Factory Express reduces the amount of work needed to deploy hardware by configuring/integrating your hardware at the time of assembly resulting in faster time to solution by fully configuring the rack servers and storage before shipment each with complete with state-of-the-art cable management and asset tags. All of the configuration/integration are done in ISO 9000: 2000 environments, providing quality processes that lead to consistent and more stable configurations.
For example, here is a picture of a delivery of servers and rack components to a customer site which has not used a Factory express option. A lot of time would be taken doing a inventory count and the opening of the many boxes not to mention the removal and disposal of the shipping materials on top of all this as well.Then after all the kit has been accounted for you would need to install all the components for each server and rack - Very time consuming.In this example you can see the same solution but using the Factory express options, as you can see there are a lot less boxes as everything is already installed into the racks.
This would save you or your customer a lot of time and effort in not only the time it takes to unbox everything but to install all the options into the relevant servers etc.
There are many different options you can have for Factory Express, to see these different options and what they involve then please go to http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/99364-0-0-225-121.html
If you are interested in receiving more information on HP's Factory Express service then please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Technical ISS Solutions Team
