Frequently Asked Questions


Base Capabilities

Current Tools

What DCSC offers

Limited by…

LESC

OnLine CTO Servers, Networking,   Storage, Services

Online MTM + Options

Haswell Products

SSCT (Offline MTM + Options)

Current OnLine into Offline tool.

Offline MTM + Options

ThinkServer

x-config (Offline General Purpose)

OnLine or Offline CTO Servers, Networking, Storage, Racks.

 

x-config (Offline Clusters)

NOT Cluster Enabled.

ONLY Single Rack Solutions, including within rack cabling.

CrossRacking and Point to Point cabling.

 

Products

Features

User Experience Key Capabilities

Benefit

Responsive UI (User Interface)

Responsive UI will adapt the DCSC UI for different screen resolutions & devices

System Builder

Providing a 2D view with drag and drop capability, which will provide better user experience and provide configuration efficiency

Save Configuration

Save configuration, helping the user easily reuse and/or update a previous configuration

Multi-Product UI (User Interface)

Enhanced UI appearance for building a multi-product solution, which provides easy-to-use configuration capability

Auto Complete Search

Auto complete search capability on Homepage, provides model number search and model category search, allowing for quick-search capability

Recommendations

Product and Option level recommendations will provide ability to easily add additional Lenovo recommended products

Country Settings

Country setting on top right corner on Home page will provide easy-to change country/language/currency capability

Tabs/Sub-Tabs

Tabs & Sub-Tabs in the UI for better classification of Hardware and Software

Comparison

Feature

LESC

SSCT

X-Config

DCSC.

All offerings & solutions

Limited (1)

Limited (1)

Limited (2)

✔ (1)

Offline mode


(Not xConfig Equiv)

Attach recommendations

User personalization

Memory configurator

Guided software configuration

Error Mgmt – GreyOut & Expert Mode

Server placement within Rack

Limited

System Builder

Auto-complete search

Sort Commodity List

Limited (3)

Limited (3)

Limited (3)

Power capacity planner

Limited

Multi-product / Express UI

Hard Coded (3)

Hard Coded (3)

✓ (3)

Integrated to quote tools

CRM, LBP, LMS

CRM, LBP, LMS

  1. No HPC capability
  2. No MTM + Options
  3. IT enablement required for new products
  4. CPQ integration date may vary by geo