In addition to the bug fixes, CIFS provides the following enhancements and changes in update 7 - OES 2018.
Beginning with this patch release, CIFS share can be enabled to host the redirected folders on OES 2018 server too. For information on configuring the CIFS share for Folder Redirection, see Enabling Folder Redirection Support in the OES 2018 SP2: OES CIFS for Linux Administration Guide.