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Command Line Options

Option

Arguments

Description

 

Used With

 

 

 

“--start” records the data needed to

 

-a [ --analyzer]

--start

estimate lifetime of the SSD.

-S [--smart]

--stop

“--stop” calculates the lifetime of the

 

 

 

SSD from the recorded data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--offlineshort

 

 

 

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

 

 

 

offlineextende

 

 

 

 

 

 

d

“--

 

 

 

 

 

--

[offline/captiveshort/extended/sel

 

 

 

offlineselective

ective]"

execute

SMART

 

 

 

--captiveshort

Short/Extended/Selective

self-test

 

-e [--execute]

--

routine in off-line/captive mode.

-S [--smart]

 

 

captiveextende

“--abort" abort off-line mode self-

 

 

 

d

test routine.

 

 

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

 

 

“--checkstatus" get the current progress

 

 

 

captiveselectiv

 

 

 

and result of off-line self-test.

 

 

 

e

 

 

 

 

 

 

--abort

 

 

 

 

 

 

--checkstatus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-M [ --setmax]

-d [ --disk ],

Performs SETMAX related operations on

N/A

 

 

-s [ --set ]

specified SSD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-s [ --set ]

LBA address

Set Max address value with the given

-M [--setmax]

 

 

 

number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-r

[--read-

N/A

Retrieve Native Max Address of the

-M [--setmax]

native-max]

 

specified disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-F [--firmware-

-d [ --disk ]

Used to update the firmware of the

N/A

update]

 

 

selected disk connected to HOST system.

 

 

 

 

 

-E [--erase]

-d [ --disk ]

Used to erase all the data on the drive by

N/A

issuing an ATA Format Unit command.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-I [--info]

-d [ --disk ]

Used to display details of the selected

N/A

 

 

 

disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-V[--vendor-

-fa [ --FAlog-

Used to execute Vendor Utility Commands

 

utility]

 

dump ]

for specified disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-NG [--nvme-

-d [ --disk ]

Display Log Pages on specified NVMe

 

get-log-pages]

-e [ --error ]

disk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Samsung MZ-7LM960NE, MZ-7LM1T9NE, MZ-7LM480NE manual Smart

MZ-7LM480NE, MZ-7LM1T9NE, MZ-7LM960NE specifications

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