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Configuring a domain account for OS device-drivers updates

You can choose to use domain accounts to easily manage the privileges with a domain controller. To use a domain account when updating OS device drivers, you need to configure a domain account.

Before you begin

Ensure the managed Windows servers are in a domain network before configuring domain accounts.

When you add the Windows user account in Lenovo XClarity Administrator, use the format USER@DOMAIN. The format DOMAIN/USER is not supported.

Procedure

To configure a domain account, complete the following steps.

  1. From the Lenovo XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Provisioning > Windows Driver Updates: Apply. The Windows Driver Updates: Apply page is displayed.
  2. Click All Actions > Manage Domain Account. The Domain Accounts page is displayed.
  3. Click the Create icon (Create icon). to add a realm for the domain account. The Create Realm dialog is displayed.
  4. Specify a name and one or more key distribution center hosts names for the realm. Use the Add icon (Add icon) to add another host name and use Remove icon (Remove icon) to remove a host name.
  5. Click OK to save the realm.
  6. From the Domain Accounts page, optionally select the realm to use by default.
  7. Click Save to save the configuration.

After you finish

You can perform the following actions from the Configure Domain Account page.
  • Modify a selected realm by clicking the Edit icon (Edit icon).
  • Delete a selected realm by clicking the Delete icon (Delete icon)..