Ahmet Ö.
Corporate
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In industrial automation, interoperable lifecycle management is critical for coordinating distributed control infrastructure in multi-vendor environments. In this context, through a collaboration between ASRock Industrial and Collaborative Systems Integration (CSI), O-PAS™ compliant system management was validated using the iEP-7020E industrial edge platform and the AiSMA management framework.
### System Management Validation for Distributed Control Environments
The collaboration focused on validating the system management architecture in accordance with the requirements of the Open Process Automation Standard (O-PAS™). This standard was developed by the Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF) and the Coalition of Open Process Automation (COPA).
The validation demonstrated a system management approach for Distributed Control Nodes (DCNs) operating in open and software-defined industrial automation environments. It also confirmed compliance with O-PAS™ Part 5 system management conditions, supporting interoperable deployment models for multi-vendor control systems.
This architecture is suitable for process industries such as energy, chemical, and manufacturing, addressing distributed control systems based on open automation and vendor-neutral integration strategies.
### Redfish-Based Lifecycle Management for Industrial Infrastructure
Central to the validation was the integration of the ASRock Industrial iEP-7020E industrial edge computer with the AiSMA (ASRock Industrial System Management Architecture) lifecycle management framework, which is based on the Redfish® standard.
This combined system supports functions such as hardware discovery, automated configuration, software validation, and real-time event monitoring across heterogeneous industrial computing systems. Through Redfish®-based orchestration, it enables standard management workflows across hardware platforms.
The validation also yielded benefits such as reducing the need for manual configuration, shortening deployment time for each control node, and increasing lifecycle management visibility in distributed infrastructure. These features reflect the needs of industrial edge computing applications.
### Supporting Scalable Open Automation Architectures
This validation demonstrated that standards-based system management can support the scalable deployment of distributed control infrastructure while maintaining interoperability between control applications, network components, and hardware platforms.
Furthermore, the collaboration establishes a reference model for implementing lifecycle management in O-PAS™ compliant automation architectures and supports repeatable and reliable deployment strategies for open industrial control systems.
