Implementing an Operating Platform
We refer to the operating platform as the foundation for an ISP. There are many things involved in preparing to implement the operating platform, such as allocating space at the datacenter for racks, ensuring that there is enough air ventilation, appropriate temperature control, and enough power distribution for the servers, etc. These tasks all deal with the physical aspects of the data center and are beyond the scope of this book. For purposes of implementing an operating platform for an architecture design, we focus on network and system components.
To implement the operating platform, install and configure all the networking components. These components include console servers, routers, switches, load balancers, ...
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