Dell PowerVault 3000i System Installation Manual

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64 Network Configuration Guidelines4 Select Use the following IP address and enter the IP address, subnet mask, and default gatewayaddresses.If using a DNS server1 On the Control Panel, select Network connections or Network and Sharing Center. Then clickManage 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 IPaddresses and click OK.If using a WINS serverNOTE: If you are using a DHCP server to allocate WINS server IP addresses, you do not need to add WINSserver 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 LMHOSTSlookup.7 To specify the location of the file that you want to import into the Lmhosts file, select ImportLMHOSTS and then select the file in the Open dialog box8 Enable or disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.If using Windows 2008 Core VersionOn a server running Windows 2008 Core version, use the netsh interface command to configure theiSCSI ports on the host server.Linux Host SetupIf you are using a Linux host network, the following section provides a framework for preparing yournetwork for iSCSI.To set up a Linux host network, you must configure the IP address and netmask of each iSCSI portconnected to the storage array. The specific steps depend on whether you are configuring TCP/IP usingDynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or configuring TCP/IP using a static IP address.