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4 Select Use the following IP address and enter the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway
addresses.
If using a DNS server
1 On the Control Panel, select Network connections or Network and Sharing Center. Then click
Manage network connections.
2 Right-click the network connection you want to configure and select Properties.
3 On the General tab (for a local area connection) or the Networking tab (for all other connections),
select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.
4 Select Obtain DNS server address automatically or enter the preferred and alternate DNS server IP
addresses and click OK.
If using a WINS server
NOTE:
If you are using a DHCP server to allocate WINS server IP addresses, you do not need to add WINS
server addresses.
1 On the Control Panel, select Network connections.
2 Right-click the network connection you want to configure and select Properties.
3 On the General tab (for a local area connection) or the Networking tab (for all other connections),
select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.
4 Select Advanced, then the WINS tab, and click Add.
5 In the TCP/IP WINS server window, type the IP address of the WINS server and click Add.
6 To enable use of the Lmhosts file to resolve remote NetBIOS names, select Enable LMHOSTS
lookup.
7 To specify the location of the file that you want to import into the Lmhosts file, select Import
LMHOSTS and then select the file in the Open dialog box
8 Enable or disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
If using Windows 2008 Core Version
On a server running Windows 2008 Core version, use the netsh interface command to configure the
iSCSI ports on the host server.
Linux Host Setup
If you are using a Linux host network, the following section provides a framework for preparing your
network for iSCSI.
To set up a Linux host network, you must configure the IP address and netmask of each iSCSI port
connected to the storage array. The specific steps depend on whether you are configuring TCP/IP using
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or configuring TCP/IP using a static IP address.
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