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This section describes the PowerStore native asynchronous replication feature which allows users to create replication sessions for block and file storage resources between PowerStore systems. Supported storage resources for native asynchronous replication are volumes, volume groups, thin clones, NAS servers, and file systems. The replication itself uses iSCSI or the optimized Dell proprietary TCP-based replication protocol (PowerStoreOS 3.0 and later) through Ethernet (LAN) connections. All configuration and management operations in this section are shown in PowerStore Manager, but you can also use the PowerStore CLI and REST API. The following subsections describe these topics: