Tool Update 
Methods 
Supported
Core 
System 
Firmware 
Updates
I/O Devices 
Firmware 
Updates
Graphical 
user 
interface
Command 
line 
interface
Supports 
UXSPs
Lenovo XClarity 
Essentials OneCLI 
(OneCLI)
In-band
Out-of-band
On-Target
Off-Target
√
All I/O 
devices
√ √
Lenovo XClarity 
Essentials 
UpdateXpress 
(LXCE)
In-band
Out-of-band
On-Target
Off-Target
√
All I/O 
devices
√ √
Lenovo XClarity 
Essentials Bootable 
Media Creator 
(BoMC)
In-band
Out-of-band
Off-Target
√
All I/O 
devices
√ 
(BoMC 
application)
√ 
(BoMC 
application)
√
Lenovo XClarity 
Administrator 
(LXCA)
In-band
1
Out-of- 
band
2
Off-Target
√
All I/O 
devices
√ √
Lenovo XClarity 
Integrator (LXCI) for 
VMware vCenter
Out-of-band
Off-Target
√
Selected I/O 
devices
√
Lenovo XClarity 
Integrator (LXCI) for 
Microsoft Windows 
Admin Center
In-band
Out-of-band
On-Target
Off-Target
√
All I/O 
devices
√ √
Lenovo XClarity 
Integrator (LXCI) for 
Microsoft System 
Center Configuration 
Manager
In-band
On-Target
√
All I/O 
devices
√ √
Notes: 
1.  For I/O firmware updates.
2.  For BMC and UEFI firmware updates.
•  Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager
From Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager, you can update the Lenovo XClarity Controller firmware, the 
UEFI firmware, and the Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager software.
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