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–Monitoring
Administratorsareabletofindtherightinformationandaccomplishcriticaltasksfasterthroughan
uncluttered,dashboard-drivengraphicaluserinterface(GUI).Centralizingandautomatingfoundational
infrastructuredeploymentandlifecyclemanagementtasksacrosslargepoolsofsystemsfreesup
administratortime,andmakesresourcesavailabletoend-usersfaster.
LenovoXClarityiseasilyextendedintotheleadingvirtualizationmanagementplatformsfromMicrosoft
andVMwareusingsoftwareplug-ins,calledLenovoXClarityIntegrators.Thesolutionimprovesworkload
uptimeandservice-levelassurancebydynamicallyrelocatingworkloadsfromaffectedhostsinthecluster
duringrollingserverrebootsorfirmwareupdates,orduringpredictedhardwarefailures.
FormoreinformationaboutLenovoXClarityAdministrator,seethe
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/software/systems-management/xclarity/andthe
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.lxca.doc/aug_product_page.html.
•InstallingLenovoXClarityAdministrator
–InstallingLenovoXClarityAdministratorforthefirsttime
TheinitialsetupofLenovoXClarityAdministratorinvolvespreparingthenetwork,installingand
configuringtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorvirtualappliance,managingsystems,andoptionally
settingupautomaticproblemnotification.
Thereareanumberofdifferentwaystoconnectmanageablesystemstothenetwork
andtosetuptheLenovoXClarityAdministratortomanagethosesystemsbasedonthe
networktopologythatisimplementedinyourenvironment.Forguidanceforinstalling
theLenovoXClarityAdministratorinVMwareESXi-basedandHyper-Venvironments,see
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2
Fsetup.html.
–Free90-daytrial
LenovoXClarityAdministratoroffersafree,90-daytriallicensethatenablesyoutouseallavailable
features(includingoperating-systemdeployment,firmwaremaintenance,andconfiguration
management)foralimitedtime.
After90days,youcancontinuetouseLenovoXClarityAdministratortomanageandmonitoryour
hardwareforfree;however,youmustpurchaseafull-function-enablementlicensetocontinueusing
LenovoXClarityAdministratortoconfigureyourhardwareusingConfigurationPatternsandtodeploy
operatingsystems.YoucanpurchaseLenovoXClarityAdministratorlicensesfromyourLenovoseller
orbusinesspartner.
Forinformationaboutinstallingthelicense,see
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2
Fupdate_lxcasw.html.
–UpdatingLenovoXClarityAdministrator
YoucandownloadorimportLenovoXClarityAdministratorupdatesand
installtheupdatesfromtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorwebinterface.
ForinformationaboutupdatingaLenovoXClarityAdministrator,see
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2
Fupdate_lxcasw.html.EnsurethatyoucarefullyreadtheInstallationandSetupInstructionsinthe
Invgy_sw_lxca_***_anyos_noarch.txtfilethatisprovidedintheupdatepackage.zipfile.
•Multi-coreprocessing
TheserversupportsIntelXeonE5-26xxv4seriesmulti-coremicroprocessors.Theservercomeswith
onemicroprocessorinstalled.
•PCIadaptercapabilities
TheserverhasthreePCIinterfaceslots:low-profilehalf-length,OCPtypemezzanine,andcustomized
mezzanine.
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