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Adding a Lenovo chassis

This section describes how to add a Lenovo chassis to Lenovo XClarity Administrator.

Note
The Flex compute nodes in Lenovo chassis cannot be discovered or managed separately.

Procedure

  1. Connect to a Lenovo XClarity Administrator. Refer to Connecting to a new or existing Lenovo XClarity Administrator.
  2. Return to the All Connections page, and click Add.
    The Add a Connection pane is displayed on the right.
  3. In the Add a Connection pane, select Manage a Lenovo Chassis.
    The Choose a Lenovo XClarity Administrator pane is displayed.
  4. Select a connected Lenovo XClarity Administrator.
    Note
    If no Lenovo XClarity Administrator is connected, an error message will be displayed.
  5. In the Manage a Lenovo Chassis pane:
    1. Input the CMM IP address, user name, and password.
    2. Input the recovery password for the CMM recovery ID twice.
    3. Click Manage.
Note

  • When managing a chassis, the CMM is configured to authenticate users with the Lenovo XClarity Administrator (local CMM user accounts are no longer valid). The RECOVERY_ID is important because it enables users to access the CMM directly if there are issues with the Lenovo XClarity Administrator. Ensure that the password specified is stored in a secure location.

  • The recovery password should meet the CMM password policy.

  • After the chassis is added, only the servers of this chassis will be displayed in Lenovo XClarity Integrator. Users can view and manage the servers by using the same way as viewing and managing the rack or tower servers.