Recovering a System x or NeXtScale M4 server that was not unmanaged correctly by using the management controller

You can recover management of a System x or NeXtScale M4 server by using the baseboard management-controller (BMC).

Procedure

Complete the following steps to recover server management. of a server that uses Lenovo XClarity Administrator managed authentication.

1. Log in to the management-controller web interface using the user account and password that you created before the server was managed by XClarity Administrator
2. Clear SNMP trap settings.
   1. Click the IMM Management > Network.
   2. Click the SNMP tab.
   3. Click the Communities tab,
   4. Locate the community entry for the previous XClarity Administrator, fox example.

      • LXCA IP address: 10.240.198.84

      • LXCA host: LXCA_maqCBIt86d

      • Community 2:

      • Community name: LXCA_maqCBIt86d

      • Access type: Trap

      • Allow specific hosts to receive traps on this community: 10.240.198.84

   5. Remove the value in the fields for the community entry.
   6. Click Apply.
3. Clear the user accounts.
   1. Click the IMM Management > Users.
   2. Click the User Accounts tab.
   3. Delete all user accounts that are XClarity Administrator, including user accounts with the following prefixes:

      • DISABLE_*

      • LXCA_*

      • OBSOLETE_*

      • SNMPCFGUSER