Your IT teams face a daunting challenge: build a modern data center architecture for your mission-critical environment – on time and on budget.
IDCS from SHI helps you turn your complexities into easy wins:
• Accelerate your time-to-market with end-to-end integration.
• Seamlessly deploy new technologies and future-proof infrastructure.
• Cut costs and eliminate delays by mitigating supply chain issues.
Step 1:
Solution design
When you work with SHI, you tap into almost 20 years of proven data center integration experience. Whether you’re starting from scratch or fine-tuning established architecture, our IDCS experts design custom solutions that:
• Plug and play with your existing infrastructure.
• Future-proof your systems with cutting-edge technology.
• Maximize ROI and cost efficiency.
Step 2:
Solution validation
SHI leaves no stone unturned. We perform rigorous quality assurance tests to ensure every detail of your data center solution meets your performance and functionality requirements. Our experts will:
• Identify interoperability and compatibility risks.
• Match and validate requirements.
• Verify performance certification, such as latency, PUE, and cooling.
Physical
Step 3:
Supply chain management
SHI utilizes just-in-time and just-in-case supply chain management and forecasting to:
• Eliminate component bottlenecks.
• Decrease "empty cage" costs by as much as 50%.
• Reduce inventory aging and holding costs.
Step 4:
Planning
Our experienced IDCS project managers handle production planning using comprehensive resources and logistics information to:
• Guarantee we meet your timelines.
• Optimize production, maximize efficiency.
• Maintain the highest quality standards.
Integrated data center solutions (IDCS)
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Step 5:
Staging
SHI IDCS engineers and technicians pick all the inventory required for a build.
Our team will:
• Verify all components match your solution requirements.
• Move inventory into our Integration Center.
• Assign the inventory to a dedicated and secure build room.
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Step 6:
Rack production
Our certified build technicians, system engineers, and quality control technicians collaborate to build your solution. Our teams utilize agile methodologies to:
• Leverage just-in-time production.
• Reduce configuration times.
• Accelerate time-to-market.
Step 7:
Supermarket
If you leverage SHI for frequent, standardized builds, you can deploy pre-configured solutions within days through our "supermarket" model, which includes:
Step 8:
Shipment
Whether you require a single-stack solution or you’re deploying hundreds of fully configured racks across multiple sites, SHI’s integrated data center solutions (IDCS) get it done – all while reducing build costs by as much as 30%.
Our technicians expertly design, build, configure, test, and validate your data center rack configurations. And with custom crating, we securely ship fully configured racks directly to your data center. Plug them in, connect them to your network, and you’re ready to go.
Summary
Ordering
We work closely with OEM vendors to ensure a seamless supply chain process.
Partner with vetted carriers that adhere to guaranteed
delivery SLAs.
Work with customs agencies across North and South
America, Europe, and Asia.
Ensure on-time delivery of fully configured plug-and-play
data center solutions.
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Server, storage, and networking
Layer 0
Solution scope
Our experts use a structured process to:
• Assess your infrastructure and use cases.
• Design elements for interoperability.
• Enhance performance and maximize efficiency.
At Layer 0, every detail impacts long-term performance. Our team’s meticulous approach enables faster deployments, less downtime, and better infrastructure upkeep.
Our experts will:
• Fully assess your infrastructure specs.
• Create detailed mappings of power and network connections.
• Maximize cooling and airflow management.
• Carefully plan power and PDU optimization.
Our scoping process maps your environment in a matter of weeks, cutting your deployment time in half.
We handle every detail, including:
• Labeling and configuration.
• Detailed system requirements.
• Seamless, rapid provisioning.
Logical
Electrical
Solution
blueprint
Our team prioritizes the safety and functionality of your rack setup, verifying:
• Your rack can accommodate all required components.
• Cable lengths are optimized for routing and airflow.
We review your configuration for precision and optimization, confirming:
• Port mapping and network configuration logic.
• Interoperability among all hardware and software components.
While assessing your power needs, including country of deployment and data center specifications, we conduct:
• PDU load balance certifications.
• Cooling and airflow assessments.
• Heat displacement measurements.
Our team delivers a final design of your data center solution for review, including:
• A solution map of all physical, logical, and electrical elements.
• Validation of performance, latency, PUE, and interoperability.
Tracking
We track and monitor every step of the inbound shipment process, from order placement to final delivery.
Inventory monitoring
By diligently monitoring inventory levels, we can proactively address shortages and issues.
This includes:
• Real-time ETA updates.
• Guaranteed timelines and build schedules.
• Lowered carrying costs.
Our team:
• Immediately notifies you of any forecasted delays.
• Performs inventory matching for all assets.
• Swiftly acts against any issues or discrepancies.
We perform:
• Lead time analysis.
• Vendor performance monitoring.
• Stock level and replenishment management.
Materials
Resources
Logistics
Change
management
Every line item impacts your build timeline. To avoid holdups, our experts ensure component alignment with your schedule to:
• Create just-in-time production timelines.
• Thoroughly plan each component and project stage.
Materials
SHI won’t let your projects get stuck behind a production queue.
To ensure your builds stay on track, we:
• Secure and assign engineers and technicians early on.
• Allocate resource bandwidth to meet your timelines.
Resources
Fast shipments can make the difference between an on-time
project and a late one.
We handle delivery logistics by:
• Coordinating with OEMs and carriers for just-in-time production.
• Working with customs and carriers to deliver directly to your data center.
Logistics
When plans change, you need an agile partner who can
adapt on the fly.
SHI can accommodate you by:
• Incorporating changes to your business priorities.
• Performing physical, logistical, and electrical change requests.
• Integrating next-generation technology.
Change management
No matter the size or depth of your projects, we carefully pick and stage all hardware and components.
Validate
Prior to production, we match all serial numbers, part numbers, and quantities to the solution manifest.
Remediate
Our warehouse and solution teams immediately rectify any discrepancies.
When building out your solution, our experts:
• Assemble all hardware into the server cabinet, including cabling and PDUs.
• Apply asset tags and labels to all devices and cabling.
After the initial build process, we ensure the rack meets your physical specs while adhering to the solution design and all quality standards.
Once the rack passes our first quality check, our engineers:
• Load the OS and all software and firmware.
• Perform burn-in and component tests.
• Stress test according to your desired specifications.
With software in place, we run diagnostics, looking for any log errors, data errors, or amber lights.
SHI’s IDCS team adheres to a 99.999% quality rating for all components. To pass our final quality check, servers need to be perfect – not just by our standards, but by yours, too.
We can give you remote access to inspect your build, validate the configuration, and confirm performance meets your requirements.
We ship your servers securely and safely with all necessary data to get started, including:
• Capturing detailed photos and a manifest of asset tags and serial numbers.
• Serializing and fingerprinting our crates.
• Outfitting our crates with tamper-proof security, moisture monitoring, and g-force protection.
Build
First
quality check
Configuration
Second
quality check
Final
quality check
Photos
and crating
360° virtual tour
Solution
design
System
validation
Supply chain
management
Planning
Staging
Rack
production
The
supermarket
Shipment
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Pre-ordering standardized hardware, software, rack, and
cable components.
Pre-installing, configuring, testing, and quality checking your builds.
Customizing your configuration based on data center power and network requirements.
With six global Integration Centers servicing customers across four continents, SHI’s shipping and logistics teams:
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