Samsung MZ-7KM480 Introduction, Cautions, Abbreviations

Samsung SSD Magician DC 5

Introduction

Samsung SSD Magician DC software is designed to help users with easy-to-use disk management and diagnostic features for server and data center usage. In addition to providing vital SSD status information, Magician DC software will assist users in updating firmware, measuring performance, initializing drives, and calculating drive lifetime, etc.

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.

Cautions

1.Samsung SSD Magician DC software is only for Samsung SSD products and is not recommended for use with other products.

2.Samsung Electronics is not liable for any data loss or other damages that occur while using the software.

3.Samsung is not able to provide any data restoration service in the event of data loss.

For more information, please refer to Samsung Magician Software Agreement on End User License (EULA) at the end of this document.

Abbreviations

	Abbreviation	Description
ATA		Advanced Technology Attachment
HDD		Hard Disk Drive
CLI		Command Line Interface
IO		Input Output
PATA		Parallel ATA
SATA		Serial ATA
SSD		Solid State Drive
S.M.A.R.T.		Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology