Switch Netapp expansion FC port from target to initiator

Solution 1:

According to THIS, "If you are installing target expansion adapters, or if you exceed the allowed number of adapter ports, you must set the onboard adapters to unconfigured before installing the expansion adapters". I know this is for targets but I'm slightly worried it may apply for initiators too.

EDIT - this is cheating a bit but never mind.

If you do a 'sysconfig -ca' it'll list the cards inside the machine, in your case we get 'sysconfig: slot 4 OK: X2054A: QLogic ISP 2432; PCI-E quad-port Fibre Channel (QLE2464)' and that particular card cannot be 'switched' from one mode to another. It's a bit poor from a NetApp perspective if you ask me, it's just an FC port after all, but they do make quite a lot of profit from this sort of thing so there you go.