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Managing Azure Stack HCI cluster nodes without Lenovo XClarity Administrator

After entering into the Solution updates page in Windows Admin Center, a message indicating that one or more servers are currently not managed by a management server might be displayed. This section describes how to manage Azure Stack HCI cluster nodes without Lenovo XClarity Administrator, that is, through native OS management, when creating an Azure Stack HCI cluster.

Native OS management is a way to manage the hardware when no Lenovo XClarity Administrator is available. To use this function, log in to the XCC Web GUI and enable IPMI over KCS Access, Ethernet Over USB, and REST/CIM Over HTTPS.

Note
If all Lenovo XClarity Administrators that manage these servers are connected, this page will not be displayed.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Solution updates page. Refer to Logging in to the Install hardware updates page.
  2. Select Native OS Management.
  3. Click Take Me There.
    The To enable Native OS Management dialog is displayed.
  4. Click OK to continue.
    The Initializing applet dialog is displayed. It will take several minutes to get the detailed information for the initial native OS management.
  5. After the initialization, the System Update page is displayed for users to perform firmware/driver updates for the cluster nodes.
Note

Native OS management is inapplicable to ThinkServer and ThinkSystem SR635/SR655 servers. For servers enabled with Storage Spaces Direct, native OS management is disabled by default. To enable native OS management for servers enabled with Storage Spaces Direct, refer to Configuring native OS management.