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Management hubs

Management hubs are light-weight device managers that act as a secure bridge between the Lenovo XClarity One portal and your on-premises devices. The management hubs are the only devices that communicate directly with the XClarity One portal..

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The management hubs are installed on premise in your data centers. They can be set up across multiple sites, where your devices are located.

The following management hub is supported.

  • Management hub connection and management
    Lenovo XClarity One monitors and manages devices through one or more light-weight device managers, called management hubs. Management hubs are installed on premise in your data centers. They can be set up across multiple sites, where your devices are located. The management hubs are the only devices that communicate directly with the XClarity One portal.
  • Signing in to the management-hub web interface
    You can launch the Lenovo XClarity Management Hub 2.0 web interface from any system that has network connectivity to the XClarity Management Hub 2.0 virtual machine.
  • Management-hub health summary and details
    You can view detailed information about a specific management hub, including things to do, overall health, hub details, and a list of managed and unmanaged devices.
  • Management-hub metrics and trends
    You can monitor usage metrics for the management hub from the main dashboard. Metrics are graphically displayed on the Metrics panel.
  • Function enablement
    You can enable and disable certain management-hub specific functions by clicking Functions from the context menu on the Security view from the XClarity Management Hub 2.0 web interface.
  • Management-hub power actions
    You can immediately restart or power off the management hub directly from the management hub web interface.
  • Management-hub security certificates
    Lenovo XClarity Management Hub 2.0 uses SSL certificates to establish secure, trusted communications between the management hub and its managed devices, as well as communications with management hub by users or with different services. By default, XClarity Management Hub 2.0 and the XClarity One portal use XClarity One-generated certificates that are self-signed and issued by an internal certificate authority.
  • Management-hub service data
    You can manually collect service data for Lenovo XClarity Management Hub 2.0 and then save the information as an archive in tar.gz format to the local system. You can then send the service files to your preferred service provider to get assistance in resolving issues as they arise.
  • Management-hub updates
    It is important to keep Lenovo XClarity Management Hub 2.0 up to date with the latest release.
  • Uninstalling a management hub
    Complete these steps to uninstall a Lenovo XClarity Management Hub 2.0 virtual appliance.