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EnableNetBIOS

Determines whether a NetBIOS device is created and bound to the IP address. The following table summarizes the attributes of the EnableNetBIOS property.

Attribute Value
Data type DWORD
Access Read/write
Status Optional
Structure CLUSPROP_DWORD
Minimum FALSE (0)
Maximum 2
Default TRUE (1)

Remarks

The EnableNetBIOS property can be set to one of the following values.

Value Description
TRUE (1) Creates a NetBIOS device and binds it to the IP address.
FALSE (0) Does not create a NetBIOS device.
2 retrieves and uses the NetBIOS settings that are specified on the NIC.

Setting EnableNetBIOS to TRUE allows NetBIOS applications to use the IP Address resource.

There is a limit of 64 NetBIOS devices in the cluster. If you have a large number of IP addresses for non-NetBIOS use (for example, a Web server with many virtual roots), set EnableNetBIOS to FALSE for each IP Address resource.

Examples

The property value portion of a property list entry for EnableNetBIOS can be set with the following example code.

DWORD          EnableNetBIOSData = FALSE;
CLUSPROP_DWORD EnableNetBIOSValue;

EnableNetBIOSValue.Syntax.dw = CLUSPROP_SYNTAX_LIST_VALUE_DWORD;
EnableNetBIOSValue.cbLength  = sizeof(DWORD);
EnableNetBIOSValue.dw        = EnableNetBIOSData;

Requirements

Minimum supported client
None supported
Minimum supported server
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 Datacenter

See also

IP Address Private Properties

CLUSPROP_DWORD