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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. 64 Network Configuration Guidelines

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Network Configuration Guidelines
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.