Systems Management; Lenovo Xclarity Controller - Lenovo ThinkSystem SR550 Product Manual

Systems management

The SR550 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 SR550 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 SR550 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 graphics resolutions up to 1920x1200 at 60 Hz with 16 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
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