Managing the Fibre Channel ports
If the Fibre Channel card is installed on the cluster nodes, you can configure the Fibre Channel ports for a specific workload. If you install the Fibre Channel card, ensure that it is installed on all the nodes. Either all the cluster nodes must have the Fibre Channel card or it must not be installed on any of the cluster nodes.
The Fibre Channel card must be installed in the following slots:
For HPE Gen11 (Model number: 5561): Slot-5
For HPE Gen10 (Model number: 5551): Slot-4
Supported Fibre Channel card configuration:
Brand: QLogic
Configuration: QLE2772, 32G(auto), 2 ports, hpe pn=SN1610Q Dual-Port FC card
The following types of backups over Fibre Channel are supported:
VMware SAN transport (initiator)
Tape out (initiator)
See Requirements.
See Assigning Fibre Channel ports.
See Unassigning Fibre Channel ports.
See Rescanning Fibre Channel cards.
See Viewing details about the Fibre Channel ports.