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StrategyforreplacingFRUsforCTO,CMV,andGAV

Productdenition

DynamicCongureToOrder(CTO)

ThisprovidestheabilityforacustomertocongureaLenovosolutionfromaneSite,andhavethis

congurationsenttofulllment,whereitisbuiltandshippeddirectlytothecustomer.Themachinelabel,

ProductEntitlementWarehouse(PEW),eSupport,andtheHMMwillloadtheseproductsasthe4-digitMT

and3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).

CustomModelVariant(CMV)

ThisisauniquecongurationthathasbeennegotiatedbetweenLenovoandthecustomer.Aunique4-digit

MTand3-digitmodelisprovidedtothecustomertoplaceorders(Example:1829-W15).ACMVisaspecial

bidoffering.Therefore,itisNOTgenerallyannounced.

•TheMTMportionofthemachinelabelisthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”

(Example:1829-CTO).ThePRODUCTIDportionofthemachinelabelisthe4-digitMTand3-digitCMV

model(Example:1829-W15).

•ThePEWrecordisthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).

•eSupportwillshowboththeCTOandCMVmachinetypemodels(Example:1829-CTOand1829-W15

willbefoundontheeSupportsite.)

•TheHMMwillhavethe4-digitMTand3-digitCTOmodelonly(Example:1829-CTO).Again,CMVsare

custommodelsandarenotfoundintheHMM.

GeneralAnnounceVariant(GAV)

Thisisastandardmodel(xedconguration).GAVsareannouncedandofferedtoallcustomers.TheMTM

portionofthemachinelabelisa4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,wheremodel=a“xedpartnumber”,not

“CTO”(Example:1829-F1U).Also,PEW,eSupport,andtheHMMwilllisttheseproductsunderthesame

xedmodelnumber.

FRUidenticationforCTO,CMV,andGAVproducts

TherearethreeinformationresourcestoidentifywhichFRUsareusedtosupportCTO,CMV,andGAV

products.ThesesourcesarePEW,eSupport,andtheHMM.

UsingPEW

•PEWistheprimarysourceforidentifyingFRUpartnumbersandFRUdescriptionsforthekeycommodities

forCTO,CMVandGAVproductsataMT-serialnumberlevel.Anexampleofkeycommoditiesarehard

diskdrives,systemboards,microprocessors,LiquidCrystalDisplays(LCDs),andmemory.

•Remember,allCTOandCMVproductsareloadedinPEWunderthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,where

model=“CTO”(Example:1829-CTO).GAVsareloadedinPEWunderthe4-digitMTand3-digitmodel,

wheremodel=a“xedpartnumber”,not“CTO”(Example:1829-F1U).

•PEWcanbeaccessedatthefollowingWebsite:

http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=LOOK-WARNTY

SelectWarrantylookup.InputtheMTandtheSerialnumberandthelistofkeycommoditieswillbe

returnedinthePEWrecordunderCOMPONENTINFORMATION.

UsingeSupport

ForKeyCommodities(Examples-harddiskdrive,systemboard,microprocessor,LCD,andmemory)

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