Reporting Essbase cubes from Answers

I followed the documentation available in support site to configure Essbase cubes in RPD in a Solaris environment. I got the Essbase client installed, added required variables (HYPERION_HOME, ESSBASEPATH, ARBORPATH) and cahnged LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable in OracleBI\setup\user.sh file. I started the BI Services in 64-bit mode successfully.
I am getting the below error while running an Answers query.
Odbc driver returned an error (SQLExecDirectW).
Error Details
Error Codes: OPR4ONWY:U9IM8TAC:OI2DL65P
State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. Essbase Error: Network error [146]: Unable to connect to [HostName:pot#]. The client timed out waiting to connect to Essbase Agent using TCP/IP. Check your network connections. Also make sure that server and port values are correct (HY000)
SQL Issued: SELECT ALL_LOCATIONS."Gen2,ALL_LOCATIONS" saw_0, ALL_FORECAST_MONTH."Gen3,ALL_FORECAST_MONTH" saw_1, ALL_PRODUCTS."Gen2,ALL_PRODUCTS" saw_2, "FCST".FORECASTED_COST saw_3, "FCST".FORECASTED_PRICE saw_4, "FCST".FORECASTED_QTY saw_5, "FCST".FORECAST_AMOUNT saw_6 FROM "FCST_CUBE" ORDER BY saw_0, saw_1, saw_2
I am able to telnet the HostName on the port# from BI server. I am not sure what I am missing. Can someone please help?
Regards,
Changa

Tony,
thanks for your reply...
I thought about that as well but the 14 cubes (countries) are allowed to add level 0 members so in the mapping table i need to point to the correct Essbase cube as well..
I wasn't able to find any script that is triggered while updating the mapping (by clicking browse for target value)..
So adjusting the connect does solve my problem partially since there's some kind of cache that i need to refresh..
Do you know if this is possible?
Otherwise i have to go for the multiple adapter solution.
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