SMB Configuration
The SMB service provides access to filesystems using the SMB protocol. The supported SMB
versions are: SMB 1, SMB 2.0, SMB 2.1, and SMB 3.0. To share filesystems over SMB, configure
the filesystem as described in Filesystem Properties. The
following tables show the supported and unsupported features for SMB 3.0 and SMB 2.1.
Table 54 SMB 3.0 Supported and Unsupported Features
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Transparent failover (Continuously Available shares)
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Encryption
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Multichannel
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SMB over Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA)
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Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) for SMB filesystems
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Directory leasing
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Table 55 SMB 2.1 Supported and Unsupported Features
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Lease
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Branch cache
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Multi-protocol negotiate request
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Resilient handles
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Individual write-through operations
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Multi-credit operations
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Local accounts and user IDs are mapped to Windows user IDs. Note that the
guest account is a special, read-only account and cannot be configured
for read/write in the appliance.
To configure SMB, see the following sections: