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Requirements for using ODX

Before you can use ODX for copy offloads with your storage virtual machine (SVM), you need to be aware of certain requirements.

ONTAP version requirements​

ONTAP releases support ODX for copy offloads.

SMB version requirements​

  • ONTAP supports ODX with SMB 3.0 and later.

  • SMB 3.0 must be enabled on the CIFS server before ODX can be enabled:

    • Enabling ODX also enables SMB 3.0, if it is not already enabled.

    • Disabling SMB 3.0 also disables ODX.

Windows server and client requirements​

Before you can use ODX for copy offloads, the Windows client must support the feature. Support for ODX starts with Windows 2012 Server and Windows 10.

Volume requirements​

  • Source volumes must be a minimum of 1.25 GB.

  • Deduplication must be enabled on volumes used with copy offload.

  • If you use compressed volumes, the compression type must be adaptive and only compression group size 8K is supported.

    Secondary compression type is not supported.