Provisioning SMB NAS storage follows a strict hierarchical dependency.

1. First, physical hard drives must be aggregated into logical storage pools to provide underlying capacity.
2. Second, a NAS server must be instantiated and assigned to an existing pool to manage network interfaces and file protocols (SMB/NFS).
3. Third, file systems and their respective shares are created within the NAS server's namespace, utilizing the supported protocol.
4. Finally, the end-user or host client maps the shared file system (e.g., via mapping a network drive in Windows) over the network to access the provisioned storage.

Dell EMC Unity: NAS Capabilities - A Detailed Review: Section "NAS Server Provisioning" and "File System Provisioning." This document officially details that a storage pool is a prerequisite for a NAS Server, which in turn is a prerequisite for creating file systems and SMB shares.

Information Storage and Management (ISM) v4/v5 (Dell EMC Education Services): Chapter on "File-Based Storage System Components and Architecture." The official courseware outlines the standard NAS provisioning lifecycle from physical disk grouping (pools) to logical server creation, share creation, and finally client-side mounting/mapping.