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 +====== Bare-Metal Infrastructure ======
  
 +[[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:start|Go up to Terms and Definitions]]
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 +===== Discussion =====
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 +Bare-Metal Infrastructure consists of physical computing resources on which an operating system, platform, or workload operates without an intervening server-virtualization hypervisor.
 +
 +Bare-Metal Infrastructure can include:
 +
 +  * Physical servers
 +  * Processors and memory
 +  * Local and attached storage
 +  * Physical network interfaces
 +  * Network switches and supporting network services
 +  * Hardware security devices
 +  * Accelerators and specialized processing devices
 +  * Firmware and hardware-management interfaces
 +
 +Bare-Metal Infrastructure can exist within an organization-controlled data center, colocation facility, edge location, laboratory, secure facility, or Cloud Provider environment.
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 +Within Crucible, Bare-Metal Infrastructure can serve as a [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:deployment_platform|Deployment Platform]] on which Crucible provisions operating systems, platform software, security controls, compliance controls, and supporting services directly onto physical computing resources.
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 +===== Definition =====
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 +*physical computing infrastructure on which an operating system, platform, or workload operates without an intervening server-virtualization hypervisor*
 +
 +===== Source =====
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 +  * [[https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/bare-metal?topic=bare-metal-about-bm|IBM, Bare Metal Server Options]]
 +  * [[https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/bare-metal-dedicated-servers|IBM, What Is a Bare-Metal Server?]]
 +
 +===== Note =====
 +
 +Bare-Metal Infrastructure does not necessarily mean infrastructure located on premises. A Cloud Provider can provide dedicated bare-metal servers as a managed or on-demand service.
 +
 +The absence of a server-virtualization hypervisor does not prohibit container runtimes, operating-system virtualization, orchestration platforms, hardware-management controllers, or other software layers.
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 +Bare-Metal Infrastructure can host Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform or another platform layer.
 +
 +===== Example =====
 +
 +Crucible provisions an approved operating-system image, network configuration, storage configuration, security controls, compliance controls, and platform services directly onto a physical server without first creating a virtual machine.
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