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The telecommunications industry has gone through a tremendous shift from the traditional "black box" networking architecture to an open and competitive networking architecture. This new architecture is based on the latest hardware in the distributed computing space alongside a transition to a container-based orchestration layer. While these changes allow for a more robust and adaptable infrastructure design, they raise concerns about the cost and risk associated with adopting a fundamentally different networking design and topology. Dell Technologies and OpenShift Container Platform have jointly provided a validated solution that supports low-latency infrastructure, accelerated networking processing, and the ability to run virtual machines alongside containers in both the core data center and at the edge. The solution also supports compute nodes at the edge.