Status: IN
Bare metal edge deployments represent the maximum divergence from the standard OpenShift operational model: they combine full-stack infrastructure specialization (BMC, Ironic, MetalLB) with topology-specific constraints (SNO limitations, ZTP fleet management, TALM update gating), requiring the most specialized operational playbook of any deployment pattern.
depth-5 synthesis — bare-metal edge compounds both infrastructure and topology divergences simultaneously
Depends on (SL): alternative-topologies-diverge-from-standard-operations, bare-metal-edge-requires-full-stack-specialization