Status: IN
OpenShift operates through a single operator-driven immutable platform model that recognizes two sanctioned divergence paths — hosted control planes (control/data plane split) and edge/SNO (reduced capability profile) — each requiring distinct operational playbooks while sharing the same underlying operator and update governance.
depth-4 core model + depth-4 divergent topologies combine into a unified platform model with recognized variants (depth-5)
Depends on (SL): operator-driven-immutable-platform-model, alternative-topologies-diverge-from-standard-operations