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Configuring XClarity Administrator

To monitor the ThinkServer and SR635/655 servers, you shall configure XClarity Administrator first. The ThinkServer and SR635/655 servers managed by Lenovo XClarity Administrator will be automatically discovered in Operations Manager after the configuration.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Operations Manager console.
  2. In the left navigation pane, click Monitoring > Windows Computers.
  3. Click (Lenovo) XClarity Administrator in the Task pane on the right. The Rigistered Lenovo XClarity Administrator page opens.
  4. Click Register. Input the IP address, user name, password, and port for XClarity Administrator. Then, click OK. Do one of the following:
    • Use an existing account:

      1. Ensure that this account has the role group lxc-supervisor or the combination of lxc-operator, lxc-fw-admin, lxc-hw-admin and lxc-os-admin.

      2. Ensure that this account can access the servers if Resource Access Control is enabled on XClarity Administrator.

    • Create a new account by connecting with this administrative account:

      1. A unique user name (LXCIUSER-xxxx) with a strong random password will be created in XClarity Administrator and it will be used for all communication.

      2. Ensure that this new account can access the servers if Resource Access Control is enabled.
        Note
        Do not choose this option if XClarity Administrator is using an external LDAP for authentication.
  5. If the View Certificate page is displayed, click Trust this certificate. The new account is created.
    Note

    • If you create a new account, ensure that the specified XClarity Administrator account has supervisor privilege, and the roles of lxc-operator, lxc-fw-admin, lxc-hw-admin, and lxc-os-admin are in XClarity Administrator.

    • You can download XClarity Administrator certificate from XClarity Administrator, and click Manage trusted certificates > Add to add XClarity Administrator certificate to XClarity Integrator Service manually.