Lenovo x3650 M4 BD 5466 - Updating the Universal Unique Identifier (UUID)

Throughasingleuserinterface,SystemsDirectorprovidesconsistentviewsforviewingmanagedsystems,
determininghowthesesystemsrelatetooneother,andidentifyingtheirstatuses,helpingtocorrelate
technicalresourceswithbusinessneeds.AsetofcommontasksthatareincludedwithSystemsDirector
providesmanyofthecorecapabilitiesthatarerequiredforbasicmanagement,whichmeansinstant
out-of-the-boxbusinessvalue.Thecommontasksarelistedbelow:
•Discovery
•Inventory
•Configuration
•Systemhealth
•Monitoring
•Updates
•Eventnotification
•Automationformanagedsystems
TheSystemsDirectorWebandcommand-lineinterfacesprovideaconsistentinterfacethatisfocused
ondrivingthesecommontasksandcapabilities:
•Discovering,navigating,andvisualizingsystemsonthenetworkwiththedetailedinventoryand
relationshipstotheothernetworkresources
•Notifyingusersofproblemsthatoccuronsystemsandtheabilitytoisolatethesourcesoftheproblems
•Notifyinguserswhensystemsneedupdatesanddistributingandinstallingupdatesonaschedule
•Analyzingreal-timedataforsystemsandsettingcriticalthresholdsthatnotifytheadministratorof
emergingproblems
•Configuringsettingsofasinglesystemandcreatingaconfigurationplanthatcanapplythosesettingsto
multiplesystems
•Updatinginstalledplug-instoaddnewfeaturesandfunctionstothebasecapabilities
•Managingthelifecyclesofvirtualresources
FormoreinformationaboutSystemsDirector,seetheSystemsDirectorInformationCenterat
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/v6r1x/index.jsp?topic=/director_6.1/fqm0_main.html,and
theSystemsManagementwebpageathttp://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/solutions/,whichpresentsan
overviewofSystemsManagementandSystemsDirector.
UpdatingtheUniversalUniqueIdentifier(UUID)
TheUniversalUniqueIdentifier(UUID)mustbeupdatedwhenthesystemboardisreplaced.Usethe
AdvancedSettingsUtilitytoupdatetheUUIDintheUEFI-basedserver.
TheASUisanonlinetoolthatsupportsseveraloperatingsystems.Makesurethatyoudownloadthe
versionforyouroperatingsystem.YoucandownloadtheASUfromthewebsite.TodownloadtheASUand
updatetheUUID,completethefollowingsteps.
Note:Changesaremadeperiodicallytothewebsite.Theactualproceduremightvaryslightlyfromwhatis
describedinthisdocument.
Step1.DownloadtheAdvancedSettingsUtility(ASU):
a.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
b.ClicktheDownloadstabatthetopofthepanel.
c.UnderToolsCenter,selectViewT oolsCenterdownloads.
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