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Does ONTAP support SMB multichannel?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Clustered Data ONTAP
  • Data ONTAP 7-Mode

Answer

  • SMB Multichannel features are supported starting in ONTAP 9.4
  • SMB Multichannel features are NOT supported in any ONTAP release before ONTAP 9.4
  • SMB Multichannel - Provides multiple connections between ONTAP and clients in a single SMB session. Doing so improves throughput and fault tolerance for Hyper-V and SQL server over SMB configurations.

Additional Information

SMB Multichannel: http://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic...8585A1388.html

Configuring SMB Multichannel for performance and redundancy: https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topi...578E358B7.html