What's new in version 3.3

Lenovo XClarity Administrator management software version 3.3 supports new hardware, software enhancements, and fixes.

Additional hardware support

There is no new hardware in this release. This version supports the following new hardware.
  • Servers and appliances

    • ThinkAgile HX1330 (7Z85)

    • ThinkAgile HX1331 (7D52)

    • ThinkAgile HX2330 (7Z85)

    • ThinkAgile HX2331 (7D52)

    • ThinkAgile HX3330 (7D0Z, 7Z85 )

    • ThinkAgile HX3331 Certified (7D11, 7D52)

    • ThinkAgile HX5530 (7Z82)

    • ThinkAgile HX5531 (7Z84)

    • ThinkAgile HX7530 (7D0W, 7Z82)

    • ThinkAgile HX7531 Certified (7D0Y, 7Z84)

    • ThinkAgile MX1021 (7D2U)

    • ThinkAgile VX2330 (7Z62)

    • ThinkAgile VX3330 (7Z62)

    • ThinkAgile VX3331 Certified (7Z62)

    • ThinkAgile VX3530-G (7Z63)

    • ThinkAgile VX5530 (7Z63)

    • ThinkAgile VX7330 (7Z62)

    • ThinkAgile VX7530 (7Z63)

    • ThinkAgile VX7531 Certified (7Z63)

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
Planning and installation You can install XClarity Administrator on Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 (see Hardware and software prerequisites).
Rack management You can create racks with the same name and with different locations and rooms (see Managing racks).
Device management You can use credentials in an identity management system (CyberArk) to initially manage ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile server using local authentication (see Managing servers).

You can use the bulk-import file to manage devices using an identity management system (see Managing devices).

You can disable or enable single sign-on globally for all ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile servers or for a specific ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile server (see Managing servers).

Operating system deployment You can import multiple ESXi builds with same major/minor version but with a different build ID to the OS repository (Importing operating-system images).
Firmware updates You can edit a firmware-compliance policy that is assigned to a managed device (see Creating and assigning firmware-compliance policies).

You can download firmware for Lenovo ThinkSystem DM series storage devices from the Lenovo website to the firmware-updates repository (see Downloading firmware updates).

Windows device driver updates You can configure domain accounts from the web interface (see Configuring a domain account for OS device-drivers updates).
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.