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Architectural Track // Pillar 05

Sovereign Infrastructure

Tagline: Controlling the Silicon.

Master the physics of the stack. A deterministic guide for navigating Bare Metal Orchestration, Root-of-Trust, and Regional Control.

Foundation

Level 100: Bare Metal

  • Silicon Ownership: Dedicated CPUs vs. vCPU oversubscription logic.
  • Capacity Planning: Managing physical power density and rack units.
  • Hardware Discovery: Utilizing IPMI and PXE for initial provisioning.

Architect’s Verdict: Sovereignty is not a policy; it is a physical state rooted in silicon ownership.

Intermediate

Level 200: Out-of-Band Mgmt

  • BMC Governance: Securing the Baseboard Management Controller.
  • API Orchestration: Utilizing Redfish for automated hardware lifecycle.
  • Fabric Isolation: Creating air-gapped management networks for OOB access.
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Architect’s Verdict: The management plane is the most vulnerable layer; isolate it or lose control.

Advanced

Level 300: Root-of-Trust

  • TPM 2.0 Logic: Anchoring identity to physical security modules.
  • Measured Boot: Establishing the software chain-of-trust from Power-On.
  • Physical Sovereignty: Hardening the perimeter against local access threats.

Architect’s Verdict: If the software isn’t verified by the hardware, the stack is non-deterministic.

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