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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.

You can enable and disable these functions on a specific management hub by clicking Functions from the context menu on the Security view from the XClarity Management Hub 2.0 web interface.

Organization owners can enable or disable these functions in XClarity One by clicking Functions from the context menu on the Settings view from the XClarity One web interface.

  • When you disable a function from the XClarity One portal, the function is disabled on the portal and on all management hubs in the organization.

  • When you enable a function from the XClarity One portal, the function is enabled only in the portal. Be aware that the XClarity One portal settings might not match the setting on the management hubs. It is your responsibly to enable the function on each management hub that has managed devices that you want to access remotely.

The following device-management functions are supported.

  • Device power actions. This function is used to power on, power off, and restart managed devices through the portal.

    This function is disabled by default.

  • Firmware updates. This function is used to update and maintain appropriate firmware levels on managed devices from the portal.

    Note
    When this option is disabled, firmware cannot be pushed to or updated on devices managed by the management hubs. You can continue to use XClarity One manage the firmware repository, create templates with firmware rules and assign to devices, and monitor devices for compliance. For more information, see Firmware.

    This function is disabled by default.

  • Device-settings updates. This function is used to update and maintain appropriate device-settings on managed devices from the portal.

    Note
    When this option is disabled, device settings cannot be updated on devices managed by the management hubs. You can continue to use XClarity One to manage the device-settings repository, create templates with device-settings configurations and assign to devices, and monitor devices for compliance. For more information, see Device settings.

    This function is disabled by default.

  • Remote Server Access. When using XClarity One in the cloud, this function is used to launch the baseboard management-controller interface from the portal without having a direct connection between the web browser and the management controller. The connection does not require virtual private network (VPN) to the device. This feature allows seamless interaction with managed devices from any locations while upholding data security protocols. For more information, see Remote sever access.

    This function is disabled by default.

    This function is not available when running XClarity One as a local virtual machine.

  • Remote Server Console Access. This function is used to launch the remote server console from the portal. This feature allows you to remotely view and interact with the server console from any location while upholding data security protocols. This feature also allows you to mount a disk image (ISO or IMG file) as a virtual drive on the device. For more information, see Remote sever access.

    This function is disabled by default.