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Installing and Using the Navisphere Host Agent or Server Utility
Table 3-1 Differences between the Host Agent and the Server Utility
Function Host Agent
Server Utility
AX-Series CX-Series
Pushes LUN mapping
and OS information to
the storage system.
Yes – LUN mapping
information displays in the
Manager UI, next to the
LUN icon, or with the CLI
using the -lunmapinfo
command.
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.
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.
Runs automatically to
send information to the
storage system.
Yes – No user interaction is
required.
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.
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.
Requires network
connectivity to the
storage system.
Yes – Network connectivity
allows LUN mapping
information to be available
to the storage system.
No – LUN mapping information is
sent through a data path to the
storage system.
No – LUN mapping information
is not sent to the storage
system.
Requires installation. Yes – You must install the
Host Agent on the server.
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).
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).