Patent ID: 8055875

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; a partition wizard residing in the memory and executed by the at least one processor, the partition wizard receiving a set of system requirements and automatically generating therefrom a solution profile that specifies a combination of hardware and software in a plurality of logical partitions that satisfies the set of system requirements; an order processing system that receives the solution profile from the partition wizard and generates therefrom an order for a target computer system that includes all hardware and software specified in the solution profile; a hardware management console that receives the solution profile from the partition wizard and automatically creates the plurality of logical partitions on the target computer system; an operating system install engine that automatically installs an operating system in each of the plurality of logical partitions as specified in the solution profile; and a software install engine that automatically installs software in the plurality of logical partitions as specified in the solution profile.