What's new in version 1.5.0
Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator management software version 1.5.0 supports new hardware, software enhancements, and fixes.
Fixes
Refer to the change history file (*.chg) that is provided in the update package for information about fixes.
Software enhancements
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| General | You can narrow the scope of data displayed in the current user session to only those resources that are in specific resource managers and groups (see User interface tips and techniques). |
| Planning and installation | You can install XClarity Orchestrator on VMware ESXi 7.0 (see Supported hardware and software – XClarity Orchestrator). During startup, you can change the subnet to use for the virtual appliance internal network when the default subnets overlap with the host network (see Setting up XClarity Orchestrator on a local system). |
| Provisioning resources | You can use server-configuration patterns to quickly configure multiple servers from a single set of configuration settings (see Provisioning server configurations). When updating firmware on managed devices, you can choose when to activate an update that requires a system restart (see Applying and activating updates to managed servers). Warnings are shown for servers with firmware status in “Pending activation” on several pages, including the Updates Apply and Activate page in the Compliance Target column, Servers page in the System Firmware column, and Quick Actions card and Firmware table on the server details page. Note that only Lenovo proprietary components display this icon and status when updating firmware using Delayed Activation rule. Non–Lenovo components are not marked as Pending Activation or with a Warning icon. |
| Administering | When configuring an LDAP client, you can choose to use your LDAP XClarity Orchestrator user name and password to bind XClarity Orchestrator to the external authentication server (see Setting up an external LDAP authentication server). When setting up an external LDAP client using LDAP over SSL, XClarity Orchestrator can fetch trusted SSL certificate for the LDAP server (see Setting up an external LDAP authentication server). Users that are members of a user group to which the predefined Hardware Administrator role is assigned can configure servers using configuration patterns (see Controlling access to functions). |
| Managing resources | You can create a dynamic group of devices based on a set of criteria (see Creating resource groups). You can power on, power off, and restart managed servers (see Performing power actions on managed servers). You can open a remote-control session to managed servers (see Opening a remote-control session for managed servers). The Quick Actions card on the Summary tab on the server details page lists actions that can you can perform on the device, such as power actions and remote control (see Viewing device details). |
| Monitoring resources | Server-configuration summary data on the Dashboard represents compliance for all devices based on patterns that are assigned by XClarity Orchestrator. It no longer represents patterns that are assigned by managed XClarity Administrator resource managers (see Viewing a summary of your environment). You can view information about sensors in infrastructure resources and graph sensor metrics (see Viewing infrastructure resources status and details). You can view the assigned server-configuration pattern and compliance status from the Device Information card on the server Summary tab (see Viewing devices status). |
| Terraform integration | Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code software tool for changing, configuring, and automating infrastructure (resources) using a set of predefined declarative definitions. The XClarity Orchestrator provider is a plugin for Terraform that you can use to automatically monitor and manage resources that are managed by XClarity Orchestrator (see Summary of changes in the XClarity Orchestrator provider for Terraform). |
| PowerShell toolkit | The XClarity Orchestrator PowerShell toolkit (LXCOPSTool) provides a library of cmdlets to automate provisioning and resource management from a Microsoft PowerShell session. For information about new and updated PowerShell cmdlets, see Summary of changes in the PowerShell toolkit. |
| REST API | XClarity Orchestrator provides a set of easy-to-use REST APIs that can be used to access XClarity Orchestrator data and services from applications running outside of the XClarity Orchestrator framework. For information about new and updated REST APIs, see Summary of changes in the REST API. |