Are you planning to consolidate the data distributed across multiple HPE ProLiant servers for your branch, department, or company into a highly reliable and affordable SAN? A consolidated data storage strategy offers many benefits. The HPE SN1100Q 16 GB Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) establish a Fibre Channel connection when installed in an HPE ProLiant server and connected to a switch and a storage device. Multiple physical HPE ProLiant servers and/or virtual servers can be routed through a Fibre Channel switch to an HPE Storage Array, such as HPE MSA, HPE Nimble Storage, or HPE Alletra Storage devices. This level of consolidation focuses storage management on a single storage device, providing each server and its applications with a similarly powerful and reliable connection. Additionally, an on-site backup device, such as a disk or tape backup, can utilize the same Fibre Channel infrastructure, avoiding slow backups over the network.