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Launching the management controller interface for a server

You can launch the management controller web interface for a specific server from Lenovo XClarity Administrator.

Before you begin

To access ThinkSystem SR635 SR655 servers through XClarity Administrator, a user must have lxc-supervisor, lxc-sysmgr, lxc-admin, lxc-fw-admin, or lxc-os-admin authority (see Managing the authentication server).

When using single sign-on, you can launch the management interface for a managed servers from XClarity Administrator without having the log in. Single sign-on is supported for ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile servers (except SR635 and SR655). ThinkSystem SR645 and SR665 servers require XCC firmware 21A or later.

To login directly to the management controller using local or external LDAP user accounts without logging in to the XClarity Administrator, use the URL https://{XCC_IP_adderss}/#/login.

Note
  • Launching any management controller interface from XClarity Administrator using the Safari web browser is not supported.
  • When launching the management controller interface from XClarity Administrator using single sign-on, the “SSO authentication failed” error might be displayed erroneously for some servers before being redirected to the management controller interface.
Important
When a ThinkSystem V4 server with XCC versions 1.0 or 1.1 is managed by XClarity Administrator using managed authentication and an external LDAP is configured on XClarity Administrator, users can log in to the XCC with the external LDAP account. However, user cannot log in to the XCC using the external LDAP account in the email-address format.

Procedure

Complete the following steps to launch the management controller interface for a server.

  1. From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Hardware > Servers to display the Servers page.

    You can sort the table columns to make it easier to find specific servers. In addition, you can select a system type from the All Systems drop-down list and enter text (such as a name or IP address) in the Filter field to further filter the servers that are displayed.


    Illustrates the list of managed rack servers and compute nodes in the Servers page.
  2. Click the link for the server in the Server column. The status summary page for that server is displayed.
  3. Click All Actions > Launch > Management Web Interface. The management controller web interface for the server is started.
    Tip
    You can also click the IP address in the IP Addresses column to launch the management controller interface.
  4. Log in to the management controller interface using your XClarity Administrator user credentials.

After you finish

For more information about using the management controller interface for a server, see Integrated Management Module II online documentation and XClarity Controller online documentation.