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Supported hardware and software – XClarity Management Hub

Ensure that your environment meets the hardware and software requirements for Lenovo XClarity Management Hub.

Host systems​

Hypervisor requirements
The following hypervisors are supported for installing XClarity Management Hub.
  • VMware ESXi 7.0, U1, U2, and U3
  • VMware ESXi 6.7, U1, U21, and U3

For VMware ESXi, the virtual appliance is an OVF template.

Important
  • For VMware ESXi 6.7 U2, you must use the ISO image VMware-ESXi-6.7.0.update02-13981272-LNV-20190630.iso or later.
Hardware requirements

The following table lists the minimum recommended configurations for XClarity Management Hub based on the number of managed edge-client devices. Depending on your environment, additional resources might be needed for optimal performance.

Number of managed edge-client devicesProcessorsMemoryStorage
0 - 100 devices632GB340 GB
100 - 200 devices834 GB340 GB
200 - 400 devices1036 GB340 GB
400 - 600 devices1240 GB340 GB
600 - 800 devices1444 GB340 GB
800 – 1,000 devices1648 GB340 GB
  1. This is the minimum amount of storage for use by the XClarity Management Hub virtual appliance, as an SSD datastore.
Software requirements

XClarity Management Hub requires the following software.

  • NTP server. A Network Time Protocol (NTP) server is required to ensure that timestamps for all events and alerts that are received from the resource managers and managed devices are synchronized with XClarity Management Hub. Ensure that the NTP server is accessible over the management network (typically the Eth0 interface).

Manageable devices​

XClarity Management Hub can manage, monitor, and provision a maximum of 10,000 ThinkEdge Client devices (without baseboard management controllers).

You can find a complete list of supported ThinkEdge Client devices and options (such as I/O, DIMM, and storage adapters), minimum required firmware levels, and limitations considerations from the Lenovo XClarity Support for ThinkAgile, ThinkEdge, ThinkSystem, System x, Converged HX, and NeXtScale rack and tower servers webpage.

For general information about hardware configurations and options for a specific device, see the Lenovo Server Proven webpage.

Web browsers​

The XClarity Management Hub web interface works with the following web browsers.

  • Chrome 80.0 or later
  • Firefox ESR 68.6.0 or later
  • Microsoft Edge 40.0 or late
  • Safari 13.0.4 or later (running on macOS 10.13 or later)