What's new in version 4.0
Lenovo XClarity Administrator management software version 4.0 supports new hardware, software enhancements, and fixes.
Additional hardware support
- Servers and appliances
- ThinkAgile HX630 V3 (7D6M)
- ThinkAgile HX645 V3 (7D9M)
- ThinkAgile HX650 V3 (7D6N)
- ThinkAgile HX665 V3 (7D9N)
- ThinkAgile MX630 V3 (7D6U)
- ThinkAgile MX650 V3 (7D6S)
- ThinkAgile VX630 V3 (7D6X, 7Z63)
- ThinkAgile VX635 V3 (7D9V)
- ThinkAgile VX645 V3 (7D9K)
- ThinkAgile VX650 V2-DPU (7Z63)
- ThinkAgile VX650 V3 (7D6W)
- ThinkAgile VX650 V3-DPU (7D6W)
- ThinkAgile VX655 V3 (7D9W)
- ThinkAgile VX665 V3 (7D9L)
- ThinkAgile VX850 V3 (7DDK)
- ThinkEdge SE350 V2 (7DA9)
- ThinkEdge SE455 V3 (7DBY)
- ThinkEdge SE360 V2 (7DAM)
- ThinkSystem SD555 V3 (7DDP, 7DDQ)
- ThinkSystem SD650 V3 (7D7M)
- ThinkSystem SD650-I V3 (7D7L)
- ThinkSystem SD650-N V3 (7D7L)
- ThinkSystem SD665 V3 (7D9P)
- ThinkSystem SD665-N V3 (7DAZ)
- ThinkSystem SR630 V3 (7D72, 7D73, 7D74)
- ThinkSystem SR635 V3 (7D9G, 7D9H)
- ThinkSystem SR645 V3 (7D9C, 7D9D)
- ThinkSystem SR650 V3 (7D75, 7D76, 7D77)
- ThinkSystem SR655 V3 (7D9E, 7D9F)
- ThinkSystem SR665 V3 (7D9B, 7D9A)
- ThinkSystem SR675 V3 (7D9Q, 7D9R)
- ThinkSystem SR850 V3 (7D96, 7D97, 7D98)
- ThinkSystem SR860 V3 (7D93, 7D94, 7D95)
- ThinkSystem SR950 V3 (7DC4, 7DC5, 7DC6)
- ThinkSystem ST650 V3 (7D7A, 7D7B)
- Storage devices
- ThinkSystem DE6400F All Flash Array (7DB6)
- ThinkSystem DE6400H Hybrid Flash Array (7DB6)
- ThinkSystem DE6600F All Flash Array (7DB7)
- ThinkSystem DE6600H Hybrid Flash Array (7DB7)
- Switches
- ThinkSystem DB730S FC SAN Switch (7D9J)
- ThinkSystem DB400D FC SAN Director (6684)
- ThinkSystem DB800D FC SAN Director (6682)
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 Administrator Support – Compatibility webpage by clicking the Compatibility tab and then clicking the link for the appropriate device types.
Fixes
Refer to the change history file (*.chg) that is provided in the update package for information about fixes.
Software enhancements
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| Planning and installation | You can install XClarity Administrator on the following hosts (see Hardware and software prerequisites).
Removed ssh-rsa and added ssh-ed25519, ecdsa-sha2-nistp256, ecdsa-sha2-nistp384 and ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 to the list of supported host key algorithms (see Cryptographic management). The host name of the server that is used to download warranty information in China only changed to csapi.lenovo.com.cn (see Firewalls and proxy servers). |
| Administering | You can push the XClarity Administrator management server fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) and DNS information to managed servers with IMM2, XCC, and XCC2 so that the managed servers can find the management server using this information (see Configuring network access). |
| Security | You can use the RSA-3072/SHA-384 cryptographic algorithm (see Cryptographic management). You can add privileges for viewing and modifying the certificate policy to user roles (see Certificate management privileges). |
| Monitoring | You can view additional inventory data for persistent memory (PMEM) components (see Viewing the details of a managed server). You can view additional inventory data for storage devices (see Viewing the details of a managed server). |
| Device management | You can view and configure the security mode for specific servers separate from XClarity Administrator (Configuring the security settings for a managed server and Configuring cryptography settings on the management server). You can set the Standard and Enterprise Strict Security modes on servers with XCC2 (Configuring the security settings for a managed server). You can enable System Guard on servers with XCC2 to takes a snapshot of the current hardware inventory as trusted reference, and then monitor for deviations from the snapshot (see Enabling System Guard). You can find the cryptographic settings, System Guard settings, and system-configuration lock status for a specific server from the server details pages (see Viewing the details of a managed server). |
| Firmware updates | You can update firmware on IBM TS4300 tape libraries (see Updating firmware on managed devices). When updating firmware using immediate activation, you can choose to run a memory test during the update (see Applying selected firmware updates using compliance policies and Applying selected firmware updates without using compliance policies). |
| Operating system deployment | You can deploy the following operating systems to managed servers (see Supported operating systems).
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| Service and support | For servers with XCC2, XClarity Administrator saves service data in two files: a service file (service information and inventory) in an easily readable format, which gets sent to the preferred service provider when a serviceable event is triggered, and a debug file (service information, inventory, and debug logs) which can be manually sent to Lenovo if detailed logs are needed to resolve a problem. For downloading warranty information, use supportapi.lenovo.com as the worldwide DNS name as ibase.lenovo.com is no longer used (see Firewalls and proxy servers). |
| PowerShell toolkit | For information about new and updated PowerShell cmdlets, see Summary of changes in the PowerShell toolkit. |
| PyLXCA toolkit | For information about new and updated PyLXCA commands, see Summary of changes in the Python (PyLXCA) toolkit. |
| REST API | For information about new and updated REST APIs, see Summary of changes in the REST API. |