What's new in version 3.1

Lenovo XClarity Administrator management software version 3.1 supports new hardware, software enhancements, and fixes.

Additional hardware support

This version supports the following new hardware.
  • Servers and appliances

    • ThinkAgile HX1020 (7D1Z, 7D2T)

    • ThinkAgile HX1021 (7D20, 7D29)

  • Storage devices

    • ThinkSystem DM5100F All Flash Array (7D3K)

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.

Fixes

Refer to the change history file (*.chg) that is provided in the update package for information about fixes.

Software enhancements

This version supports the following enhancements to the management software.
Function Description
Administration To launch a remote-control session for any device, you must have lxc-supervisor, lxc-admin, lxc-security-admin, lxc-fw-admin, lxc-os-admin, lxc-hw-admin, lxc-service-admin, or lxc-hw-manager privileges . You cannot launch remote control using lxc-operator or lxc-recovery privileges (see Creating a custom role).
Device management Serial numbers are listed for each RAID drive (see Viewing the details of a managed server).

Hardware metrics are collected for ThinkSystem DM storage devices.

XClarity Administrator can use user accounts in an external LDAP server or stored credentials to log in to ThinkSystem SR635 and SR655 servers (see Managing servers).

You can launch a remote-console session to the baseboard management controller for ThinkSystem SR635 and SR655 servers (see Using remote control to manage ThinkSystem or ThinkAgile servers).

Device configuration Single sign-on is supported for ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile servers (except SR635, SR655, SR645, and SR665). This means that you can launch the management interface for a managed ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile servers from XClarity Administrator without having the log in (see Launching the management controller interface for a server).

You can set the time zone on managed rack servers using configuration patterns (see Defining extended management-controller settings).

Operating system deployment You can deploy the following operating systems to managed servers (see Supported operating systems).
  • Ubuntu 20.04.x

The UEFI boot option on the target server is set to UEFI boot only before you deploy an operating system. The Legacy-only and UEFI first, then legacy boot options are not supported for operating-system deployment.

Firmware updates You can update firmware for all components in ThinkSystem SR635 and SR655 servers by applying bundle updates (see Applying bundled firmware updates using compliance policies).
PowerShell toolkit For information about new and updated PowerShell cmdlets, see Summary of changes in the PowerShell toolkit.
PyLXCA toolkit For information about new and updated PyLXCA commands, see Summary of changes in the Python (PyLXCA) toolkit.
REST API For information about new and updated REST APIs, see Summary of changes in the REST API.