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Supported hardware and software – XClarity Orchestrator

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

Host systems​

XClarity Orchestrator runs in a virtual appliance on a host system.

Hypervisor requirements

The following hypervisors are supported for installing XClarity Orchestrator.

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 with Hyper-V installed
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 with Hyper-V installed
  • VMware ESXi 7.0
  • VMware ESXi 6.7, U1, U2, and U3
  • VMware ESXi 6.5, U1 and U2

For Hyper-V, the virtual appliance is a virtual-disk image (VHD). For VMware ESXi, the virtual appliance is an OVF template.

Hardware requirements

The following minimum requirements must be met for the virtual appliance. Depending on the size of your environment, additional resources might be required for optimal performance.

  • 4 virtual processor cores
  • 16 GB memory
  • 551 GB storage, across two attached disks.
    • 251 GB minimum for the virtual appliance (disk 0)
    • 100 GB for the updates repository (disk 1)
    • 200 GB for the OS-images repository (disk 2)
Important
You cannot increase or decrease the size of the disk that is used for the updates repository and OS-images repository.
Software requirements

XClarity Orchestrator requires the following software.

  • Authentication server. XClarity Orchestrator uses an internal Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server, by default, for authentication.
    If you choose to use an external authentication server, the following LDAP servers are supported:
    • Microsoft Active Directory running on Windows Server 2008 or later
  • 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 Orchestrator. Ensure that the NTP server is accessible over the management network (typically the Eth0 interface).

    Consider using the local system on which XClarity Orchestrator is installed as the NTP server. If you do, ensure that the local system is accessible over the management network.

Manageable resources​

XClarity Orchestrator can support an unlimited number of resource managers that collectively manage a maximum of 10,000 devices.

XClarity Orchestrator supports the following resource managers.
  • Lenovo XClarity Management Hub

    XClarity Orchestrator manages, monitors, and provisions devices that are under management by XClarity Management Hub. Each XClarity Management Hub instance can manage up to 10,000 ThinkEdge Client devices.

    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.

  • Lenovo XClarity Administrator v2.6 or later

    XClarity Orchestrator manages, monitors, and provisions physical devices that are under management by XClarity Administrator. Each XClarity Administrator instance can manage up to 1,000 devices (servers, chassis, switches, and storage).

    XClarity Orchestrator supports all devices that are supported by XClarity Administrator and Lenovo XClarity Management Hub except where noted. You can find a complete list of supported devices and options (such as I/O, DIMM, and storage adapters), minimum required firmware levels, and limitations considerations from the following Lenovo XClarity Support webpages.

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

    Note
    The OS deployment feature requires XClarity Administrator v4.0 or later.
  • Schneider Electric EcoStruxure IT Expert

    XClarity Orchestrator manages and monitors infrastructure resources, such as PDUs and UPSs, that are managed by EcoStruxure IT Expert

  • VMware vRealize Operations Manager

    XClarity Orchestrator monitors virtual workload metrics from vRealize Operations Manager.

    Note
    vRealize Operations Manager is not included in the list of resource managers, as it does not manage devices in XClarity Orchestrator.

Web browsers​

The XClarity Orchestrator 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)

Third-party software​

XClarity Orchestrator integrates with the following software.