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Host port protocol

You can convert the protocol of a host to a different protocol so that compatibility and communication can be established.

  1. Overview and requirements
    Learn about the baseboard host ports and the requirements you need to know about before converting the host protocol.
  2. Change host protocol
    If you have a DE Series storage array with SFP+ (optical) host ports, you can change the host port protocol from Fibre Channel (FC) to iSCSI or from iSCSI to FC. You can change the protocol used by the host ports built into the controller (baseboard host ports), the protocol used by the host ports on the host interface card (HIC ports), or the protocol of all host ports.