Lenovo Xclarity Provisioning Manager; Lenovo Xclarity Essentials - Lenovo ThinkSystem SN550 Product Manual

Lenovo XClarity Administrator provides full management function to ThinkSystem servers, including the
following:
Discovery
Inventory
Monitoring and alerting
Call home
Centralized user management
Cryptography modes, server certificates, and encapsulation
Configuration patterns
Operating system deployment
Firmware updates
For more information about Lenovo XClarity Administrator, including ordering part numbers, see the
Lenovo XClarity Administrator Product Guide:
https://lenovopress.com/tips1200-lenovo-xclarity-administrator

Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager

Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager is a UEFI-based application embedded in ThinkSystem servers and
accessible via the F1 key during system boot.
Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager provides the following functions:
Graphical UEFI Setup
System inventory information and VPD update
System firmware updates (UEFI and XCC)
RAID setup wizard
OS installation wizard (including unattended OS installation)
Diagnostics functions

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 Essentials OneCLI
OneCLI is a collection of server management tools that uses 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 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 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
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