<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
the	O
FC-HBA	B-Application
API	I-Application
(	O
also	O
called	O
the	O
SNIA	O
Common	O
HBA	O
API	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
Application	B-Application
Programming	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
for	O
Host	B-Architecture
Bus	I-Architecture
Adapters	I-Architecture
connecting	O
computers	O
to	O
hard	B-Device
disks	I-Device
via	O
a	O
Fibre	B-Architecture
Channel	I-Architecture
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
the	O
HBA	O
API	B-Application
has	O
been	O
overwhelmingly	O
adopted	O
by	O
Storage	O
Area	O
Network	O
vendors	O
to	O
help	O
manage	O
,	O
monitor	O
,	O
and	O
deploy	O
storage	O
area	O
networks	O
in	O
an	O
interoperable	O
way.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Vendors	O
supply	O
their	O
own	O
library	O
(	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
)	O
as	O
plugins	B-Application
for	O
a	O
common	O
HBA	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
Server	O
2003	O
,	O
AIX	O
5	O
,	O
HPUX	O
and	O
Solaris	O
include	O
support	O
for	O
FC-HBA	B-Application
API	I-Application
and	O
it	O
is	O
being	O
added	O
to	O
Linux	O
.	O
</s>
