Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide
- About NetBackup Fibre Transport and SAN Client
- About optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- About backup to tape support
- VMware support
- Supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
- NetBackup Appliance rear panel configurations
- About the HBA port mode configuration
- Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances
- Supported Fibre Channel configurations for the NetBackup 5250 appliance
- Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
- About the factory default port mode configuration
- Default port mode configuration for FTMS/MSDP
- Zoning the FC SAN
- About the Fibre Transport page on the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
- Configuring Fibre Transport on the appliance
- Configuring Fibre Transport settings
- About Fibre Transport media server verification
- Guidelines for changing NetBackup appliance FT target ports to receive data streams from multiple SAN Client FC initiator ports
- How to configure Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- Index
About the HBA port mode configuration table
The port mode configuration table shows the details of the HBA ports that can be used for Fibre Transport Deduplication.
Fibre Transport Deduplication is a feature that enables you to use an appliance as a target host for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication.
Note:
The HBA port mode configuration table shows all HBA ports except for those that are connected to external storage (Primary Storage Shelf) on NetBackup 53xx appliances.
You can configure an HBA port in the table to be in target mode or standard initiator mode.
Table: HBA port mode configuration describes the HBA port mode configuration table.
Table: HBA port mode configuration
Column Name | Description |
|---|---|
This column shows the slot number of the HBA card on this appliance. | |
This column shows the port number of the HBA ports. | |
This column shows whether the HBA port is connected to a fabric switch or another port. The link status on an HBA port can be the following:
| |
This column shows the port WWN. You can use the port WWN to identify a port on the appliance. | |
This column shows the configured port mode of an HBA port. The available options for HBA port mode are the following:
You can click on the current port mode, and then change the port mode configuration. If you change the port mode, you can see the new port mode with a red earmark. You can click on the option to restore the port configuration to the factory default state. |