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The UEFI firmware offers several features, including Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
version 2.1 compliance, Active Energy Management (AEM) technology, enhanced reliability, availability,
and serviceability (RAS) capabilities, and basic input/output system (BIOS) compatibility support.
UEFI replaces the BIOS and defines a standard interface between the operating system, platform
firmware, and external devices. The server is capable of booting UEFI-compliant operating systems,
BIOS-based operating systems, and BIOS-based adapters as well as UEFI-compliant adapters.
For more information about UEFI-compliant firmware, go to http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/
portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5083207.
Note: The server does not support DOS.
• VMware ESXi embedded hypervisor
An optional USB flash device with VMware ESXi embedded hypervisor software is available for purchase.
Hypervisor is virtualization software that enables multiple operating systems to run on a host system at
the same time. Install the USB flash device in the USB embedded hypervisor flash device connectors
on the system board (see "System-board internal connectors" on page 28). See "Using the embedded
hypervisor" on page 150 for additional information.
• Lenovo XClarity Administrator
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is a centralized resource-management solution that enables administrators
to deploy infrastructure faster and with less effort. The solution seamlessly integrates into System x,
ThinkServer, and NeXtScale servers, as well as the Flex System converged infrastructure platform.
Lenovo XClarity Administrator provides:
– Automated discovery
– Agent-free hardware management
– Monitoring
– Firmware updates and compliance
– Pattern-based configuration management
– Deployment of operating systems and hypervisors
Administrators are able to find the right information and accomplish critical tasks faster through an
uncluttered, dashboard-driven graphical user interface (GUI). Centralizing and automating foundational
infrastructure deployment and lifecycle management tasks across large pools of systems frees up
administrator time, and makes resources available to end-users faster.
Lenovo XClarity is easily extended into the leading virtualization management platforms from Microsoft
and VMware using software plug-ins, called Lenovo XClarity Integrators. The solution improves workload
uptime and service-level assurance by dynamically relocating workloads from affected hosts in the cluster
during rolling server reboots or firmware updates, or during predicted hardware failures.
For more information about Lenovo XClarity Administrator, see the
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/software/systems-management/xclarity/ and
the http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ flexsys/information/topic /com.lenovo.lxca.doc/
aug_product_page.html.
• Installing Lenovo XClarity Administrator
– Installing Lenovo XClarity Administrator for the first time
The initial setup of Lenovo XClarity Administrator involves preparing the network, installing and
configuring the Lenovo XClarity Administrator virtual appliance, managing systems, and optionally
setting up automatic problem notification.
There are a number of different ways to connect manageable systems to the network
and to set up the Lenovo XClarity Administrator to manage those systems based on the
network topology that is implemented in your environment. For guidance for installing
the Lenovo XClarity Administrator in VMware ESXi-based and Hyper-V environments, see
.
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