Network service integration into a network fabric of a data center

A system, comprising:

• at least one processing device;
• and
• memory containing instructions configured to instruct the at least one processing device to:
• cause a display, in a user interface of a client device, of a plurality of service provider options and a plurality of service options to be provided by each service provider of the plurality of service provider options;
• receive, by a first computing device from a client device, a first selection of a first service provider from the plurality of service provider options and a second selection of a first service from the plurality of service options to be provided by the first service provider,
• wherein the first service provided by the first provider is a different provider than a data center provider of a data center;
• in response to receiving the first selection, send, by the first computing device to a second computing device associated with the first service provider, first data regarding establishing a connection over a network fabric of the data center for providing access to the first service by a server associated with the client device that is mounted in a rack of the data center,
• wherein the connection is to be established between the second computing device and the server associated with the client device, and
• receive, by the first computing device from the second computing device, a confirmation to proceed with establishing the connection;
• in response to receiving the confirmation to proceed with the establishing of the connection, create at least one virtual network in the network fabric as part of the connection according to a policy specified by the second computing device, and group the at least one virtual network according to a function type of the at least one virtual network;
• and
• connect, in response to receiving the confirmation, the at least one virtual network to the server of the rack associated with the client device by configuring a top-of-rack switch of the rack to connect the top-of-rack switch to the at least one virtual network so that the server of the rack associated with the client device can access the first service via the top-of-rack switch such that the first service is integrated into services of the data center.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed on at least one processing device, cause the at least one processing device to at least:

• cause a display, in a user interface of a client device, of a plurality of service provider options and a plurality of service options to be provided by each service provider of the plurality of service provider options;
• receive, by a first computing device from a client device, a selection of a first service provider from the plurality of service provider options and a second selection of a first service from the plurality of service options to be provided by the first service provider,
• wherein the service provided by the first service provider is a different provider than a data center provider of a data center;
• in response to receiving the selection, send, by the first computing device to a second computing device associated with the first service provider, data regarding establishing a connection over a network fabric of the data center for providing access to the service by a server associated with the client device that is mounted in a rack of the data center,
• wherein the connection is to be established between the second computing device and the server associated with the client device, and
• receive, by the first computing device from the second computing device, a confirmation to proceed with establishing the connection;
• in response to receiving the confirmation to proceed with the establishing of the connection, create at least one virtual network in the network fabric as part of the connection according to a policy specified by the second computing device, and group the at least one virtual network according to a function type of the at least one virtual network;
• and
• connect, in response to receiving the confirmation, the at least one virtual network to the server of the rack associated with the client device by configuring a top-of-rack switch of the rack to connect the top-of-rack switch to the at least one virtual network.