SMB Direct in ONTAP | NetApp | Page 1

chrome gust Feb 14, 2024, 5:58 PM

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Does anyone know if and when SMB Direct will be supported in ONTAP?

hearty goblet Feb 17, 2024, 8:15 PM

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Maybe I'm a noob, but what are you actually talking about?

shell geyser Feb 17, 2024, 9:51 PM

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What do you want to do with SMB direct? Looks like a few client requirements(specific hardware) for it to even work

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One of the requirements for SMB Direct is SMB Multichannel. ONTAP has supported this since 9.4

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/smb-admin/configure-multichannel-performance-task.html

Configure SMB Multichannel for performance and redundancy

Beginning with ONTAP 9.4, you can configure SMB Multichannel to provide multiple connections between ONTAP and clients in a single SMB session. Doing so impr...

hearty goblet Feb 18, 2024, 7:08 PM

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shell geyser What do you want to do with SMB direct? Looks like a few client requirements(spe...

Ah it's been on by default for a while now. I just never knew it was called smb direct.

shell geyser Feb 18, 2024, 8:01 PM

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That’s part of smb direct

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See here for more if you really want to

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/smb-direct?tabs=disable

Improve performance of a file server with SMB Direct

SMB Direct allows for faster file transfer and more efficient network usage by utilizing remote direct memory access (RDMA) technology.

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