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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
+.. Copyright (C) 2019 highstreet technologies and others
+
+OAM Operation and Maintenance Overview
+======================================
+
+The O-RAN SC OAM provides administrative and operator
+functions for O-RAN components, such as Near-Realtime-RAN-Inelegent-Controller,
+O-RAN Centralized Unit, O-RAN Distributed Unit and O-RAN Radio Unit. 
+
+The project follows the specifications for the O1 interface as provided by
+O-RAN Working Group1. 
+
+
+Project Resources
+-----------------
+
+The source code is available from the Linux Foundation Gerrit server:
+
+    `<https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/oam>`_
+
+The build (CI) jobs are in the Linux Foundation Jenkins server:
+
+    `<https://jenkins.o-ran-sc.org/view/oam/>`_
+
+Issues are tracked in the Linux Foundation Jira server:
+
+    `<https://jira.o-ran-sc.org/projects/OAM/>`_
+
+Project information is available in the Linux Foundation Wiki:
+
+    `<https://wiki.o-ran-sc.org/display/OAM/Operations+and+Maintenance>`_
+
+
+Scope
+-----
+
+According to the O-RAN-SC-OAM-Architecture document all ManagedElements 
+(near-real-time-RIC, O-CU-CP, O-CU-UP, O-DU and O-RU) implement the 
+O1-interface.
+
+The O-RAN-OAM-interface specification defines
+
+- a NetConf-Server for Configuration Management (CM) and
+- a http-client for Fault Managment (FM), Performance Management (PM) and other 
+  events on each Management-Service-Provider (MnS-Provider) running on the 
+  ManagedElement (ME).
+
+THe O-RAN-SC-OAM project provides reference implementation according to the 
+O-RAN OAM (WG1) documents. In addition we provide a common MnS-Consumer for 
+development and module test purposes.  The assumption is that the projects 
+for the ManagedElements can concentrate on the more important user-plane.
+
+Of cause each project needs its own OAM repo to address the specific needs 
+of the ManagedElement.