LenovoXClarityAdministratorcanbesetuptocollectandsenddiagnosticfilesautomaticallytoyour
preferredserviceproviderwhencertainserviceableeventsoccurinLenovoXClarityAdministratorand
themanagedendpoints.YoucanchoosetosenddiagnosticfilestoLenovoSupportusingcallhomeor
toanotherserviceproviderusingSFTP.Youcanalsomanuallycollectdiagnosticfiles,openaproblem
record,andsenddiagnosticfilestotheLenovoSupportCenter.
•T askautomationusingscripts
LenovoXClarityAdministratorcanbeintegratedintoexternal,higher-levelmanagementandautomation
platformsthroughopenRESTapplicationprogramminginterfaces(APIs).UsingtheRESTAPIs,Lenovo
XClarityAdministratorcaneasilyintegratewithyourexistingmanagementinfrastructure.Youcanalsorun
LenovoXClaritycmdletsinaMicrosoftPowerShellsessiontoautomatecertainmanagementfunctions.
ThecmdletsuseLenovoXClarityAdministratorRESTAPIsandcanautomatefunctions
•Integrationwithothermanagementsoftware
LenovoXClarityAdministratorisavailablestand-aloneorasabundledofferingthatisknownasLenovo
XClarityPro.LenovoXClarityProiscomposedofthebaseAdministratorproductplustwoLenovoXClarity
IntegratormodulesthatprovideintegrationintoMicrosoftSystemsCenterorVMwarevCenter.Together,
thesetoolsprovidediscovery,monitoring,configuration,andmanagementfunctionstoreducethecost
andcomplexityofroutinesystemadministrationforSystemx,NeXtScale,andFlexSystemendpoints.
MoreinformationaboutLenovoXClarityAdministratorisavailableat
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/software/systems-management/xclarity/.
SMASH-CLP
SMASH-CLP(SystemManagementArchitectureforServerHardware-CommandLineProtocol)-isa
commandlineprotocolthatsimplifiescross-platformmanagementandprovidesasimplewaytoaccessas
wellasmanagemanageableentitiesviaCIMbroker.
SMASH-CLPisacommandlineprotocoltransmittedandreceivedoveratextmessage-basedtransport
protocolwithmanageableelements(i.e.CIMobjects)definedas‘targets,’,CIMclassrepresentedbyUFcT
(userfriendlyclasstag),andCIMinstancesbyUFiT(userfriendlyinstancetag).
SMASH-CLPspecifiesthesyntaxandsemanticsusedtoallowthemanipulationofthemanagedelement
andassociationswithinservers,ascollectionsorindividually.Whenaserver,forexample,comeswith
multipleprocessors,sensors,networkcards,logicaldevicesandcoolingsystems,SMASH-CLPcanbe
appliedtospecificprocessors,componentsorsubcomponents.Withthisfeature,onecansetupascriptto
checkthetemperaturesensorsinallmachinesperiodicallytoseehowpowerandACshouldbeadjusted
toavoidoverheatingortoreducecost.
SMASH-CLPwithdevelopedinreference&compliancetothefollowingDMTFdocuments.
•SMASHImplementationRequirements(DSP0217)
•SMCLPSpec.(DSP0214)
•SMMEAddressingSpec.(DSP0215)
•SMCLPtoCIMCommonMappingspec(DSP0216)
•CIMProfiles(DSP01xxx)
•SMCLPmappingtoeveryCIMProfile(DSP08xxx)
FollowingarethelistofprofilesrequiredbySMASHCLP.
•ServiceProcessorprofile
•BaseServerprofile
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