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http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2
Fsetup.html.
– Free 90-day trial
Lenovo XClarity Administrator offers a free, 90-day trial license that enables you to use all available
features (including operating-system deployment, firmware maintenance, and configuration
management) for a limited time.
After 90 days, you can continue to use Lenovo XClarity Administrator to manage and monitor your
hardware for free; however, you must purchase a full-function-enablement license to continue using
Lenovo XClarity Administrator to configure your hardware using Configuration Patterns and to deploy
operating systems. You can purchase Lenovo XClarity Administrator licenses from your Lenovo seller
or business partner.
For information about installing the license, see
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2
Fupdate_lxcasw.html.
– Updating Lenovo XClarity Administrator
You can download or import Lenovo XClarity Administrator updates and
install the updates from the Lenovo XClarity Administrator web interface.
For information about updating a Lenovo XClarity Administrator, see
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2
Fupdate_lxcasw.html.Ensure that you carefully read the Installation and Setup Instructions in the
Invgy_sw_lxca_***_anyos_noarch.txt
file that is provided in the update package .zip file.
Lenovo XClarity Administrator
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is a centralized, resource-management solution that simplifies infrastructure
management, speeds responses, and enhances the availability of Lenovo® server systems and solutions. It
runs as a virtual appliance that automates discovery, inventory, tracking, monitoring, and provisioning for
Lenovo servers, Flex System servers, and RackSwitch switches in a secure environment.
Lenovo XClarity Administrator provides a central interface to perform the following functions for all managed
endpoints.
• Hardware management
Lenovo XClarity Administrator provides agent-free hardware management. It can automatically discover
manageable endpoints, including Flex System chassis and components, System x, NeXtScale, and
ThinkServer servers, and RackSwitch switches. Inventory of the discovered endpoints is also gathered,
so an at-a-glance view of the managed hardware inventory and status is possible.
• Hardware monitoring
Lenovo XClarity Administrator provides a centralized view of all events and alerts that are generated from
the managed endpoints. When a CMM or IMM detects an issue, an alert or event is passed to the Lenovo
XClarity Administrator and is displayed in the events or alerts log. A summary of all alerts and events is
visible from the Dashboard and the Status bar. Events and alerts for a specific endpoint are available from
the Alerts and Events detail page for that endpoint.
• Operating-system deployment
You can use Lenovo XClarity Administrator to manage the repository of operating-system images and
deploy operating-system images to managed servers.
• Configuration management
You can quickly provision and pre-provision all of your servers using a consistent configuration.
Configuration settings (such as local storage, I/O adapters, boot settings, firmware, ports, and IMM and
UEFI settings) are saved as a server pattern that can be applied to one or more managed servers. When
the server patterns are updated, the changes are automatically deployed to the applied servers.
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