Explanation/Reference:
HPE StoreEasy 1000 and 3000 Storage systems are built on the Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 operating system. Windows Storage Server
2012 and 2012 R2 includes major new features in its SMB 3 network protocol stack, which can improve the performance and reliability of SQL server with databases stored on SMB 3 File Share on a StoreEasy Storage product:
* SMB multichannel uses multiple network interfaces if possible. (All StoreEasy models.) You can increase both the performance and reliability of the system as follows:
* Improve performance by providing the combined throughput of all network adapters and cluster nodes together.
* Improve reliability by transparently falling back to the remaining network adapters and/or cluster nodes if one component fails
References: http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA4-7418ENW&cc=us&lc=en (HPE StoreEasy 1000 Performance Best Practice Guidelines for SQL over SMB 3)