Managing the inventory

This section describes how to view, sync, and download the inventory data, and check the firmware updates of a server on the Lenovo Server page.

Procedure

1. Log in to the Lenovo Server page. Refer to Logging in to the Lenovo Server page.
2. On the Lenovo Server page, click Inventory in the left navigation pane.
   The Inventory pane is displayed.
3. In the Inventory pane, users can do one or more of the following:

   • To obtain the latest inventory data, click Sync Inventory.

   • To check the firmware updates, click Reload Local Repository, and then check the Latest in Repository column in the Firmware area to view the latest local firmware updates available. To view latest firmware updates on Web, refer to Managing the system updates repository.

     Note

     • This process requires access to Internet. If the firewall is activated in the network, configure firewall to enable the servers managed by Lenovo XClarity Administrator to perform these operations. For more information about firewall and proxy servers of Lenovo XClarity Administrator, refer to Firewalls and proxy servers.

     • This process takes a few minutes.

     • The Lenovo ThinkServer servers do not support this feature.

   • To download the inventory data:

     1. Click Export.

     2. When the How do you want to open this file? window is displayed, click Save. The inventory data will be saved in the local file.