The following options to the vserver cifs options modify command have been added to control Windows client resource consumption. If the maximum value for any of these options is exceeded, the request is denied and an EMS message is sent. An EMS warning message is also sent when 80 percent of the configured limit for these options is reached.

See the man pages for the default limits and to display the current configuration.

Servers running SMB version 2 or later can limit the number of outstanding requests (SMB credits) that the client can send to the server on a SMB connection. The management of SMB credits is initiated by the client and controlled by the server.

The maximum number of outstanding requests that can be granted on an SMB connection is controlled by the -max-credits option. The default value for this option is 128.