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Managing server hardware

Lenovo SDI Management Platform provides rich functions for managing server hardware in a cluster.

Before you begin

  1. Ensure that Lenovo XClarity Administrator has been installed and deployed, and all servers in the cluster have been managed through BMC. See Installing Lenovo XClarity Administrator.

  2. Ensure that Lenovo XClarity Administrator has been added to Lenovo SDI Management Platform (see Connecting resource managers).

About this task

Viewing device status View the hardware list and status information about all servers in a cluster.

Viewing device details View details about server hardware.

Establishing a remote control session with a server Establish a remote control session with a managed server just as you were working on the local console. In this way, you can power on/off the server, and logically mount local or remote drives.

Performing power operations on managed servers Power on, power off, and restart managed devices on the Lenovo SDI Management Platform.