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diff --git a/docs/specification/objectives.rst b/docs/specification/objectives.rst index 53423882..efa69ed5 100644 --- a/docs/specification/objectives.rst +++ b/docs/specification/objectives.rst @@ -1,19 +1,20 @@ Objectives / Scope ------------------- -The Pharos specification defines the OPNFV hardware environment -upon which the OPNFV Brahmaputra platform release can be deployed -on and tested. This specification defines: +The **Pharos Specification** defines a hardware environment for deployment and testing of the **Brahmaputra** +platform release. The **Pharos Project** is also responsible for defining lab capabilities, developing +management/usage policies and process; and a support plan for reliable access to project and release resources. +Community labs are provided as a service by companies and are not controlled by Pharos however our objective is +to provide easy visibility of all lab capabilities and their usage at all-times. -- A secure, scalable, standard and HA environment -- Supports the full Brahmaputra deployment lifecycle (this requires a bare metal environment) +Pharos lab infrastructure has the following objectives: +- Provides secure, scalable, standard and HA environments for feature development +- Supports the full Brahmaputra deployment lifecycle (this requires a **bare-metal** environment) - Supports functional and performance testing of the Brahmaputra release -- Provides mechanisms and procedures for secure remote access to the test environment +- Provides mechanisms and procedures for secure remote access to Pharos compliant environments for OPNFV community -Deploying Brahmaputra in a Virtualized environment is possible -and will be useful, however it does not provide a fully -featured deployment and test environment for the Brahmaputra -release of OPNFV. +Deploying Brahmaputra in a Virtualized environment is possible and will be useful, however it does not provide a fully +featured deployment and realistic test environment for the Brahmaputra release of OPNFV. The high level architecture is outlined in the following diagram: |