Order fulfillment and installation process

With this background, now we should be able to identify whether AWS Outposts is suitable for our edge solution or use case. Are we ready to go over the AWS Console order and AWS Outposts?

Not quite yet – it is easy to assume that we have fulfilled all the prerequisites for the AWS Outposts rack to be shipped to our facility. AWS Outposts will be dispatched as a fully assembled rack in its entirety instead of sending multiple boxes and assembling them onsite. Also, when the rack is delivered to the customer’s location, it is not rolled into position and left unattended; in fact, it is accompanied by network technicians who will perform sanity checks. We will talk about this in extensive detail in this section.

Let’s begin with this simple fact: suppose that after reading the previous chapters you think it is time to have an Outposts rack in your data center. You read about AWS Outposts – you know what is under...