What happens to client sessions when SMB dialects are disabled on the CIFS server
Applies to
ONTAP 9
Answer
When an SMB dialect is disabled on the CIFS server, all client sessions using that SMB dialect are terminated
Additional Information
- Available SMB server options
- When you disable SMB 2.x, ONTAP also automatically disables SMB 3.x
- Windows clients that connect to an SMB server that is capable of using SMB 2 or higher do not automatically downgrade to SMB 1 and must be restart if all SMB 2 or higher dialects are disabled on the server
- How to detect, enable and disable SMBv1, SMBv2, and SMBv3 in Windows