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Introduction

The Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) provides support for the industry standard Redfish Scalable Platforms Management API. The Redfish API can be used to access XCC data and services from applications running outside of the XCC. This allows for easy integration of Lenovo XCC capabilities into Lenovo or 3rd party software. Redfish uses RESTful interface semantics and JSON resource payload to perform system management via the HTTPS protocol. It is suitable for a wide range of servers, from stand-alone servers to rack mount and bladed environments, and scales equally well for large scale cloud environments.

The XClarity Controller currently supports Redfish Specification 1.15.0 and Redfish Schema Bundle 2021.4. This document explains how to use the Redfish functions of the XClarity Controller on ThinkSystem servers.

For more information on the Redfish industry standard, please refer to the following resources:

  • DMTF Redfish Forum: http://dmtf.org/redfish

    • Schemas, Specs, Mockups, White Papers, FAQ, Educational Material & more.

  • DMTF Redfish Developer Portal: http://redfish.dmtf.org

    • Educational material, Hosted Schema files, documentation & other links.

  • DMTF Redfish Tools: http://github.com/dmtf

    • Open source tools and libraries to help developers get started with Redfish.

  • Redfish User Forum: http://www.redfishforum.com

    • DMTF forum for questions, suggestions and discussion of all Redfish topics.