Strategy For Replacing Frus For Cto, Cmv, And Gav; Product Definition; Fru Identification For Cto, Cmv, And Gav Products - Lenovo ThinkPad T61 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, and GAV

Product definition

Dynamic Configure To Order (CTO)
Custom Model Variant (CMV)
General Announce Variant (GAV)

FRU identification for CTO, CMV, and GAV products

There are three information resources to identify which FRUs are used to support
CTO, CMV, and GAV products. These sources are PEW, eSupport, and the HMM.
Using PEW
This provides the ability for a customer to configure an IBM
solution from an eSite, and have this configuration sent to fulfillment,
where it is built and shipped directly to the customer. The machine label,
Product Entitlement Warehouse (PEW), eSupport, and the HMM will load
these products as the 4-digit MT and 3-digit model, where model = "CTO"
(Example: 1829-CTO).
This is a unique configuration that has been negotiated between IBM or
Lenovo and the customer. A unique 4-digit MT and 3-digit model is
provided to the customer to place orders (Example: 1829-W15). A CMV is a
special bid offering. Therefore, it is NOT generally announced.
v The MTM portion of the machine label is the 4-digit MT and 3-digit
model, where model = "CTO" (Example: 1829-CTO). The PRODUCT ID
portion of the machine label is the 4-digit MT and 3-digit CMV model
(Example: 1829-W15).
v The PEW record is the 4-digit MT and 3-digit model, where model =
"CTO" (Example: 1829-CTO).
v eSupport will show both the CTO and CMV machine type models
(Example: 1829-CTO and 1829-W15 will be found on the eSupport site.)
v The HMM will have the 4-digit MT and 3-digit CTO model only
(Example: 1829-CTO). Again, CMVs are custom models and are not
found in the HMM.
This is a standard model (fixed configuration). GAVs are announced and
offered to all customers. The MTM portion of the machine label is a 4-digit
MT and 3-digit model, where model = a "fixed part number", not "CTO"
(Example: 1829-F1U). Also, PEW, eSupport, and the HMM will list these
products under the same fixed model number.
v PEW is the primary source for identifying FRU part numbers and FRU
descriptions for the key commodities for CTO, CMV and GAV products
at a MT - serial number level. An example of key commodities are hard
disk drives, system boards, microprocessors, Liquid Crystal Displays
(LCDs), and memory.
v Remember, all CTO and CMV products are loaded in PEW under the
4-digit MT and 3-digit model, where model = "CTO" (Example:
1829-CTO). GAVs are loaded in PEW under the 4-digit MT and 3-digit
model, where model = a "fixed part number", not "CTO" (Example:
1829-F1U).
v PEW can be accessed at the following Web site: http://w3-3.ibm.com/
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