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Managing the cluster through an image

Users can manage the cluster through an image.

Procedure

  1. Select Hosts and Clusters from the Menu drop-down list.
  2. Select the required cluster on the left pane, and click Updates > Image on the vLCM page.
  • Creating a cluster image
    Users can create a cluster image for the server.
  • Checking hardware compatibility
    Before firmware remediation, check hardware compatibility for a vSAN cluster. This function compares the firmware and drivers displayed in the image against the listed Lenovo hardware and supported drivers in the vSAN Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).
  • Checking cluster compliance
    Users can check the compliance between the existing servers under a cluster and the configured image.
  • Remediating non-compliant servers
    User can remediate the ESXi versions, Lenovo addons for ESXi, firmware, and drivers of non-compliant servers under a cluster.
  • Permitting downgrade
    User can downgrade the firmware under a cluster when the version of firmware installed in the host is later than the version defined in the vLCM image.
  • Staging firmware
    User can stage the firmware for non-compliant servers under a cluster.