Lenovo XClarity Administrator
Overview
Lenovo XClarity Administrator is a centralized, resource-management solution that simplifies infrastructure management, speeds up responses, and enhances the availability of Lenovo server systems and solutions. The pattern runs as a virtual appliance that automates discovery, inventory, tracking, monitoring, and provisioning for server, network, and storage hardware in a secure environment.
Compatibility
BMC Discovery version 12.2 and later.
How it works
First, a target device is discovered through API by using basic web authentication. Then, the parser searches for keywords on the landing page and checks for matches with Lenovo XClarity Administrator. Then, the pattern creates a Host node and retrieves attributes through API.
The following image shows an example of a Lenovo device discovered by the Lenovo XClarity Administrator pattern:
LenovoXCA module
LenovoXCA is a module that contains the XCALinks pattern. This pattern creates a linkage between Lenovo XClarity Administrator and managed nodes. It gets triggered by the Lenovo XClarity Host. As a result, the pattern creates an SI and executes REST API calls to obtain information on managed systems.
After obtaining the managed system information, the pattern looks for the target node and creates a Management link to it.
The following image shows an example of the model visualization:
Compatibility
BMC Discovery version 12.4 and later.
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