Universe on top of SAP BW

Hi Experts,
I need help in creating a universe on top of BPC Cubes.
While creating Universe connection, I have followed the steps below:
1. Connection type:
SAP BusinessObjects > Business Planning and Consolidation > OLE DB for OLAP Providers
2. Username: DOMAIN\USERNAME
3. Server: BPC Server IP Address (tried with port as well)
Then I am getting the following error:
DBD: An error has occurred while attempting to connect to the OLAP server. Failed to initialize (returned server error (Returned DB_SEC_E_AUTH_FAILED (0x80040e4d)))
Any Idea where I am going wrong ?
Product Versions:
SAP BPC 7.5 SP 07
BO XI 3.1 SP2 FP 2.9
Thanks and Regards,
PASG

Hi,
Could you give more details around what host file you are refering to? As I have the same error message.
Thanks

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