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What's new in version 2.0.0

Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator management software version2.0.0 supports new hardware, software enhancements, and fixes.

Additional hardware support​

Lenovo XClarity Management Hub supports the following hardware. For information about limitations and considerations, see the Lenovo XClarity Support website.
  • Servers, clients, and appliances
    • ThinkCentre M625q client (10TL, 10UY, 10V0, 10V1)
    • ThinkCentre M90n-1 client (11AH, 11AJ, 11AK, 11AM, 11AS)
    • ThinkEdge SE10 client (12NH, 12NJ, 12NK, 12NL, 12NQ, 12NR, 12NS, 12NT)
    • ThinkEdge SE30 client (11NA, 11NB, 11NC)
    • ThinkEdge SE50 client (11RH, 11RJ, 11RK, and 11RL)
    • ThinkEdge SE70 client (12A6, 12A7, 12AE)

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 Lenovo XClarity Support website by clicking the Compatibility tab and then clicking the link for the appropriate device types.

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.
FunctionDescription
GeneralThe XClarity Orchestrator management server was updated to comply with the latest Center for Internet Security (CIS) Benchmark guidelines to limit configuration-based security vulnerabilities.
Planning and installationYou can install XClarity Orchestrator on Microsoft Windows Server 2022 with Hyper-V installed (see Implementing high availability (Hyper-V)).

A minimum of 551 GB of total storage space is required for the virtual appliance. The OS deployment feature requires a dedicated disk with a minimum of 200 GB storage. (See Supported hardware and software – XClarity Orchestrator and Setting up XClarity Orchestrator on a local system).

AdministeringThe Configuration Patterns Administrator role and OS Administrator were added to control access to provisioning functions (see Controlling access to functions).
Managing resourcesLenovo XClarity Management Hub is a new resource manager that you can use to manage ThinkEdge Client devices (see Connecting resource managers).

You must install a UDC agent on ThinkEdge Client devices before the devices can be discovered and managed by the assigned XClarity Management Hub (see Managing ThinkEdge Client devices).

You can manage devices directly from XClarity Orchestrator and assign management of those devices to a specific resource manager. XClarity Management Hub can be used to manage ThinkEdge Client devices. Lenovo XClarity Administrator can be used to manage servers, storage, switches, and chassis. (See Discovering and managing devices).

You can unassign devices from a resource manager (see Unmanaging devices).

Monitoring resources and activitiesJobs that are running for more than 24 hours are stopped and placed in the Expired state (see Monitoring jobs).
Provisioning resourcesYou can use XClarity Orchestrator to manage the OS-images repository and to deploy operating-systems to managed servers. XClarity Orchestrator sends requests to the applicable resource manager to perform the OS deployment. A dedicated disk is required to store operating system images. You must be a member of a user group to which the predefined OS Administrator role is assigned (see Provisioning operating systems).

You can assign update-compliance policies to all or only selected resources without a policy assignment in addition to resources that are compliant and non-compliant with their assigned policy (see Creating and assigning update-compliance policies).

You can update BIOS updates on ThinkEdge Client devices running Windows 10 (see Provisioning updates to managed resources).

You cannot use the web interface to download firmware updates for IBM servers (see Update deployment considerations).

Internal Linux image and software was upgraded to the latest versions to address security vulnerabilities.

Service and SupportXClarity Orchestrator no longer parses service data archives into a readable format that can be viewed from the user interface.
Terraform integrationTerraform 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 toolkitThe 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 APIXClarity 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.