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6 nvme-wdc-drive-essentials - Retrieve WDC device's drive essentials bin
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10 nvme wdc drive-essentials <device> [--dir-name=<DIRECTORY>, -d <DIRECTORY>]
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13 For the NVMe device given, captures the drive essential bin files and
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19 The <device> parameter is mandatory; NVMe character device (ex:
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22 This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for
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26 -d <DIRECTORY>, --dir-name=<DIRECTORY>
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30 · Gets the drive essentials data files from the device and saves the
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36 · Gets the drive essentials data files from the device and saves the
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