https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-storage-networking-adapters/some-help-with-fc-drive-setup-please/m-p/7183134#M58 <P style="margin: 0;">Hello Jon Stephenson,<BR />Thank you for contacting HPE.<BR />1: The drive is part of ESL G3.<BR />2: This drive can't be used as standalone &nbsp;drive.</P> <P style="margin: 0;">8GB G3 StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6650 tape drive - Fiber Channel (FC), Enterprise Systems Library (ESL) 706799-001&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">Thank you ..</P> Tue, 21 Feb 2023 09:06:55 GMT Mohammed_I 2023-02-21T09:06:55Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-storage-networking-adapters/some-help-with-fc-drive-setup-please/m-p/7182951#M57 <P>Can anyone advise me whether this fibre channel tape drive&nbsp;<A href="https://www.serverworlds.com/hp-c0k97a-esl-g3-lto-6-6650-8gb-fc-tape-drive-706799-001-8-00976-02/" target="_blank">https://www.serverworlds.com/hp-c0k97a-esl-g3-lto-6-6650-8gb-fc-tape-drive-706799-001-8-00976-02/</A>&nbsp;Would work as a stand alone backup tape drive on a PC running Windows 11 and Retrpsoect backup software?</P><P>Restrospect tell me that they support fibre channel drives, and I presume that if I fit a fibre channel card into he PC this will work??? &nbsp;<A href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000E891N0/ref=sspa_dk_detail_3?psc=1&amp;pd_rd_i=B000E891N0&amp;pd_rd_w=OSc9p&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.15c0cc83-c6c5-4d44-aa3d-0de17a9f3682&amp;pf_rd_p=15c0cc83-c6c5-4d44-aa3d-0de17a9f3682&amp;pf_rd_r=FTDNV3JKQ0RGZR1D8BP4&amp;pd_rd_wg=mxMdr&amp;pd_rd_r=45ac4279-9665-4663-8530-784f2a1cabd4&amp;s=electronics&amp;sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWw" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000E891N0/ref=sspa_dk_detail_3?psc=1&amp;pd_rd_i=B000E891N0&amp;pd_rd_w=OSc9p&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.15c0cc83-c6c5-4d44-aa3d-0de17a9f3682&amp;pf_rd_p=15c0cc83-c6c5-4d44-aa3d-0de17a9f3682&amp;pf_rd_r=FTDNV3JKQ0RGZR1D8BP4&amp;pd_rd_wg=mxMdr&amp;pd_rd_r=45ac4279-9665-4663-8530-784f2a1cabd4&amp;s=electronics&amp;sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWw</A></P><P>Advice appreciated!</P> Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:29:23 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-storage-networking-adapters/some-help-with-fc-drive-setup-please/m-p/7182951#M57 Jon Stephenson 2023-02-22T08:29:23Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-storage-networking-adapters/some-help-with-fc-drive-setup-please/m-p/7183134#M58 <P style="margin: 0;">Hello Jon Stephenson,<BR />Thank you for contacting HPE.<BR />1: The drive is part of ESL G3.<BR />2: This drive can't be used as standalone &nbsp;drive.</P> <P style="margin: 0;">8GB G3 StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6650 tape drive - Fiber Channel (FC), Enterprise Systems Library (ESL) 706799-001&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">Thank you ..</P> Tue, 21 Feb 2023 09:06:55 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-storage-networking-adapters/some-help-with-fc-drive-setup-please/m-p/7183134#M58 Mohammed_I 2023-02-21T09:06:55Z