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Support for Lenovo System x and ThinkSystem series servers IMM providers on ESXi 6.7 and later (54914)

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This article describes IMM providers support for Lenovo System x and ThinkSystem series servers. There are 2 providers: immpassthru, ipptool

The immpassthru provider runs on ESXi and mirrors all the CIM functionality available in the Lenovo Integrated Management Module (IMM). CIM requests to ESXi get the same response as a request directly to the IMM.

The ipptool provider is an assistant provider. It works to support immpassthru provider. It also provides a logging mechanism for immpassthru provider.

Disclaimer: The partner product referenced in this article is a software module that is developed and supported by a VMware partner. Use of this product is also governed by the end user license agreement of the partner. You must obtain the application, support, and licensing for this product directly from the partner. For more information, see Lenovo - IBM Server.

Note: The preceding link was correct as of May 1, 2018. If you find the link is broken, provide feedback and a VMware employee will update the link.

Resolution

Supported hardware and/or software: The providers are available in two modes.

Option 1: All the two providers have been integrated into the VMware vSphere 6.7 with Lenovo Customization Image. You can acquire a USB key version of the VMware vSphere 6.7 with Lenovo Customization Image or you can install the image with an ISO of VMware vSphere 6.7 with Lenovo Customization Image.

Option 2: The two providers and any other Lenovo providers are published as a provider bundle. You can install the bundle on VMware vSphere 6.7 using the VMware vSphere CLI.

With these providers, Lenovo LXCE OneCLI is able to manage ESXi 6.7 and later systems.
For more information about Lenovo LXCE OneCLI, see lenovo.com. Search for the package named: LXCE OneCLI.

IPMI extensions
None

Implementation schema details
The immpassthru provider schema is mapping from the Lenovo IMM, it follows DMTP standard DSP1023. The ipptool provider does not follow any DMTF and SMI-S spec, it follows a private OEM profile.

CIM client plug-in support
None

Support information

Product documentation:

Fixes, updates, and drivers - https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/ .

Lenovo OS Support Center - VMware - https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/in/en/solutions/server-os-vmware.

Downloads: Lenovo Press

Note: The preceding links were correct as of April 10, 2015. If you find the links are broken, provide feedback and a VMware employee will update the links.

Support process: Follow the normal Lenovo support process
SLA: none
Escalation Process: Follow the normal Lenovo support escalation process.
Contact information ：none

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All of the two providers should be installed together when use them, or they can’t work correctly.
You can enable logging to debug Lenovo IMM providers with class IBM_RecordLog. The logs are stored in the directory: /tmp/LenovoIMMLog.log
Example detailing how to open the logs:
1.
[root@~]# wbemcli ein -noverify 'https://username:[email-masked]:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService'
192.168.0.1:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService.SystemCreationClassName="IBM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="Management Control-ler",CreationClassName="IBM_SoftwareInstallationService",Name="IMMSoftwareInstallationService"
[root@~]# wbemcli cm -noverify 'https://username:[email-masked]:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService.SystemCreationClassName="IBM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="Management Control-ler",CreationClassName="IBM_SoftwareInstallationService",Name="IMMSoftwareInstallationService"' 'TurnOnLogFlag'
192.168.0.1:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService.SystemCreationClassName="IBM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="Management Control-ler",CreationClassName="IBM_SoftwareInstallationService",Name="IMMSoftwareInstallationService" TurnOnLogFlag: 0

2.
[root@~]# wbemcli ein -noverify 'https://username:[email-masked]:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService'
192.168.0.1:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService.SystemCreationClassName="IBM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="Management Control-ler",CreationClassName="IBM_SoftwareInstallationService",Name="IMMSoftwareInstallationService"

[root@~]# wbemcli cm -noverify 'https://username:[email-masked]:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService.SystemCreationClassName="IBM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="Management Control-ler",CreationClassName="IBM_SoftwareInstallationService",Name="IMMSoftwareInstallationService"' 'TurnOffLogFlag'
192.168.0.1:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService.SystemCreationClassName="IBM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="Management Control-ler",CreationClassName="IBM_SoftwareInstallationService",Name="IMMSoftwareInstallationService" TurnOffLogFlag: 0

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