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US 7,610,206 B2Granted
Provision of custom configured assemblies
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCharles Edward Kuhlmann, Francis E Noel, Jr., Norman Clark Strole
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Abstract
Provision to a customer of equipment already installed into a specified enclosure to create an assembly is accomplished in an advantageous manner by the disclosed process. A manufacturer obtains the enclosure and the components of the specified equipment, installs the equipment in the enclosure and performs appropriate tests on the completed assembly before sending the assembly to the customer.
Claims13
A method for providing a customer with equipment installed in a rack assembly, the method comprising:
- providing the rack assembly at a manufacturer location;
- installing the equipment in the rack assembly to create an assembly, wherein the equipment includes an uninterruptible power supplier, a network management console, a network router, and a network server;
- testing the assembly;
- and
- sending the assembly to the customer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.