4Select Use the following IP address and enter the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway addresses.

If using a DNS server

1On the Control Panel, select Network connections or Network and Sharing Center. Then click Manage network connections.

2Right-click the network connection you want to configure and select Properties.

3On 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.

4Select 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.

1On the Control Panel, select Network connections.

2Right-click the network connection you want to configure and select Properties.

3On 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.

4Select Advanced, then the WINS tab, and click Add.

5In the TCP/IP WINS server window, type the IP address of the WINS server and click Add.

6To enable use of the Lmhosts file to resolve remote NetBIOS names, select Enable LMHOSTS lookup.

7To 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

8Enable 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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3000i specifications

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