What must be ready before equipment arrives?
Delivered is not the same as ready. A GPU server can sit unused because power, cooling, management access, or software is unfinished.
One missing dependency blocks the next
- Switch power ready
Approved installation and validation
- Management path ready
Connectivity and addressing verified
- Software provisioning
Can now reach the machines
- Workload acceptance
Still requires its own evidence
Make the dependency visible
“Hardware arrived” is one milestone. “Safe to commission” and “accepted for workloads” are later milestones.
For each, name the required evidence and owner. If provisioning needs a management switch, and that switch lacks power, the compute team is blocked even if its own installation work is ready.
Check the handoffs
Review delivery access, mounting, power, cooling, network ports, addresses, supported software, monitoring, and support access.
A temporary workaround needs an owner and an end condition. Do not hide an unresolved safety requirement inside a “mostly complete” status.
This is planning work. Qualified teams must carry out lifting, electrical, and coolant activities.
Try it yourself
Servers arrived, but cooling commissioning and management addressing remain incomplete. Write a three-sentence update.
Check your answer
Delivery is complete, but commissioning is blocked. Cooling validation and management addressing need named owners. A workload-ready date depends on evidence that those dependencies are resolved.