Federated Portal, Register button is Deactivated

I am trying to register Consumer Portal with Producer Portal, all the pre-requisites are met.
I have created the Producer Portal Object in the Netweaver Producers--> and inputing the necessary field values.
Connection tests went fine, but when I switch to Producer Registation, i see that "Register" button is Deactivated.
I don't think this issue is related with the connections or trust, reply back with your valuable suggestions on this.
Portal Versions: Both are on 7.01 SP13 Latest. (Netweaver Enhancement Pack1)

Thanks Kiran, 3 days ago when I try to enter all the values and click save, it told me that there is unexpected value in the host name and many weird problems.
I have cleared the portal fpn cache but since then I haven't tired again.
It worked fine today.
Any wayz,
Thanks
Manny.

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