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What's new in XClarity One in v26c.1 and v26p.1

XClarity One cloud version 26c.1 and virtual appliance version 26p.1 (released March 2026) support new software enhancements and fixes.

Hardware support

XClarity One supports all devices that are supported by Lenovo XClarity One Hub. For a list of new devices that are supported in each XClarity One Hub release, see What's new in XClarity One Hub

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 XClarity One Hub Support for Servers webpage.

Software enhancements

The following software enhancements are supported in this release. Some enhancements are supported only when using Lenovo XClarity One Hub v1.6 or later.

Refer to the change history file (*.chg) that is provided in the update package on the XClarity One downloads webpage for information about bugs that were fixed in this release.

FunctionDescription
Getting started

XClarity One 26.1 requires XClarity One Hub v1.6 or later for device management and XClarity Administrator migration. (see Portal updates).

Open port requirements were clarified (see Portal network and Hub network).

Migrating XClarity Administrator to XClarity One

When migrating Lenovo XClarity Administrator to XClarity One, Call Home configurations are also migrated if not already configured in the portal (see Migrating XClarity Administrator to XClarity One).

You can download a detailed migration assessment report, which includes a list of eligible and ineligible devices and artifacts and the reason why they are ineligible, if applicable (see Migrating XClarity Administrator to XClarity One).

You can view the results of the migration job from the Jobs and Events pages (see Migrating XClarity Administrator to XClarity One).

You can see the XClarity Administrator server certificate details in the migration wizard (see Migrating XClarity Administrator to XClarity One).

Security

Sensitive data, including credentials and files, is encrypted in the web browser before being sent to the XClarity One portal and then stored the management hub. Only the hub can decrypt and access this data; the portal does not have the ability to access or read it (see Data security).

Authentication and authorization

For XClarity One on premises, you can configure multiple LDAP servers for authentication (see External identity provider).

All LDAP user accounts that will have access to XClarity One must have userPrincipalName set in Active Directory (see authentication (see External identity provider).

For XClarity One cloud portal, the domain for all users in the same organization must be the same as the organization owner. For XClarity One on premises, users can be added from different domains. (see Users).

For XClarity One on premises, you can create LDAP user groups to control which LDAP users are allowed to sign in to XClarity One and to assign roles to those users (see User groups).

Licenses

The name of the standard license changed from XClarity One — Managed Device, Per Endpoint to XClarity One - Standard, Per Endpoint. The managed-device licenses now appears as standard licenses in the user interface (see Licenses).

You can now purchase XClarity One - Starter, Per Endpoint licenses for your first 10 devices. This is a cost effective license that supports the same features as the XClarity One - Standard, Per Endpoint license (see Licenses).

Organizations

You can set up a free trial organization that support a maximum of 2 hubs and 20 devices for up to 90 days (see Licenses).

Devices

The hub can discover a maximum of 2,000 devices in a single operation (see Device discovery and management).

When using XClarity One on premises, the portal can collectively manage a maximum of 2,000 total devices that are under management by one or more hubs (see Hardware and software requirements for XClarity One virtual machine)

You can add 1 demo hub and 10 demo devices to your organization (see Adding demo hub and devices).

You can view the firmware status summary on all managed devices from the Managed devices panel (see Device health summaries and status).

You can view the Lockdown Mode for ThinkEdge servers that have the XClarity Controller Managed or ThinkShield Key Vault Portal Managed enabled. You can also lock and unlock the XCC for ThinkEdge servers that have the XClarity Controller Managed enabled (see Device status).

You can create a dynamic collections that include devices matching user-defined rules combined with AND and OR conditions (see Collections).

The portal lists warranties for each device and shows details for each warranty (see Warranties).

XClarity One stores granular metric data for 6 hours. Metrics for each hour is aggregated and retained for up to 365 days. Metrics for each day is aggregated and retained for up to 12 months (see Device usage metrics and trends and Collections).

You can scroll through the hourly and daily usage during the last 365 days (see Device usage metrics and trends).

Device configuration

You can assign and deploy templates to an unlimited number of devices (see Device templates).

You can choose to update firmware when the target version is already installed (see Firmware updates).

For XClarity One on premises:
  • When XClarity One has an internet connection, missing payloads are downloaded automatically when you start a firmware update operation or when you deploy a template that includes firmware policies.

  • When there is no Internet connection, you can download missing firmware payloads when deploying templates and firmware (see Device templates and Firmware updates).

  • You can manually delete the firmware payload from the firmware repository. The payload is deleted automatically if all devices that are compatible with the payload are unmanaged (see Firmware repository).

Alerts, events, and jobs

In addition to searching, you can apply one or more filters on alerts, events, service tickets, , or jobs table by clicking the Filter icon (Advanced search icon) on the toolbar.

You can find information about how to resolve specific alerts from the Alerts pages by clicking See details (see Alerts and events)

You can schedule firmware-catalog update jobs, schedule a job to run multiple times on a recurring basis, and pause and resume a recurring scheduled job (see Jobs).

Data forwarders and reports

You can create up to 20 data forwarders (see Data forwarding).

When using XClarity One on premises, you can forward custom-formatted event data to a central syslog server (see Data forwarding).

When forwarding data via SMTP, up to 3,000 events can be sent in a single email. If more 3,000 events were raised during the last hour, multiple emails are sent (see Data forwarding).

When create a data forwarder, you can test the connection to the destination, imports and validates the certificate chain from the destination (see Data forwarding).

From any Warranties page, you can export data to create a report in HTML or CSV format that contains data for all warranties (see Data reports).

From any Jobs page, you can export data to create a report in HTML or CSV format that contains data for all jobs or scheduled jobs, respectively (see Data reports).

AnalyticsXClarity One provides predictive failure analytics for memory modules and solid-state drives in devices with a Premier Support Plus warranty entitlement (see Predictive failure analysis).
Service and support

If Call Home is enabled, XClarity One automatically opens a predictive service ticket when a memory or SSD failure is predicted (Predictive failure analysis).

Custom scripts

For information about enhancements to the REST APIs, see What’s new in the XClarity One REST APIs for 26c.1 and 26p.1.

You can create custom scripts to automate certain functions from a Microsoft PowerShell session using the new XClarity One PowerShell toolkit (LXC1PSTool) (see XClarity One PowerShell toolkit (LXC1PSToolkit)).

Fixed CVEs

The following were fixed in the on premises portal.