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Discovering and managing devices

You can discover and manage devices using Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator and assign management of those devices to a specific resource manager.

Before you begin

To perform this task, you must be a member of a user group to which the predefined Supervisor or Security Administrator role is assigned.

About this task

XClarity Orchestrator monitors and manages devices through resource managers. When you connect a resource manager, XClarity Orchestrator manages all devices that are managed by that resource manager.

You can also bring devices into management using XClarity Orchestrator. XClarity Orchestrator lists devices that were already discovered (but not managed) by the resource managers. When you manage discovered devices from XClarity Orchestrator, the devices are managed by resource manager that discovered it. When you manually discover and manage devices using IP addresses, hostnames, or subnets, you choose which resource manager you want to use to manage the devices.

The following devices can be discovered automatically by resource managers using a service discovery protocol.
  • ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile servers and appliances
  • ThinkEdge SE servers
  • Flex System chassis, and ThinkSystem and Flex System devices in a Flex System chassis
  • ThinkServer rack and tower servers
  • System x, Converged HX, and NeXtScale servers and appliances
  • Storage devices

Currently, you cannot bring switches into management from XClarity Orchestrator. You also cannot unmanage Flex System switches from XClarity Orchestrator.

  • Device management considerations
    Before you attempt to discover and manage devices using XClarity Orchestrator, review the following considerations.
  • Configuring global discovery settings
    Choose the preferred settings to use when discovering devices.
  • Managing servers
    You can use Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator manage several types of servers.
  • Managing storage devices
    Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator can manage several types of Lenovo storage appliances, devices, and tape libraries.
  • Managing chassis
    Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator can manage several types of chassis and chassis components.
  • Unmanaging devices
    You can use Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator to remove devices from management by their respective resource manager. This process is called unmanaging.