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Lenovo XClarity Essentials
Lenovo XClarity Essentials (LXCE) is a collection of server management utilities that provides a less
complicated method to enable customers to manage Lenovo ThinkSystem, System x, and Thinkserver
servers more efficiently and cost-effectively.
Lenovo XClarity Essentials includes the following utilities:
• Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI is a collection of several command line applications, which can be
used to configure the server, collect service data for the server and update firmware and device drivers on
the server. If you run Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI from the server operating system (in-band), you
can collect operating system logs as well. You can also choose to view the service data that has been
collected or to send the service data to Lenovo Support.
To learn more about Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI, see:
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/documents/LNVO-CENTER
Documentation for Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI is available at:
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/xclarity_essentials/overview.html
• Lenovo XClarity Essentials Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) is a software application to create bootable
media suitable for firmware updates, VPD updates, inventory and FFDC collection, advanced system
configuration, FoD Keys management, secure erase, RAID configuration, and diagnostics on supported
servers.
Using Lenovo XClarity Essentials Bootable Media Creator, you can:
– Update the server firmware using bootable media (such as CD, DVD, ISO image, USB flash drive, or set
of PXE files).
– Perform VPD updates, inventory and FFDC collection, advanced system configuration, FoD Keys
management using bootable media (such as CD, DVD, ISO image, USB flash drive, or set of PXE files)
To learn more about Lenovo XClarity Essentials Bootable Media Creator, see:
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/solutions/lnvo-bomc
• Lenovo XClarity Essentials UpdateXpress provides most of OneCLI update functions through a graphical
user interface (GUI). It can be used to acquire and deploy UXSP update packages and individual updates.
UXSP contains firmware and device driver updates for Microsoft Windows and for Linux.
To learn more about Lenovo XClarity Essentials UpdateXpress, see:
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/solutions/lnvo-xpress
Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager V3
Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager V3 is embedded software that provides a graphic user interface (GUI)
for configuring the system with support for 11 languages. It simplifies the process of configuring Basic Input
Output System (BIOS) settings and configuring Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) in an GUI
wizard. It also provides functions for updating applications and firmware, performing system diagnostics,
and automating the process of installing the supported Windows, Linux, or VMware ESXi operating systems
and associated device drivers.
Note: When you start a server and press F1, the Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager V3 interface is
displayed by default. However, the text-based interface to system configuration (the Setup Utility) is also
available. From Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager V3, you can choose to restart the server and access
the text-based interface. In addition, you can choose to make the text-based interface the default interface
that is displayed when you press F1.
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