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US 6,785,131 B2Granted
Computer system and documentation arrangement for guiding system installation
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsMichelle Ewell, Beryl Hamilton Horton
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AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsMichelle Ewell, Beryl Hamilton Horton
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A computer system includes a plurality of installation code elements (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47). Each installation code element is associated with a particular system connector (11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 24, 25a, 25b) and the respective external connector (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36a, 36b, 37) which connects with the particular system connector. The installation code element marks both the respective system connector and associated external connector, and also marks the installation documentation (51) included with the system. This installation documentation contains a plurality of information sections (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59), with each information section providing information relating to making the connection between a particular system connector and its corresponding external connector. Each information section is marked with the same installation code element which also marks the system connector and external connector to which the information section pertains.
A computer system and installation documentation arrangement comprising:
In a computer system having a system housing and a plurality of external devices, each external device having a respective external connector adapted to make a connection with a particular system connector associated with the system housing, an installation guide arrangement comprising:
A method of marking computer system components and related documentation to facilitate installation, the computer system components including a system housing having a plurality of system connectors and also including a plurality of external devices, each external device having an external connector adapted to make a connection with a particular one of the system connectors, the documentation including a plurality of information sections with each different section containing information pertaining to making the connection between a particular system connector and the respective external connector, and the method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.