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To communicate with VNX, Cisco UCS Director supports Windows-based EMC NaviSphere and Linux-based EMC Navisphere.
Before using NaviSphere, you must install and configure a Secure Shell (SSH) server on it.
Installing and Configuring Windows-Based Navisphere
To set up an SSHD server, we recommend that you install Cygwin version 1.7.27, and use the SSH daemon on the host. Cygwin provides a Linux-like environment on Microsoft Windows.
After you install the SSHD server on the Windows-based EMC NaviSphere, modify the Path variable under System Variables to include the NaviSphere bin folder. This update ensures that anyone who uses SSH to access Windows-based NaviSphere can execute VNX commands.
After you configure the SSHD server, set up new default paths to enable the user-installed software to override the system software.
Ensure that you install the openssh, openssl, and TCL Cygwin packages on a Windows host.
Ensure that you can run the naviseccli commands without providing the absolute path at the command prompt. You can use any SSH client to verify SSH access.
By default, Cisco UCS Director executes NavisecCLI commands with an explicit path that does not exist in Windows. You must create a softlink to that path through the Cygwin shell.
Install Cygwin on the same Windows server as NavisecCLI.
Step 1 | Open the Cygwin shell. |
Step 2 | In the Cygwin shell, create the following directory: /opt/Navisphere |
Step 3 | Create a softlink for the Navisphere directory. Example: For example. if you installed Navisphere in the C:\Program Files (x86)\EMC\NavisphereCLI directory, execute the following command to create a softlink: ln -s /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/EMC/NavisphereCLI /opt/Navisphere/bin cd /opt/Navisphere/bin chmod 775 NaviSECCli.exe |