OPENSEACHEST_SMART(1)

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openSeaChest_SMART(1) 💖✨

okay bestie, buckle up — this is the manual page for openSeaChest_SMART, and it is giving drive-utility royalty. 👑

NAME 💅

openSeaChest_SMART - manual page for openSeaChest_SMART

DESCRIPTION 🦋

openSeaChest_SMART - openSeaChest drive utilities - NVMe Enabled

Copyright (c) 2014-2026 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved

openSeaChest_SMART Version: 26.03.2 X86_64 Build Date: May 18 2026 Today: 20260605T144117 User: current user

Usage 🌸

openSeaChest_SMART [-d <sg_device>] {arguments} {options}

Examples ✨

openSeaChest_SMART --scan
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> -i
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --SATInfo
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --llInfo
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --smartCheck
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --shortDST --captive
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --conveyanceDST --poll
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --longDST --poll
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --idd short
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --idd long --captive
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --abortDST
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --showDSTLog
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --smartAttributes hybrid
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --showNvmeHealth
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --deviceStatistics
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --smartFeature enable
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --setMRIE 6
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --smartInfo
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --smartAttributeAutosave disable
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --smartAutoOffline enable
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --showSMARTErrorLog comprehensive
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --showSMARTErrorLog summary --smartErrorLogFormat raw
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --showSCSIDefects g --defectFormat bfi
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --dstAndClean --errorLimit 40

Return codes 🚦

Generic/Common exit codes:

  • 0 = No Error Found
  • 1 = Error in command line options
  • 2 = Invalid Device Handle or Missing Device Handle
  • 3 = Operation Failure
  • 4 = Operation not supported
  • 5 = Operation Aborted
  • 6 = File Path Not Found
  • 7 = Cannot Open File
  • 8 = File Already Exists
  • 9 = Need Elevated Privileges
  • 10 = Not enough resources
  • 11 = Error Writing File
  • 12 = Device not found when opening handle.
  • 13 = Device not opened. Handle is busy.
  • 14 = Insecure Directory to read or write file
  • Anything else = unknown error

Utility Options 🎀

  • --csmiIgnorePort (Obsolete) — bestie, this option is obsolete and will be removed in future versions.
  • --csmiUsePort (Obsolete) — also obsolete and will be removed in future versions.
  • --csmiVerbose (Obsolete) — yep, obsolete too, and it will be removed in future versions.
  • --echoCommandLine — echoes the command line you typed into the utility right on the screen.
  • --enableLegacyUSBPassthrough — only use this on old USB or IEEE1394 (Firewire) products that do not otherwise work with the tool. This enables a trial-and-error method that attempts sending various ATA Identify commands through vendor specific means. Because of that, certain products may respond in unintended ways since they may interpret these commands differently than the bridge chip the command was designed for.
  • --forceATA — forces the current drive to be treated as an ATA drive. Only ATA commands will be used to talk to the drive.
  • --forceATADMA (SATA Only) — forces the tool to issue SAT commands to an ATA device using the protocol set to DMA whenever possible (on DMA commands). This option can be combined with --forceATA.
  • --forceATAPIO (SATA Only) — forces the tool to issue PIO commands to an ATA device when possible. This option can be combined with --forceATA.
  • --forceATAUDMA (SATA Only) — forces the tool to issue SAT commands to an ATA device using the protocol set to UDMA whenever possible (on DMA commands). This option can be combined with --forceATA.
  • --forceSCSI — forces the current drive to be treated as a SCSI drive. Only SCSI commands will be used to talk to the drive.
  • -h, --help — shows utility options and example usage (the very output you are seeing right now). Please report bugs/suggestions to seaboard@seagate.com. Include the output of --version information in the email.
  • --license — displays the Seagate End User License Agreement (EULA).
  • --modelMatch [model Number] — use this to run on all drives matching the provided model number. This gives a closest match, although an exact match is preferred. Ex: ST500 will match ST500LM0001.
  • --onlyFW [firmware revision] — use this to run on all drives matching the provided firmware revision. This option only does an exact match.
  • --noTimeLimit — use with utility command arguments that have a built-in timeout value. For example, --shortDST has a 10 minute default timeout. In some cases a good drive may need more time to complete the test due to other legitimate system activity.
  • --noBanner — suppresses the text banner that displays each time openSeaChest is run.
  • --onlySeagate — matches only Seagate drives for the options provided.
  • -q, --quiet — runs openSeaChest_SMART in quiet mode. This is the same as -v 0 or --verbose 0.
  • -v [0-4], --verbose [0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4] — shows verbose information. Verbosity levels are: 0 - quiet, 1 - default, 2 - command descriptions, 3 - command descriptions and values, 4 - command descriptions, values, and data buffers. Example: -v 3 or --verbose 3.
  • -V, --version — shows openSeaChest_SMART version and copyright information & exit.

Utility Arguments 🛠️

  • -d, --device [deviceHandle | all] — use this with most commands to specify the device handle on which to perform an operation. Example: /dev/sg<#>. CSMI device handles can be specified as <error<#><#><#>>. To run across all devices detected in the system, use the "all" argument instead of a device handle. Example: -d all. NOTE: The "all" argument is handled by running the specified options on each drive detected in the OS sequentially. For parallel operations, please use a script opening a separate instance for each device handle.
  • -F, --scanFlags [option list] — controls the output from scan with the options listed below. Multiple options can be combined.
    • ata — show only ATA (SATA) devices
    • usb — show only USB devices
    • scsi — show only SCSI (SAS) devices
    • nvme — show only NVMe devices
    • interfaceATA — show devices on an ATA interface
    • interfaceUSB — show devices on a USB interface
    • interfaceSCSI — show devices on a SCSI or SAS interface
    • interfaceNVME = show devices on an NVMe interface
    • sd — show sd device handles
    • sgtosd — show the sd and sg device handle mapping
    • ignoreCSMI — do not scan for any CSMI devices
    • allowDuplicates — allow drives with both CSMI and PD handles to show up multiple times in the list
  • -i, --deviceInfo — shows information and features for the storage device.
  • --llInfo — dumps low-level information about the device to assist with debugging.
  • --poll — causes another operation to poll for progress until it has completed. This argument does not return to the command prompt and prints ongoing completion percentages (%) and the final test result. Full drive procedures will take a very long time. Used with --sanitize, or --writeSame (SATA).
  • --progress [dst, idd] — gets the progress for a test that was started quietly without the polling option (default). You must specify a test you wish to get progress from. Ex: "--progress dst" or "--progress sanitize". The progress counts up from 0% to 100%.
  • -s, --scan — scans the system and lists all storage devices with logical /dev/sg<#> assignments. Shows model, serial and firmware numbers. If your device is not listed on a scan immediately after booting, then wait 10 seconds and run it again.
  • -S, --Scan — same as --scan or -s, however it will also perform a low level rescan to pick up other devices. This low level rescan may wake devices from low power states and may cause the OS to re-enumerate them. Use this option when a device is plugged in and not discovered in a normal scan. NOTE: A low-level rescan may not be available on all interfaces or all OSs. The low-level rescan is not guaranteed to find additional devices in the system when the device is unable to come to a ready state.
  • --SATInfo — displays SATA device information on any interface using both SCSI Inquiry / VPD / Log reported data (translated according to SAT) and the ATA Identify / Log reported data.
  • --testUnitReady — issues a SCSI Test Unit Ready command and displays the status. If the drive is not ready, the sense key, asc, ascq, and fru will be displayed and a human readable translation from the SPC spec will be displayed if one is available.
  • --fastDiscovery — use this option to issue a fast scan on the specified drive.
  • --abortDST — aborts a diagnostic Drive Self Test that is in progress.
  • --abortIDD (Seagate Only) — aborts a Seagate In Drive Diagnostic (IDD) that is in progress. This may return failure if IDD is not running or has already completed running.
  • --captive or --foreground

...okay bestie, picking right back up where we left off 💅 if you wanna run a DST operation in captive/foreground mode, this is the vibe: this mode may let a device test more of itself, and it may be slightly faster than offline/background mode since it doesn't need to service additional commands during the test. The catch? The utility has to wait the entire time for the DST to complete, and progress cannot be indicated during that time. 🫠

  • --conveyanceDST — runs a conveyance diagnostic drive self test. A conveyance test is how you check if a drive took handling damage (rip, shipping trauma 😭). This test can take up to 2 minutes to complete. Use the --poll argument to make this operation poll for progress until it's complete. Use the --progress dst command to check on the completion percentage (%) and the test result. NOTE: conveyance DST may take longer if there's other disk usage happening while the DST is running. If the DST takes longer than 10 minutes it will automatically be aborted while polling for progress. To override that behavior, use the --noTimeLimit option.
  • --deviceStatistics — shows the device statistics reported by the device, bestie. On SATA this uses the Device Statistics log, plus the notifications log (if the DSN feature is supported) to display these stats. On SAS, various log pages get read to collect a whole bunch of reported parameter information.
  • --errorLimit [limit in number of LBAs] — use this to specify a different error limit for a user generic or long generic read test, or for DST and Clean. This must be a number of logical LBAs to have errors. If a drive has multiple logical sectors per physical sector, this number will be adjusted for you to reflect the drive architecture. 🧠
  • --idd [short | long] (Seagate Only) — starts an In Drive Diagnostic (IDD) test on a Seagate drive. Not all tests are supported by all products. If a selected test isn't supported, the utility will return an error code meaning "not supported".
    • short: Reset and Recalibration test. Be careful running this test on the boot device. 👀
    • long: Reset and Recalibration test and test G list and P list.
    • Note: the --captive option can be added to run the long test in foreground/captive mode. This allows for G-list healing and some additional checks to be performed. This may not work on some products.
    • Note: progress cannot be checked for the first 2 minutes of IDD. The drive is busy with the test and is not able to respond. Attempting to retrieve progress during this time will hang, and may cause the IDD to abort due to the host issuing resets to recover access to the drive. 💀
  • --longDST — executes a long diagnostic drive self test. This test takes hours to complete. A 2TB drive may take six (6) hours to finish. Use it with the --poll argument to let SeaChest check for progress and print it to the screen until complete. Use the --progress dst command to check on the completion percentage (%) and test result. This test stops on the first error. Use --abortDST to manually stop the test. SAS drives give status in 1% increments. SATA drives give status in 10% increments, which means more than an hour may elapse between updates on a SATA drive > 2TB. 😴
    • If the --longDST poll option is running and you want to abort the test, then you'll need to open a second terminal window and run the --abortDST command. Otherwise, it's safe to restart the system while long DST is running, which also ends the test.
    • NOTE: long DST may take longer if there's other disk usage while the DST is running. If the DST takes longer than 5x the drive reported time, it will automatically be aborted while polling for progress. To override this behavior, use the --noTimeLimit option.
  • --shortDST — executes a short diagnostic drive self test. This test can take up to 2 minutes to complete. Use the --poll argument to make this operation poll for progress until complete. Use the --progress dst command to check on the completion percentage (%) and test result.
    • NOTE: short DST may take longer if there's other disk usage while the DST is running. If the DST takes longer than 10 minutes it will automatically be aborted while polling for progress. To override this behavior, use the --noTimeLimit option.
  • --showDSTLog — this one shows you the entries in the DST log ✨ up to 21 entries may be shown (pending drive support), and they'll be shown with the most recent entry first.
  • --showFARM — shows the data in the FARM log. FARM stands for the Field Accessible Reliability Metrics that can be reported from a Seagate hard drive. FARM data has a few sections available:
    • General Drive Info
    • Workload Statistics
    • Error Statistics
    • Environment Statistics
    • Reliability Statistics

Newer Seagate HDDs may be able to report more information than older models. The data that can be reported may vary depending on the capabilities of a given product.

  • --smartCheck — performs a SMART check on a device to see if any internal thresholds have been tripped, or if the drive is still operating within specification. 🩺
  • --smartFeature [enable | disable] (SATA Only) — use this to enable or disable the SMART feature on a SATA drive. Note: this command is declared obsolete in ACS4.

SATA Only

  • --smartAttributes [raw | hybrid | analyzed] (SATA Only) — the drive will display its list of supported SMART attributes. Some attribute names are commonly standard and most others are vendor unique. In either case, the attribute thresholds are always vendor unique. Most attributes are informational and are not used to determine a warranty return. Use the --smartCheck command to determine if one of the warranty attributes has been tripped. Seagate Support does not help to analyze SMART attributes.
    • Output modes:
      • raw — all hex output, for those that need every single bit.
      • hybrid — classic table view with some interpretation of some fields. Partial raw interpretation, but not all drive and firmware combinations are supported.
      • analyzed — a full breakdown of all parts of each individual attribute's data. Full raw data interpretation only available on select devices.
    • NOTE: migration to device statistics is recommended.
  • --smartAttributeAutosave [enable | disable] (SATA Only) — use this to enable or disable SMART attribute auto-save on an ATA drive. Note: this command is declared obsolete in ACS4.
  • --smartAutoOffline [enable | disable] (SATA Only) — use this to enable or disable the SMART auto-off-line feature on an ATA drive.
  • --shortDST (SATA Only) — executes the SMART off-line data collection routine on an ATA drive. This will run for the amount of time the device specifies that this operation will take to complete. Progress updates are not available while this is running. Some drives allow other commands to be processed, and some require no interruption while this routine completes. This routine does vendor unique activities to update the SMART data and SMART attributes the device reports. If the SMART auto-off-line feature is supported and enabled, then this routine is already running automatically in the background periodically. 🌀
  • --showSMARTErrorLog [summary | comprehensive] (SATA Only) — this option will display the ATA SMART Error log on the screen.
    • summary — view the summary SMART error log (last 5 entries).
    • comprehensive — view all the entries the drive has available. Specifying comprehensive will automatically pull the ext error log on drives that support 48bit LBAs.
    • Note: the summary error log will truncate 48bit commands, so some information will be missing to describe the operation of certain commands.
  • --smartErrorLogFormat [raw | detailed] (SATA Only) — use this to change the format of the output from the --showSMARTErrorLog option. The default mode is detailed.
  • --smartInfo (SATA Only) — this option will show the SMART information reported by a given device.

SAS Only

  • --defectFormat [# | shortBlock | longBlock | xbfi | xchs | bfi | chs] (SAS Only) — sets the format of the defects to output. Not all drives will support all defect modes! SSDs will only support block modes!
    • Arguments: (name | #)
      • shortBlock | 0 — show the defects in short block address mode (drives < 32bit LBA)
      • xbfi | 1 — show the defects in extended bytes from index mode
      • xchs | 2 — show the defects in extended physical cylinder-head-sector mode
      • longBlock | 3 — show the defects in long block address mode (drives > 32bit LBA)
      • bfi | 4 — show the defects in bytes from index mode
      • chs | 5 — show the defects in physical cylinder-head-sector mode
  • --setMRIE [default | 0 - 6] (SAS Only) — use this to change the MRIE mode on the informational exceptions mode page.
    • default — set to the drive default
    • 0 — disable exception reporting
    • 1 — Asynchronous reporting (obsolete)
    • 2 — Establish unit attention condition
    • 3 — Conditionally generate recovered error
    • 4 — Unconditionally generate recovered error
    • 5 — Generate no sense
    • 6 — Report on request
WARNING: changing MRIE may affect all LUNs/namespaces for devices with multiple logical units or namespaces. 🚨
  • --showSCSIDefects [p | g | pg] (SAS Only) — this option will display the SCSI defects on the screen. The arguments to this will tell whether to get the grown, primary, or primary and grown defects from the drive. Use the --defectFormat option to specify the mode to display the defects. If no mode is specified, physical cylinder-head-sector mode is assumed.
    • Arguments:
      • p — use this option to pull and display the primary (factory) defects
      • g — use this option to pull and display the grown (reallocated) defects

okay so real talk for a sec — multiple of those options can be stacked together to pull and print both defect lists at once. yes bestie, you can have both. you deserve both. 💅

✨ NVMe Only ✨

  • --showNvmeHealth — NVMe drives only!! 🫶 this one makes the drive spit out the NVMe Health log (aka the SMART log). every standardized field gets printed to your screen for that device. it's giving full transparency, no secrets, we love a drive that overshares ✨

💥 Data Destructive Commands 💥

okay bestie, read this twice — the section is literally called destructive. do not vibe-check your way through this one. 😭
  • --dstAndClean — runs DST, then checks for an error and repairs the error if possible. this keeps going until every single error DST reported is fixed, or until you hit the error limit. the default limit is 50 errors. so like... she will keep cleaning until she's done or until she gives up, and she gives up at 50. periodt 🔥🍓

and then the utility flexes its whole identity at you — here's all the version tea:

openSeaChest_SMART - openSeaChest drive utilities - NVMe Enabled
Copyright (c) 2014-2026 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved
openSeaChest_SMART Version: 26.03.2
X86_64
Build Date: May 18 2026
Today: 20260605T144117
User: current user

🌈 Version Info for openSeaChest_SMART 🌈

  • Utility Version: 26.03.2
  • opensea-common Version: 6.1.0
  • opensea-transport Version: 10.3.0
  • opensea-operations Version: 9.4.0
  • Build Date: May 18 2026
  • Compiled Architecture: X86_64
  • Detected Endianness: Little Endian
  • Compiler Used: GCC
  • Compiler Version: 14.2.0
  • Operating System Type: Linux
  • Operating System Version: 6.6.114-1
  • Operating System Name: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

the full documentation for openSeaChest_SMART lives as a Texinfo manual — that's the whole extended lore, bestie, not just this page 📚💜

so if both the info and openSeaChest_SMART programs are properly installed on your site, this:

info openSeaChest_SMART

should hand you the complete manual. go get your reading on, you icon 👑

and that's a wrap, my love 💖 this beauty is openSeaChest_SMART from the June 2026 era, filed under OPENSEACHEST_SMART(1) — source and version both living their best life, dated and everything 🎀🦋🌸 iykyk, now go run something cool and stay hydrated ✨💅

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