Chapter 6. Installing And Setting Up Lenovo Xclarity Administrator; Deploying Lenovo Xclarity Administrator; Managing Thinkagile Hx Series Servers - Lenovo ThinkAgile HX1521-R User Manual

Chapter 6. Installing and setting up Lenovo XClarity
Administrator
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is a centralized, resource-management solution that simplifies infrastructure
management, speeds responses, and enhances the availability of Lenovo server systems and solutions. It
runs as a virtual appliance that automates discovery, inventory, tracking, monitoring, and provisioning for
server, network, and storage hardware in a secure environment.
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is used to perform the following functions for the ThinkAgile HX 1521-R,
HX3521-G, HX5521, HX5521-C, HX7521 Certified Node cluster:
• Managing hardware
• Managing the rack
• Configuration Patterns
• Repository
• Compliance policies
• Updating the management server
• Apply/Activate
For more information about Lenovo XClarity Administrator, see the following Web site:
https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/software/systems-management/xclarity/

Deploying Lenovo XClarity Administrator

Use this information to deploy Lenovo XClarity Administrator
Before you begin, make sure that you download the Lenovo XClarity Administrator from Lenovo. Refer to the
ThinkAgile HX Series Best Recipe to determine the correct version to be downloaded.
The ThinkAgile HX Series Best Recipe is available at the following location:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht505413
Complete the following steps to deploy Lenovo XClarity Administrator.
Step 1. Download the Lenovo XClarity Administrator image.
The currently supported version of Lenovo XClarity Administrator is available at the following Web
site:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht505413
Step 2. Follow the instructions that are available at the following Web site:
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2Fsetup_installlxca.html

Managing ThinkAgile HX Series servers

After deploying Lenovo XClarity Administrator, enable it to manage the ThinkAgile HX 1521-R, HX3521-G,
HX5521, HX5521-C, HX7521 Certified Node servers in the cluster.
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