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4. If you use IPv6, select Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)  and click Properties . Otherwise, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)  and click Properties  to configure an IPv4 address. 

5. For IPv4, the window that is shown in Figure 5-16 opens. To manually set the IP, select Use the following address  and enter an IP address, subnet mask, and gateway. Set the DNS server address, if required. Click OK  to confirm. 

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6. Repeat these steps for each port that you want to configure for iSCSI attachment. 

The Ethernet ports are now prepared for iSCSI attachment. 

## Setting the Windows registry keys 

Complete the following steps to modify the system registry so that your iSCSI operations are more reliable: 

1. In the search field of the Windows Start window, enter regedit  and click regedit.exe . 

2. In the registry editor, locate the following key: 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-B FC1-08002BE10318}\< bus ID >\Parameters\LinkDownTime 

Confirm that the value for the LinkDownTime  key is 120  (decimal value) and, if not, change the value to 120 . 

3. In the registry editor, locate the following key: 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-B FC1-08002BE10318}\< bus ID >\Parameters\MaxRequestHoldTime 

Confirm that the value for the MaxRequestHoldTime  key is 120  (decimal value) and, if not, change the value to 120 . 

