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Connecting resource managers

Lenovo SDI Management Platform monitors and manages devices through resource managers.

Before you begin​

Ensure that the resource managers are supported (see Supported hardware and software).

Ensure that the resource managers are online and reachable on the network from Lenovo SDI Management Platform.

Ensure that the user account that you use to authenticate the resource managers has the correct privileges. For VMware vCenter, the user account must be assigned to the Administrator role. For XClarity Administrator, the user account must be assigned to the lxc-supervisor, lxc-admin, lxc-security-admin, lxc-hw-admin, or lxc-recovery role.

Ensure that the resource managers do not have the maximum number of supported event forwarders. After establishing a connection with that resource manager, Lenovo SDI Management Platform creates an event forwarder in the resource manager.

When connecting an XClarity Administrator that has an externally signed certificate, ensure that it is an X.509 v3 certificate. Lenovo SDI Management Platform cannot connect to an XClarity Administrator that has an externally signed v1 certificate.

About this task​

Lenovo SDI Management Platform supports the following resource managers:

  • VMWare vCenter. Manages, monitors, and configures ESXi hosts and VSAN storage.
  • Lenovo XClarity Administrator. Manages, monitors, and configures Lenovo devices.

When connecting a resource manager, Lenovo SDI Management Platform:

  • Retrieves information about all devices that are managed by the resource manager.

  • Creates and enables an event forwarder (for a REST web service) in XClarity Administrator to monitor and forward events to Lenovo SDI Management Platform.

The network address (IP address or hostname) that you provide is used as the resource manager name.

Procedure​

To connect to a resource manager, complete the following steps: 1. From the Lenovo SDI Management Platform menu bar, click Administration ( ) > Resource Managers to display the Resource Managers card.

2. Click the Connect icon (). The Connect resource manager dialog is displayed.

3. Select the type of resource manager, and fill in the required information.

  • VMWare vCenter

    • Specify the fully-qualified domain name or IP address (IPv4). Using the host name without the domain name is not supported.

    • Specify the user account and password to use to log in to the resource manager.

  • Lenovo XClarity Administrator

    • Specify the fully-qualified domain name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6).

      Using the host name without the domain name is not supported.

    • Optionally change the port of the resource manager. The default value is 443.

    • Specify the user account and password to use to log in to the resource manager.

    • Optionally enable Drive Analytics Data Collection. When enabled, drive analytics data is collected daily for ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile devices and is used for predictive analytics.

      Drive analytics data collection is supported only for XClarity Administrator v3.3.0 and later.

      Note:

      System performance might be affected when data is collected.

    4. Click Connect . A job is created to perform the operation. You can monitor the progress of the job from the Monitoring () > Jobs card. If the job fails to be completed, click the job link to display details about the job (see Monitoring jobs).

    :::note Note: After the job is completed, it takes about 10 minutes before you can view the server hardware information on Lenovo SDI Management Platform. :::

When a connection is established with the resource manager, the manager is added to the table.

After you finish​

The initial setup is complete.