Method and system for manufacture of information handling systems from an image cache
First Claim
1. A system for manufacturing information handling systems, each information handling system having one of plural configurations, the system comprising:
- a configuration manager operable to accept plural information handling system orders, each order defining a configuration for an information handling system;
an order analyzer interfaced with the configuration manager and operable to identify one or more of the information handling system configurations for image caching based on one or more predetermined factors, comprising at least the frequency of orders for configurations;
a software burn rack interfaced with the configuration manager and operable to configure software identified by an order on an information handling system; and
an image cache service interfaced with the software burn rack and operable to store an image of an information handling system identified by the order analyzer and configured by the software burn rack.
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Abstract
A method and system for manufacturing information handling systems analyzes orders for information handling system configurations to select one or more configurations for imaging. For instance, frequently ordered configurations or configurations that are time consuming to manufacture are selected for imaging. When an information handling system having a selected configuration is manufactured, an image of the manufactured information handling system is saved in an image cache. Subsequent information handling systems having the selected configuration are manufactured by copying the saved image to the information handling system, thus reducing the time for loading software onto the information handling system.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for manufacturing information handling systems, each information handling system having one of plural configurations, the system comprising:
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a configuration manager operable to accept plural information handling system orders, each order defining a configuration for an information handling system;
an order analyzer interfaced with the configuration manager and operable to identify one or more of the information handling system configurations for image caching based on one or more predetermined factors, comprising at least the frequency of orders for configurations;
a software burn rack interfaced with the configuration manager and operable to configure software identified by an order on an information handling system; and
an image cache service interfaced with the software burn rack and operable to store an image of an information handling system identified by the order analyzer and configured by the software burn rack. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for manufacturing information handling systems, the method comprising:
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analyzing orders for information handling systems to identify one or more information handling system configurations for image caching by determining the frequency of orders for the information handling system configurations and identifying more frequently ordered configurations for image caching;
determining that an information handling system at software load has a configuration identified for image caching;
loading the software on the information handling system;
copying an image of the information handling system to an image cache;
determining that a subsequent information handling system order has the identified configuration; and
copying the image from the image cache to the subsequent information handling system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An image cache for aiding in the manufacture of information handling systems, the image cache comprising:
an image of an information handling system configuration, the configuration selected from plural orders for information handling systems, each of the plural orders having one or plural configurations, the selecting of the configuration based on the frequency of orders for the configuration compared with the frequency for other configurations, the selected image copied from an information handling system manufactured with the selected configuration and operational to copy to an information handling system subsequently built with the selected configuration. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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