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IIST-SI-000259: Enable application pool rapid fail protection settings

The application pool rapid fail protection settings for each IIS 10.0 website must be managed.
If the IIS Application Pool hosts Microsoft SharePoint, this is not applicable.
To check compliance with IIST-SI-000259, complete the following steps for each site hosted on the IIS 10.0 web server:
  1. Open the IIS 10.0 Manager.
  2. Click
    Application Pools
    .
  3. Complete the following steps for each Application Pool:
    1. Click
      Application Pools
      .
    2. Highlight an Application Pool.
    3. In the
      Action
      pane, click
      Advanced Settings
      .
    4. Scroll down to the
      Rapid Fail Protection
      section.
    5. Verify that the value for
      Failure Interval
      is set to
      5
      .
If the
Failure Interval
option is not set to
5
, your application is not compliant.
If your application is not compliant, complete the following steps:
  1. Open the IIS 10.0 Manager.
  2. Click
    Application Pools
    .
  3. Complete the following steps for each Application Pool:
    1. Click
      Application Pools
      .
    2. Highlight an Application Pool.
    3. In the
      Action
      pane, click
      Advanced Settings
      .
    4. Scroll down to the
      Rapid Fail Protection
      section.
    5. Set the value for 
      Failure Interval
      to
      5
      .
    6. Click
      OK
      .