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Provisioning resources

You can use Lenovo XClarity Administrator to provision your managed resources, such as deploying firmware and Windows OS device-driver updates, configuring server and switch settings, and deploying operating systems.

  • Configuring servers using configuration patterns
    Server patterns are used to quickly provision or preprovision multiple servers (rack and tower servers and compute nodes) from a single set of defined configuration settings.
  • Configuring switches using configuration templates
    You can use templates to quickly provision multiple CNOS rack switches from a single set of defined configuration settings.
  • Updating firmware on managed devices
    From the Lenovo XClarity Administrator web interface, you can download, install, and manage firmware updates for managed devices, including chassis, servers, storage systems, and switches. You can assign firmware-compliance policies to the managed devices to ensure that firmware on those devices remains compliant. You can also create and edit firmware-compliance policies when validated firmware levels do not match the suggested predefined policies.
  • Updating Windows device drivers on managed servers
    Using windows UpdateXpress System Packs (UXSPs), you can update OS device drivers on deployed Windows operating systems.
  • Installing operating systems on bare-metal servers
    You can use Lenovo XClarity Administrator to manage the OS images repository and deploy operating-system images to up to 28 bare-metal servers concurrently.
  • End-to-end scenarios for setting up new devices
    Use these end-to-end scenarios describe how to help you use Lenovo XClarity Administrator to set up new devices in a way that is consistent and easily repeatable.