The SR530 supports the following systems management tools:
- Lenovo XClarity Controller
- Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager
- Lenovo XClarity Essentials
- Lenovo XClarity Administrator
- Lenovo XClarity Integrators
- Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager
- Lenovo Capacity Planner
Lenovo XClarity Controller
The SR530 server contains Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC), which provides advanced service-processor control, monitoring, and alerting functions. XClarity Controller offers three functional levels: Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise.
By default, the SR530 server includes XClarity Controller Standard features, and it can be upgraded to Advanced or Enterprise functionality by using the Features on Demand (FoD) upgrades.
XClarity Controller Standard offers the following capabilities:
- Gathering and viewing system information and inventory
- Monitoring system status and health
- Alerting and notifications
- Event logging
- Configuring network connectivity
- Configuring security
- Updating system firmware
- Configuring server settings and devices
- Real-time power usage monitoring
- Remotely controlling server power (Power on, Power off, Restart)
- Managing FoD activation keys
- Redirecting serial console via IPMI
- Capturing the video display contents when an operating system hang condition is detected
XClarity Controller Advanced Upgrade adds the following functionality to the Standard features:
- Remotely viewing video with the following graphics resolutions:
- Up to 1600x1200 with up to 23 bits per pixel; or
- Up to 1920x1200 with up to 15 bits per pixel
- Remotely accessing the server using the keyboard and mouse from a remote client
- Remotely deploying an operating system
- Syslog alerting
- Redirecting serial console via SSH
- Displaying graphics for real-time and historical power usage data and temperature
XClarity Controller Enterprise Upgrade adds the following functionality to the Advanced features:
- Capping power usage
- Mapping the ISO and image files located on the local client as virtual drives for use by the server
- Mounting the remote ISO and image files via HTTPS, SFTP, CIFS, and NFS
- Collaborating across up to six users of the virtual console
- Controlling quality and bandwidth usage
The XClarity Controller provides remote server management through industry-standard interfaces:
- Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Version 2.0
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Version 3
- Common Information Model (CIM)
- Data Center Manageability Interface (DCMI) Version 1.5
- Redfish REpresentational State Transfer (REST) API
- Web browser with HTML5 support
- Command-line interface
- Virtual Operator Panel with XClarity Mobile App via the front USB port with XClarity Controller access
Virtual Operator Panel provides quick access to system status, firmware, network, health, and alerts information. With proper authentication, it also allows to configure systems management and network settings and to control system power (Power on, Power off, Restart). The Virtual Operator Panel can be accessed from the XClarity Mobile App running on the Android or iOS mobile device that is connected to the front USB port with XClarity Controller access (See Components and connectors).
Note: Depending on the system settings, the front USB port can be assigned to XClarity Controller for management functions, or to the system as a regular USB 2.0 port, or switched between two functions by using the system ID button.
The following table lists the XClarity Controller FoD upgrades.
* Factory-installed only.
** Field upgrade only.
Configuration notes:
- For factory-installed upgrades, either Standard to Advanced Upgrade (feature AVUT) or Standard to Enterprise Upgrade (feature AUPW) can be selected, but not both.
- For field upgrades, the Advanced to Enterprise Upgrade (4L47A09133) requires the Standard to Advanced Upgrade to be activated on the server previously with either the factory-installed feature AVUT or field upgrade 4L47A09132.
Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager
Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager is a UEFI-embedded GUI application that combines the functions of configuring system setup settings, configuring RAID, and updating applications and firmware. It also enables you to install the supported operating systems and associated device drivers, run diagnostics, and collect service data.
Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager has the following features:
- Automatic hardware detection
- Collecting and viewing system inventory information
- Configuring UEFI system setup settings
- Updating the system firmware
- Configuring RAID by using the RAID Setup Wizard or Advanced mode
- Installing an operating system and device drivers automatically or manually
- Running diagnostics and collecting service data
Lenovo XClarity Essentials
Lenovo offers the following XClarity Essentials software tools that can help you set up, use, and maintain the server at no additional cost:
- Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI
OneCLI is a collection of server management tools that utilize a command line interface program to manage firmware, hardware, and operating systems. It provides functions to collect full system health information (including health status), configure system setting, and update system firmware and drivers.
- Lenovo XClarity Essentials UpdateXpress
The UpdateXpress tool is a standalone GUI application for firmware and device driver updates that enables you to maintain your server firmware and device drivers up-to-date and help you avoid unnecessary server outages. The tool acquires and deploys individual updates and UpdateXpress System Packs (UXSPs) which are integration-tested bundles.
- Lenovo XClarity Essentials Bootable Media Creator
The Bootable Media Creator (BOMC) tool is used to create bootable media for offline firmware update.
For more information and downloads, visit the Lenovo XClarity Essentials web page:
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-center
Lenovo XClarity Administrator
Lenovo XClarity is a centralized systems management solution that helps administrators deliver infrastructure faster. This solution integrates easily with Lenovo x86 servers, RackSwitch switches, and DS Series storage, providing automated agent-less discovery, monitoring, firmware updates, configuration management, and bare metal deployment of operating systems and hypervisors across multiple servers.
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is an optional software component for the SR530 server which can be downloaded and used at no charge to discover and monitor the SR530 and manage firmware upgrades for them.
If software support is required for Lenovo XClarity Administrator, or Lenovo XClarity Administrator premium features (such as configuration management and operating system deployment) are required, or both, Lenovo XClarity Pro software subscription should be ordered. Lenovo XClarity Pro is licensed on a per managed system basis, that is, each managed Lenovo system requires a license.
The following table lists the geo-specific Lenovo XClarity software license options.
Table 38. Lenovo XClarity software options
Description |
Part number (NA, AP, Japan)* |
Part number (EMEA, LA)** |
Quantity |
Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/1 Yr SW S&S |
00MT201 |
00MT207 |
1 |
Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/3 Yr SW S&S |
00MT202 |
00MT208 |
1 |
Lenovo XClarity Pro, per Managed Endpoint w/5 Yr SW S&S |
00MT203 |
00MT209 |
1 |
* NA = North America; AP = Asia Pacific
** EMEA = Europe, Middle East, Africa; LA = Latin America
Lenovo XClarity Administrator offers the following standard features that are available at no charge:
- Auto-discovery and monitoring of Lenovo x86 servers, RackSwitch switches, Flex System chassis, and DS Series storage systems
- Firmware updates and compliance enforcement
- External alerts and notifications via SNMP traps, syslog remote logging, and e-mail
- Secure connections to managed endpoints
- NIST 800-131A or FIPS 140-2 compliant cryptographic standards between the management solution and managed endpoints
- Integration into existing higher level management systems such as cloud automation and orchestration tools through REST APIs, providing extensive external visibility and control over hardware resources
- An intuitive, easy-to-use GUI
- Scripting with Windows PowerShell, providing command-line visibility and control over hardware resources
Lenovo XClarity Administrator offers the following premium features that require an optional Pro license:
- Pattern-based configuration management that allows to define configurations once and apply repeatedly without errors when deploying new servers or redeploying existing servers without disrupting the fabric
- Bare-metal deployment of operating systems and hypervisors to streamline infrastructure provisioning
For more information, refer to the Lenovo XClarity Administrator Product Guide:
http://lenovopress.com/tips1200
Lenovo XClarity Integrators
Lenovo offers at no charge (if software support is required, a Lenovo XClarity Pro software subscription license should be ordered) two software plug-in modules, Lenovo XClarity Integrators, to manage physical infrastructure from leading external virtualization management software tools from Microsoft and VMware:
- Lenovo XClarity Integrator for Microsoft System Center
- Lenovo XClarity Integrator for VMware vCenter
Lenovo XClarity Integrators offer the following additional features:
- Ability to discover, manage, and monitor Lenovo server hardware from VMware vCenter or Microsoft System Center
- Deployment of firmware updates and configuration patterns to Lenovo x86 rack servers and Flex System from the virtualization management tool
- Non-disruptive server maintenance in clustered environments that reduces workload downtime by dynamically migrating workloads from affected hosts during rolling server updates or reboots
- Greater service level uptime and assurance in clustered environments during unplanned hardware events by dynamically triggering workload migration from impacted hosts when impending hardware failures are predicted
For more information, refer to the Lenovo XClarity Integrators web page:
http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/software/systems-management/xclarity-integrators
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager provides a stand-alone, web-based agent-less power management console that provides real time data and enables you to observe, plan and manage power and cooling for Lenovo servers. Using built-in intelligence, it identifies server power consumption trends and ideal power settings and performs cooling analysis so that you can define and optimize power-saving policies.
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager offers the following capabilities:
- Monitors room, row, rack, and device levels in the data center
- Reports vital server information, such as power, temperature and resource utilization
- Monitors inlet temperature to locate hot spots, reducing the risk of data or device damage
- Provides finely-grained controls to limit platform power in compliance with IT policy
- Generates alerts when a user-defined threshold is reached
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager is an optional software component for the SR530 server that is licensed on a per managed node basis, that is, each managed server requires a license. The 1-node Energy Manager license is included in the XClarity Controller Enterprise upgrade.
To manage systems without XClarity Controller Enterprise licenses, a node license pack should be purchased. The following table lists the geo-specific Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager software license options.
Table 39. Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager software options
Description |
Part number (NA, AP, Japan)* |
Part number (EMEA, LA)** |
Quantity |
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager, 1 Node w/ 1 Yr S&S |
01DA225 |
01DA228 |
1 |
* NA = North America; AP = Asia Pacific.
** EMEA = Europe, Middle East, Africa; LA = Latin America.
For more information, refer to the Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager web page:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/lnvo-lxem
Lenovo Capacity Planner
Lenovo Capacity Planner is a power consumption evaluation tool that enhances data center planning by enabling IT administrators and pre-sales professionals to understand various power characteristics of racks, servers, and other devices. Capacity Planner can dynamically calculate the power consumption, current, British Thermal Unit (BTU), and volt-ampere (VA) rating at the rack level, improving the planning efficiency for large-scale deployments.
For more information, refer to the Capacity Planner web page:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/lnvo-lcp