About the 16-gigabit target mode HBAs for SAN clients and Fibre Transport media servers

The Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) and driver requirements differ on the SAN clients and on the NetBackup FT media servers, as follows:

HBAs on SAN clients

The HBAs on the SAN clients can be any supported Fibre Channel HBA. The HBA ports must operate in the default initiator mode.

For the HBAs on the SAN client systems, do the following:

Install the drivers for the HBA.
Install the utilities for the HBA. Although not required for NetBackup operation, the utilities may help to troubleshoot connectivity problems.

HBAs on NetBackup FT media servers

The NetBackup media servers that host Fibre Transport require the following:

For the connections to the SAN clients, use a QLogic or an Emulex HBA that NetBackup supports for Fibre Transport. For these HBAs, you must configure them to use the NetBackup target mode driver.
QLogic HBA and Emulex HBA cannot be used as target mode at the same time. You must choose one of them as target mode.
When QLogic HBA is used as target, you can use Emulex HBA to work as initiators if initiator HBA is needed.

For information about supported HBAs, see the hardware compatibility list at the following URL:

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