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XClarity One

XClarity One is a unified platform designed to manage and monitor Lenovo servers and storage devices from a single interface. Ideal for businesses of all sizes, XClarity One delivers the tools and insights needed to drive operational efficiency and support business growth. It uses a hybrid architecture, with a central portal and on-premises management hubs, allowing IT teams to securely oversee distributed infrastructure across data centers and remote locations. The platform provides real-time visibility into system health, inventory, and performance, along with remote access capabilities.

XClarity One also emphasizes automation and intelligence, offering tools for firmware updates, provisioning, and configuration at scale, along with AI-driven analytics to predict and prevent issues before they impact operations. Built with a Zero Trust–oriented security model and flexible deployment options (cloud, on-premises, or hybrid), XClarity One helps organizations reduce manual workload, improve uptime, and streamline infrastructure lifecycle management.

Attention
XClarity One is a for-fee offering. You can set up a trial organization for free to test the features and functions in XClarity One. The trial organization allows you to manage up to 2 hubs and 20 devices for up to 90 days. For more information, see Starting a free trial.
XClarity One provides a modern, initiative interface to manage and monitor your hubs and managed devices.

  • Dashboards that highlight items in your organization that require your attention and summarize the health of your resources

  • Summary and detailed views of component health, asset inventory, and warranty status for your devices across multiple sites

  • Aggregation of critical alerts and events, and event forwarding to external applications

  • Life-cycle management of your devices devices using templates (including firmware updates, device settings configuration, and operating system deployment).

  • Remote server and remote console access for hubs and managed devices

  • Usage data and trends, such as processor and memory usage, power consumption, processor temperature

  • Automatic problem notification to Lenovo Support using Call Home

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PDF linkXClarity One: Managing your data center assets

Setting up XClarity One​

Flexibility is designed into the XClarity One set up. You can use XClarity One hosted in the Lenovo cloud with on premises management hubs or hosted as a fully on-premises solution, with or without Internet access.
Architecture diagram

  • Cloud

    Using XClarity One in the cloud is recommended for small to medium businesses that desire enterprise-grade capabilities without the heavy upfront investments and IT overhead.

    The advantages of using XClarity One in the cloud are:
    • Lenovo hosts, manages and maintains the XClarity One environment for you.
    • Software updates are installed as soon as it is released.
    • Security fixes and software updates are installed as soon as possible.
    • Customer fixes are installed as soon as possible, depending on the severity.
    • Latest Lenovo firmware updates are uploaded as soon as they are released.
    • High service level objectives (SLOs).

    To get started using XClarity One in the cloud, you need to set up an organization in the XClarity One cloud portal. Your view of XClarity One is based on the organizations that you are part of. An organization can be created for your entire company or one or more departments in your company. Only the organization owners and users that are assigned to the organization can access management hubs, devices, and data within the realm of that organization. You can request a new organization from the Sign-in page at xclarityone.lenovo.com. After the organization request is approved by Lenovo, you will receive an email from XClarity One that lets you know that the organization was created and gives a link to get started. For more information, see Setting up XClarity One in the cloud.

  • On premises (local VM)

    XClarity One can be deployed in your datacenter as a virtual machine on a local host (on premises).

    Important
    The XClarity One virtual machine is designed specifically for on-premises environments and is not supported by a private cloud infrastructure.
    To perform the following functions, XClarity One running on premises requires Internet access, either directly or through a web proxy.

    • Send automatic problem notification through Call Home

    • Retrieve service ticket status and history

    • Retrieve device warranty

    • Update the firmware catalog and download firmware packages directly from the web (Note that firmware packages can be manually imported.)

    • Download portal and hub updates directly from the web (Note that updates can be manually imported.)

    • Perform firmware CVE analysis

    The following function is not supported when running XClarity One on premises.
    • XClarity One predictive failure analysis for memory and SSD failures provided by the Premier Support Plus warranty entitlement

    To get started using XClarity One locally in your data center, you need to download and install XClarity One as a virtual machine. A setup wizard guides you through the initial configuration. For more information, see Setting up XClarity One on premises.