navicli won't let me 'register' a new host

[abostick]

I am trying to add a new host to our SAN. I am using a FC4700 running agent 5.1.0. My Clariion has Access Logix installed and I am trying to create a storagegroup for the new host.

However, the FC4700 must know about the host before I can add it to a storagegroup. The navicli reference guide says I do this with the 'register' command.

When I run 'navicli -h x.x.x.x register' I get:

Error: register command failed
Command not Supported

How am I supposed to add new hosts to the SAN if I cannot add their HBA's to the FC4700? The new host is a linux box. I would try this from a Navisphere console except I do not have one setup. My only access to the FC4700 is through navicli.

BTW, I am running the navicli tools from a management host. No EMC software is installed on the linux side. Just the HBA driver (Emulex) and the card.

Thanks,
Aaron

 

[comtec17]

You are going to want to put the NaviAgent on the host.

 

[abostick]

Is having the EMC agent on the SAN client the only way to get it registered on the Clariion?

I do not have a copy of NaviAgent for linux and was hoping the Clariion would "autodetect" the client once I plugged it into the SAN switch.

Thanks,
Aaron

 

[comtec17]

The only way to have the clariion auto-detect is by having the agent loaded.

 

[abostick]

Thanks for the help. I worked around this issue by registering the HBAs in a solaris host and then moving them to a linux host...

Aaron

 

[mbradfo]

I am trying to attach a Solaris 8 server with 2 emulex hba's to a Clariion 4700. The first time were successful in making the server a managed host, but we couldnt get it to see both paths. I tried destroying the storage group and rebuilding it in Navisphere. This seemed to work, I could see both paths and all my devices. Thing is, my host is showing up in Navisphere as unmanaged. Any ideas? Or do I just need to start over from the beginning?