US Business Partners and Distributors submitting orders through the B2B or Partner Commerce Server ordering path - follow Steps 1 through 3 (Single Submit process).

All Other Customers - follow Steps 1 through 6 (Dual Submit process)

1. Establish your customer's placement requirements for their new server. Use the CSP and LPAR Planning Guide ( 524KB) to define your plans.
2. Design and establish your placement requirements and create your proposed system using:
   1. SPT for planning and eConfig for order creation
          Or
   2. eConfig to define both placement and order creation. This assumes you have completed placement planning prior to use of eConfig.
   3. Final planning and design of your system must be completed prior to ordering the server.
3. Submit your order to IBM.
   
   (US Business Partners and Distributors end here)
   
   
4. Record the IBM plant order numbers that are assigned and returned to you.
5. Enter this information into the LPAR/CSP Order Completion Form
   • Authentication using an IBM Partner World ID ( Registration for Partner World) is required to submit this form
   • The eConfig created _.cfr output file (CFReport) must be attached to the LPAR/CSP Order Completion Form.
   • Do not attach the SPT created _.cfr file to the Order Completion Form. Only the eConfig created and validated _.cfr file contains the required placement information.
6. Submit the Order Completion Form
   • If you change the order, the placement or LPAR design, you may be required to resubmit both the order and the CFReport (_.cfr). This insures correct placement definitions are provided to IBM manufacturing. The marketing configurator (eConfig) output and your order must be kept synchronized.