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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...........................................................................................................4
AUDIENCE ........................................................................................................................................ 4
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................4
OBJECTIVE ...................................................................................................................................... 4
PREREQUISITES ............................................................................................................................. 5
OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................5
COMMON HEADER .......................................................................................................................... 6
INTERNAL AREA .............................................................................................................................. 6
CHASSIS INFO AREA ...................................................................................................................... 6
BOARD INFO AREA ......................................................................................................................... 6
PRODUCT INFO AREA .................................................................................................................... 6
MULTIRECORD AREA ..................................................................................................................... 7
DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................................7
INI FILE STRUCTURE ...................................................................................................................... 7
COMMON HEADER .................................................................................................................................. 7
INTERNAL AREA ...................................................................................................................................... 8
CHASSIS INFO AREA ............................................................................................................................... 8
BOARD INFO AREA .................................................................................................................................. 8
PRODUCT INFO AREA ............................................................................................................................. 9
BUILDING THE FRU BINARY ........................................................................................................... 9
DEPLOYING THE FRU ................................................................................................................... 10
EDITING FRU FIELDS .................................................................................................................... 11
PRODUCTION READY ........................................................................................................... 11
ID MODULE ENGAGEMENT .......................................................................................................... 11
FACTORY RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................. 11
BEYOND INVENTORY AND TRACKING .............................................................................. 12
FACTORY PROCESS ..................................................................................................................... 12
APPLICATION VERIFICATION PROCESS .................................................................................... 13
CHANGE MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................. 13
RE-ACTIVATION ..................................................................................................................................... 13
BAD OEM FRU ........................................................................................................................................ 14