Samsung SSD Magician DC 9

Known Issues

Known Issues Specific to Linux

Trim command supports only the ext4 file system.

Set Max Address and Secure Erase require a power cycle of SSD

Set Max Address may not work on some Ubuntu distributions due to libATA restrictions

Over-Provision only adjusts the last partition for a disk with multiple partitions.

The following operations are supported for SSDs when connected through the LSI HBA cards. LSI HBA latest bios using is recommended for proper operation:

List, Firmware Update, Secure Erase, SMART, Set Max, Set Feature, SCT Cache State, Disk Information, Command History, and help features only.

SMART Self-Test may not work for SSDs when connected through the LSI MegaRAID cards because of MegaRAID time out issue.

Trim and Over-Provision operation induce file window pop up depends on file management tools option because of mount command.

The following operations are strongly recommended for RAID reconfiguration after command sending because of RAID information broken.

Firmware Update, Secure Erase, Set Max

Known Issues Specific to Windows

Trim command supports only the NTFS file system and after Windows Server 2008.

Set Max Address and Secure Erase require a power cycle of SSD.

Secure Erase may not work on some Windows Server 2012 R2 due to ATA command restrictions.

Over-Provision only adjusts the last partition for a disk with multiple partitions.

The following operations are supported for SSDs when connected through the LSI HBA cards. LSI HBA latest bios using is recommended for proper operation:

List, Firmware Update, Secure Erase, SMART, Set Max, Write Cache, SCT Cache State, Disk Information, Command History, Vendor Utility, and help features only.

The following operations are strongly recommended for RAID reconfiguration after command sending because of RAID information broken.

Firmware Update, Secure Erase, Set Max

FW update feature used on OS disk may result in undefined behavior. So, OS re boot is strongly recommended immediately after FW update to OS disk.