Samsung MZ-7KM480 Command Line Options

Samsung SSD Magician DC 10

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. For the purpose of illustration, the name of the tool for all examples will be “Magician” to simplify documentation.

Option	Arguments	Description	Used With
-H [--help]	N/A	Used to display the command line options	N/A
-C [ –command	N/A	Used to display the history of the previously	N/A
-history]		executed commands.
[--force]	N/A	Used to bypass the user prompt.	-E [--erase]
			-F [--firmwareupdate]
			-T [--trim]
			-E [--erase]
		Used to input the physical disk index listed in the	-F [--firmware-
			update]
		--list command.
			-T [--trim]
-d [--disk]	Disk Number.	Note: For --firmware-update, to select all disks
			-S [--smart]
		-d [--disk] option should be followed by keyword “A”
			-O [--overprovision]
			-W [--setfeature]
			-X [--sct]
			-I [--info]
-L [--list]	N/A	Used to display a list of attached Samsung SSD	N/A
		Drives.
-S [--smart]	-d [ --disk ]	Used to select a specific drive connected to the	N/A
		system and get the SMART Value.
-q [--query]	N/A	Displays the available LBA percentage	-S [--smart]
	Optional file path	Logs the temperature of the SSD in the file path
-t [--		provided or if no argument is given, then	-S [--smart]
	or no argument.
temperature]		temperature will be logged into file in default folder,
		refer to Smart temperature logging file location
		“--start” records the data needed to estimate
-a [ --analyzer]	--start	lifetime of the SSD.	-S [--smart]
	--stop	“--stop” calculates the lifetime of the SSD from the
		recorded data.