Samsung MagicianDC - Known Issues

SSD DC 7
OS
Feature support
Comments
RHEL 5.7 and later
Limited support for some ATA
commands including Secure Erase, Set Max
Address, and FW Update
RHEL 6.1 and 6.2
Limited support for some ATA commands
including Secure Erase, Set Max Address, and
FW Update
RHEL 6.3
Limited support for some ATA commands
including Secure Erase, Set Max Address, and
FW Update. But it can be fully supported when
patched with ISCI 1.4 for RHEL 6.3 (refer to
comments on the right)
http://sourceforge.net/
projects/intel-sas/files/
RHEL6.3%20Driver%20
Update%20v1.4.1/
RHEL 6.4 and later
Full support
* Limitation of support for C600 chipsets has been determined by evaluations and tests.
„ On Marvell controller, Magician feature may not work properly after hot plugging.
„ On Linux systems, the tool must run with root privilege. This can be done through either sudo or su commands.
Known Issues
„ TRIM command supports only 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:
o List, Firmware Update, Secure Erase, SMART, Set Max, Write Cache, SCT Cache State, Disk Information, Command History, and Help.
features.