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Devices

Lenovo XClarity One supports a wide range of devices. 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 from the following Lenovo XClarity Support webpages.

For general information about hardware configurations and options for a specific device, see the Lenovo Server Proven webpage.

  • Device discovery and management
    Lenovo XClarity One can manage supported devices that were discovered by XClarity Management Hub 2.0.
  • Device health summaries
    You can view a summary of the current health of all devices in your organization by clicking Overview in the context menu from the Device management view. By default, only the overall health is displayed. Click and hold the Managed devices title to show additional summaries.
  • Management functions
    Lenovo XClarity One leverages management hubs to perform management functions on managed devices. You can control whether to allow XClarity One and XClarity Management Hub 2.0 to perform management function on your devices. If all management functions are disabled, XClarity One only monitors your devices and is not permitted to make changes to your devices.
  • Usage metrics and trends
    You can monitor usage metrics for a specific device by clicking the Managed devices panel title from the Device management view, and then click the name of the device in the table to display the device details page. Usage metrics are graphically displayed on the Metrics panel.
  • Device details
    You can view detailed information about a specific device by clicking the Managed devices panel title from the Device management view, and then click the name of the device in the table to display the device details page. The device details page includes device-specific todos, component status, usage metrics, system information, and actions that you can take on the device. From this page, you can drill down to see jobs, events and alerts, firmware, and hardware inventory.
  • Collections
    A collection is a static group of devices that can be monitored and together. A device can belong to one or more collections. Each collection can have up to 400 devices.
  • Remote sever access
    A device administrator can remotely connect a specific managed device through the Lenovo XClarity One portal, allowing seamless interaction with management controller from any locations while upholding data security protocols.
  • Power operations
    You can use Lenovo XClarity One to perform power operations on your managed devices.
  • Device configuration
    You can use Lenovo XClarity One ensure that target firmware versions are maintained on components in our managed devices by creating templates and then assigning a template to each of your devices. XClarity One raises alerts and todos when changes are made to devices that are not consistent with rules in the assigned templates.
  • Warranties
    You can determine the warranty status of the managed devices from the Lenovo Support website.
  • Call Home contacts
    When Call Home is configured and a serviceable event is triggered that automatically creates a service ticket, Lenovo Support might need to reach out to someone regarding the event. The primary or secondary contact that is configured for Call Home is contacted by default. However, you can choose to assign a different Call Home contact to all devices in a specific collection.
  • Service data
    When there is a problem with a device that requires assistance to resolve, you can manually collect service data that is needed to help identify the cause of the issue (including service information, inventory, and logs) and then send the service-data file to Lenovo Support.
  • Service tickets
    You can monitor service-ticket metrics by clicking Monitor in the context menu from the Device management view.