The 8 Gb/s HP LTO-5 Fibre Channel (FC) tape drive supports features that were previously only available via a 4 Gb/s FC I/O blade. These features include control path failover and host access configuration.
The Storage Networking (SNW) license allows you to take advantage of these features without the drives being connected to an FC I/O blade. You must have a Storage Networking license installed on your library in order to use the SNW features. For more information on licensing, see Applying a License Key.
Storage Networking includes the following features. Click the link to go the appropriate section:
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