Configuring system resources for different reference architectures

A system for configuring system resources, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• receive a specification of an intent that identifies a desired service and a reference architecture, wherein the specification of the intent identifies a computer network topology to be implemented for connections between a plurality of computer networking devices;
• and
• render the desired service to automatically provide instructions for dispatch to the plurality of computer networking devices having roles, wherein the plurality of devices includes a plurality of computer networking switches to be configured using at least a portion the automatically provided instructions and the plurality of computer networking switches are configured using at least a portion the automatically provided instructions;
• wherein rendering the desired service includes automatically selecting among a plurality of service rendering program functions a subset of one or more service rendering program functions based on the reference architecture and a role of a specific device within the reference architecture and invoking the selected subset of one or more service rendering program functions;
• and
• wherein a specification of a new reference architecture allows the new reference architecture to be implemented utilizing at least a portion of the same plurality of computer networking devices configured using a new set of one or more service rendering program functions selected among the plurality of service rendering program functions based on the new reference architecture and a role of a specific device within the new reference architecture;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

A computer program product for configuring system resources, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• receiving a specification of an intent that identifies a desired service and a reference architecture, wherein the specification of the intent identifies a computer network topology to be implemented for connections between a plurality of computer networking devices;
• and
• rendering the desired service to automatically provide instructions for dispatch to the plurality of computer networking devices having roles, wherein the plurality of devices includes a plurality of computer networking switches to be configured using at least a portion the automatically provided instructions and the plurality of computer networking switches are configured using at least a portion the automatically provided instructions;
• wherein rendering the desired service includes automatically selecting among a plurality of service rendering program functions a subset of one or more service rendering program functions based on the reference architecture and a role of a specific device within the reference architecture and invoking the selected subset of one or more service rendering program functions;
• and
• wherein a specification of a new reference architecture allows the new reference architecture to be implemented utilizing at least a portion of the same plurality of computer networking devices configured using a new set of one or more service rendering program functions selected among the plurality of service rendering program functions based on the new reference architecture and a role of a specific device within the new reference architecture.