SMB Transparent Failover has the following requirements:
A failover cluster running Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2016 with at least two nodes configured. The cluster must pass the cluster validation tests included in the validation wizard.
File shares must be created with the Continuous Availability (CA) property, which is the default.
File shares must be created on CSV volume paths to attain SMB Scale-Out.
Client computers must be running Windows® 8 or Windows Server 2012, both of which include the updated SMB client that supports continuous availability