diff --git a/cluster-scope/base/core/namespaces/openshift-storage/namespace.yaml b/cluster-scope/base/core/namespaces/openshift-storage/namespace.yaml
index 25809b2c..97363ee0 100644
--- a/cluster-scope/base/core/namespaces/openshift-storage/namespace.yaml
+++ b/cluster-scope/base/core/namespaces/openshift-storage/namespace.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
   name: openshift-storage
+  labels:
+    openshift.io/cluster-monitoring: "true"
 spec: {}
diff --git a/cluster-scope/base/ocs.openshift.io/ocsinitializations/ocsinit/kustomization.yaml b/cluster-scope/base/ocs.openshift.io/ocsinitializations/ocsinit/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4e679f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-scope/base/ocs.openshift.io/ocsinitializations/ocsinit/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+    - ocsinitialization.yaml
diff --git a/cluster-scope/base/ocs.openshift.io/ocsinitializations/ocsinit/ocsinitialization.yaml b/cluster-scope/base/ocs.openshift.io/ocsinitializations/ocsinit/ocsinitialization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50507db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-scope/base/ocs.openshift.io/ocsinitializations/ocsinit/ocsinitialization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: ocs.openshift.io/v1
+kind: OCSInitialization
+metadata:
+  name: ocsinit
+  namespace: openshift-storage
+spec:
+  enableCephTools: true
diff --git a/cluster-scope/base/odf.openshift.io/storageclusters/ocs-external-storagecluster/kustomization.yaml b/cluster-scope/base/odf.openshift.io/storageclusters/ocs-external-storagecluster/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94088800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-scope/base/odf.openshift.io/storageclusters/ocs-external-storagecluster/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+namespace: openshift-storage
+resources:
+    - storagecluster.yaml
diff --git a/cluster-scope/base/odf.openshift.io/storageclusters/ocs-external-storagecluster/storagecluster.yaml b/cluster-scope/base/odf.openshift.io/storageclusters/ocs-external-storagecluster/storagecluster.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf668adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-scope/base/odf.openshift.io/storageclusters/ocs-external-storagecluster/storagecluster.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: ocs.openshift.io/v1
+kind: StorageCluster
+metadata:
+  name: ocs-external-storagecluster
+spec:
+  externalStorage:
+    enable: true
diff --git a/cluster-scope/base/odf.openshift.io/storagesystems/ocs-external-storagecluster-storagesystem/kustomization.yaml b/cluster-scope/base/odf.openshift.io/storagesystems/ocs-external-storagecluster-storagesystem/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b32ae01e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-scope/base/odf.openshift.io/storagesystems/ocs-external-storagecluster-storagesystem/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+namespace: openshift-storage
+resources:
+  - storagesystem.yaml
diff --git a/cluster-scope/base/odf.openshift.io/storagesystems/ocs-external-storagecluster-storagesystem/storagesystem.yaml b/cluster-scope/base/odf.openshift.io/storagesystems/ocs-external-storagecluster-storagesystem/storagesystem.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..995c13ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-scope/base/odf.openshift.io/storagesystems/ocs-external-storagecluster-storagesystem/storagesystem.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: odf.openshift.io/v1alpha1
+kind: StorageSystem
+metadata:
+  name: ocs-external-storagecluster-storagesystem
+spec:
+  kind: storagecluster.ocs.openshift.io/v1
+  name: ocs-external-storagecluster
+  namespace: openshift-storage
diff --git a/cluster-scope/base/storage.k8s.io/storageclasses/ocs-external-storagecluster-ceph-rbd/kustomization.yaml b/cluster-scope/base/storage.k8s.io/storageclasses/ocs-external-storagecluster-ceph-rbd/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0184405f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-scope/base/storage.k8s.io/storageclasses/ocs-external-storagecluster-ceph-rbd/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+    - storageclass.yaml
diff --git a/cluster-scope/base/storage.k8s.io/storageclasses/ocs-external-storagecluster-ceph-rbd/storageclass.yaml b/cluster-scope/base/storage.k8s.io/storageclasses/ocs-external-storagecluster-ceph-rbd/storageclass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea92cfc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-scope/base/storage.k8s.io/storageclasses/ocs-external-storagecluster-ceph-rbd/storageclass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+allowVolumeExpansion: true
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: StorageClass
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    description: Provides RWO Filesystem volumes, and RWO and RWX Block volumes
+    storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class: "true"
+  name: ocs-external-storagecluster-ceph-rbd
+parameters: {}
+provisioner: openshift-storage.rbd.csi.ceph.com
+reclaimPolicy: Delete
+volumeBindingMode: Immediate
diff --git a/cluster-scope/bundles/odf-external/kustomization.yaml b/cluster-scope/bundles/odf-external/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74501dfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-scope/bundles/odf-external/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+- ../odf
+- ../../base/odf.openshift.io/storagesystems/ocs-external-storagecluster-storagesystem
+- ../../base/odf.openshift.io/storageclusters/ocs-external-storagecluster
+- ../../base/storage.k8s.io/storageclasses/ocs-external-storagecluster-ceph-rbd
diff --git a/cluster-scope/bundles/odf/kustomization.yaml b/cluster-scope/bundles/odf/kustomization.yaml
index 97631c5f..f79a3305 100644
--- a/cluster-scope/bundles/odf/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/cluster-scope/bundles/odf/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ resources:
 - ../../base/core/namespaces/openshift-storage
 - ../../base/operators.coreos.com/operatorgroups/openshift-storage
 - ../../base/operators.coreos.com/subscriptions/odf-operator
+- ../../base/ocs.openshift.io/ocsinitializations/ocsinit
diff --git a/cluster-scope/overlays/nerc-ocp-infra/kustomization.yaml b/cluster-scope/overlays/nerc-ocp-infra/kustomization.yaml
index 2f97cc35..fef742c8 100644
--- a/cluster-scope/overlays/nerc-ocp-infra/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/cluster-scope/overlays/nerc-ocp-infra/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ resources:
 - ../common
 - ../../bundles/openshift-gitops
 - ../../bundles/acm
-- ../../bundles/odf
 - ../../base/operator.openshift.io/networks/cluster
+- ../../bundles/odf-external
 - clusterversion.yaml
 - machineconfigs/disable-net-ifnames.yaml
 - machineconfigs/mellanox-udev-rules