Open Distributed Infrastructure Management - ODIM

The evolution of the Telecom network to 5G and Edge Computing requires IT compute, storage and networking infrastructure from multiple vendors to be deployed across potentially thousands of geographically distributed and diverse points of presence, including central offices, cell tower huts, wiring closets as well as traditional data centers. This sharply contrasts with the comparatively few homogeneous hyper-scale data centers of the cloud service providers. Telecom operators are demanding open, scalable infrastructure management for this distributed multi-vendor infrastructure based on widely adopted industry standards. In this paper, we are addressing these unique challenges through an open-source, Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Redfish®[1] based Resource Aggregation function, helping create a vibrant open-source infrastructure management community around the Resource Aggregator will allow in the building of next-generation telecommunications and other highly distributed networks.