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Lenovo XClarity Administrator offers the following features:
Auto-discovery and monitoring of the ThinkAgile VX Series appliances
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 support with Windows PowerShell, providing command-line visibility and control over
hardware resources
Lenovo XClarity Integrator for VMware vCenter
Lenovo XClarity Integrator for VMware vCenter is a software plug-in module for Lenovo
XClarity Administrator that allows administrators to manage physical infrastructure from leading external
virtualization management software tool from VMware.
Lenovo XClarity Integrator for VMware vCenter offers the following features:
Ability to discover, manage, and monitor Lenovo appliance hardware from the virtualization
management tool
Deployment of firmware updates to ThinkAgile VX Series appliances 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
VMware vCenter Server
VMware vCenter Server provides centralized management of vSphere environments to simplify day-to-day
operations and reduce the complexity of managing virtual infrastructure.
vCenter Server is required for managing ThinkAgile VX Series appliances. The appliances can be added to
an existing installation of vCenter Server, or the software license for the vCenter Server instance can be
purchased from Lenovo by selecting one the following License and Subscription options:
VMware vCenter Server 6 Foundation for vSphere 6 (Per Instance) (manages up to 4 hosts)
VMware vCenter Server 6 Standard for vSphere 6 (Per Instance) (unlimited hosts)
The vCenter Server license purchased from Lenovo includes three or five years of support and subscription
(matches the duration of the selected hardware warranty period).
Lenovo ThinkAgile VX5520 Appliance
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