Lenovo System x3550 M5 - Using Lenovo Xclarity Administrator; Updating the Universal Unique Identifier (UUID)

UsingLenovoXClarityAdministrator
TheinitialsetupofLenovoXClarityAdministratorincludesthefollowing:
•Preparingthenetwork
•InstallingandconfiguringtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorvirtualappliance
•Managingsystems
•Settingupautomaticproblemnotificationoptionally
Tomanagesystemsbasedonthenetworktopologythatisimplementedinyourenvironment,therearea
numberofdifferentwaystoconnectmanageablesystemstothenetworkandtosetuptheLenovoXClarity
Administrator.IfyouplantouseLenovoXClarityAdministratortomanagetheserver,youmustcheckforthe
latestapplicableLenovoXClarityAdministratorupdates.ForinstallingtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorin
VMwareESXi-basedandHyper-VenvironmentsanddownloadingLenovoXClarityAdministratorupdates,go
to:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-XCLARIT
LenovoXClarityAdministratoroffersafree,90-daytriallicensethatenablesyoutouseallavailablefeatures
(includingoperating-systemdeployment,firmwaremaintenance,andconfigurationmanagement)fora
limitedtime.TocontinueusingLenovoXClarityAdministratorafterthe90-daytrialperiod,youarerequired
topurchaseafull-function-enablementlicenseforeachLenovoXClarityAdministratorinstance.Youcan
purchaseanddownloadthelicensefrom:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/lnvo-lxcaupd
UpdatingtheUniversalUniqueIdentifier(UUID)
TheUniversalUniqueIdentifier(UUID)mustbeupdatedwhenthesystemboardisreplaced.UsetheLenovo
ToolsCenterSuiteCLItoupdatetheUUIDintheUEFI-basedserver.
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIisanonlinetoolthatsupportsseveraloperatingsystems.Makesurethatyou
downloadtheversionforyouroperatingsystem.YoucandownloadLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIfromthe
Website.TodownloadLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIandupdatetheUUID,completethefollowingsteps:
Note:ChangesaremadeperiodicallytotheWebsite.Theactualproceduremightvaryslightlyfromwhatis
describedinthisdocument.
Step1.DownloadLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI:
a.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
b.ClicktheDownloadstabatthetopofthepanel.
c.UnderT oolsCenter,selectViewToolsCenterdownloads.
d.SelectLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI.
e.Scrolldown,clickthelink,anddownloadLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIversionforyour
operatingsystem.
Step2.LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIsetstheUUIDintheIntegratedManagementModule(IMM).Select
oneofthefollowingmethodstoaccesstheIntegratedManagementModule(IMM)tosettheUUID:
•Onlinefromthetargetsystem(LANorkeyboardconsolestyle(KCS)access)
•Remoteaccesstothetargetsystem(LANbased)
•BootablemediacontainingLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI(LANorKCS,dependinguponthe
bootablemedia)
Step3.CopyandunpacktheLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIpackage,whichalsoincludesotherrequired
files,totheserver.MakesurethatyouunpacktheLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIandtherequired
filestothesamedirectory.
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