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Lenovo XClarity Administrator offers the following standard features that are available at no charge:
Auto-discovery and monitoring of Lenovo x86 servers, RackSwitch switches, and Flex System chassis
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
In addition, Lenovo XClarity Administrator offers two software plug-in modules (Lenovo XClarity Integrators) at
no charge (if software support is required, a Lenovo XClarity Pro software subscription license should be
ordered):
Lenovo XClarity Integrator for Microsoft System Center
Lenovo XClarity Integrator for VMware vCenter
Lenovo XClarity Integrators allow administrators to manage physical infrastructure from leading external
virtualization management software tools from Microsoft and VMware. 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 System x M5, M6, and X6 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 Administrator Product Guide:
http://lenovopress.com/tips1200
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
System x and ThinkServer x86 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.
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