Command Line Options - Samsung MagicianDC User Manual

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
-H [--help]
NA
-C [ –command
NA
-history]
[--force]
NA
-d [--disk]
Disk Number.
-L [--list]
NA
-S [--smart] -d [ --disk ]
Optional file path
-t [--temperature]
or no argument.
--start
-a [ --analyzer]
--stop
Description
Used to display the command line options
Used to display the history of the previously
executed commands.
Used to bypass the user prompt.
Used to input the physical disk index listed in the
--list command.
Note: For --firmware-update, to select all disks
-d [--disk] option should be followed by keyword "A"
Used to display a list of attached Samsung SSD
Drives.
Used to select a specific drive connected to the
system and get the SMART Value.
Logs the temperature of the SSD in the file path
provided. If no argument is there, then temperature
will be logged into file in the default folder.
"--start" records the data needed to estimate
lifetime of the SSD.
"--stop" calculates the lifetime of the SSD from the
recorded data.
SSD DC 9
Used With
NA
NA
--erase,
--firmware-update
--erase,
--firmware-update,
--trim,
--smart,
--overprovision,
--writecache,
--sctcachestate,
--info
NA
NA
--smart
--smart