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Table 3-1
Function
Pushes LUN mapping
Yes – LUN mapping
and OS information to
information displays in the
the storage system.
Manager UI, next to the
LUN icon, or with the CLI
using the -lunmapinfo
command.
Runs automatically to
Yes – No user interaction is
send information to the
required.
storage system.
Requires network
Yes – Network connectivity
connectivity to the
allows LUN mapping
storage system.
information to be available
to the storage system.
Requires installation.
Yes – You must install the
Host Agent on the server.
Installing and Using the Navisphere Host Agent or Server Utility
Differences between the Host Agent and the Server Utility
Host Agent
Yes – LUN mapping information
displays in the Manager UI, next to
the LUN icon, or with the CLI
using the -lunmapinfo command.
Note: The text Manually
Registered appears next to the
host name icon in the Manager UI
indicating that the Host Agent is
not installed on this server.
Yes and No – You can control
whether server information is
automatically sent to the storage
system by enabling or disabling
the Registration Service feature.
It is automatically enabled during
the installation of the Server Utility
but you can stop the service at
anytime through the Services
option in the Microsoft UI.
No – LUN mapping information is
sent through a data path to the
storage system.
No – You can run the Server Utility
from the CD. However, we
recommend that you install it on
the server. You must install it to
use the Registration Service
feature (described above).
Server Utility
AX-Series
No – LUN mapping information
is not sent to the storage
system. Only the host's name,
ID, and IP address are sent to
the storage system.
Note: The text Manually
Registered appears next to
the host name icon in the
Manager UI indicating that the
Host Agent is not installed on
this server.
Yes and No – You can control
whether server information is
automatically sent to the storage
system by enabling or disabling
the Registration Service
feature. It is automatically
enabled during the installation of
the Server Utility but you can
stop the service at anytime
through the Services option in
the Microsoft UI. However, there
is no benefit in enabling the
Registration Service on a
server connected to a CX-Series
system, since LUN mapping
information is not sent.
No – LUN mapping information
is not sent to the storage
system.
No – You can run the Server
Utility from the CD. However, we
recommend that you install it on
the server. You must install it to
use the Registration Service
feature (described above).
Determining which application to install
CX-Series
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