Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Cosmos Overview/Concepts

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May 8, 2020, 11:37:38 PM (4 years ago)

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-== Concepts ==
-=== Domains ===
-=== Sites ===
-=== Nodes ===
-=== Reservations ===
-=== Images ===
-=== Experiments / Tutorials ===
+== Concepts
+This is a brief overview of the main concepts and terms needed to follow [wiki:CosmosOverview/Workflow]
+
+=== Resources
+Everything that Experimenters can interact with is referred to as a [wiki:Resources Resource]
+
+To run an experiment, you will configure the resources that you need.
+
+This includes:
+* Compute machines
+  * capable of having disk images loaded and saved
+  * users can log into them with ssh after provisioning
+* Software Defined Radios
+  * FPGA images loaded with UHD
+  * Radio paramaters controlled with UHD or other API
+* RF Frontends
+  * api to control switches, filters, and gain
+* Network switches
+  * connectivity defined with API
+* Optical Devices
+  * space switch, roadms, and other devices controlled with optical config service
+  
+
+Note, some resources will fall into more than one of the above categories, such as a compute machine with integrated SDR, like the [wiki:Hardware/sdr/usrp2974 USRP 2974]
+
+=== Domains
+Resources are grouped under Domains. Each domain won't interfere with any others, and they are reserved completely separately.
+
+The hardware in a domain may span several sites.
+
+=== Sites
+Physically separate locations where hardware is installed. This may refer
+=== Nodes
+=== Reservations
+=== Images
+Images refer to a full disk image, that can be loaded onto, or saved from the testbed machines.
+
+For instructions on how to work with images, refer to [wiki:UserGuide/OmfQuickStart]
+
+For details on the available images, Refer to [wiki:UserGuide/ImageVersions]
+=== Tutorials