disable Enable/disable Write Cache on specified SSDWritecache Sct Samsung SSD Magician DC Sctcachestate SctcachestateVendor-utility Display the End User License Agreement LicenseMagician -license Display Disk List Display History of CommandsExamples Display Tool HelpSmart Information of the Disks Firmware Update Trim CommandErase Reserved area Over ProvisioningSet Max Address Disk Info Set FeatureMagician --disk 1 --sct --writecache-set Vendor Utility Bypass confirmation prompt --forceLicense Below is the full license statement from json-cpp Software is provided AS is without warranty of any kindEnd User License Agreement Eula Below is the full license statement from hdparmNo Liability Supported Commands for LSI RAID