Techniques for computing resource discovery and management

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a controller, an indication that a computing resource has been added to a system of configurable computing resources;
• querying a service processor for the computing resource to discover capabilities associated with the computing resource and obtain a uniform resource locator (URL) to access additional information for the discovered capabilities;
• accessing the additional information using the URL;
• and
• retrieving one or more management application plugins or extensions for the controller to manage, control or advertise the discovered capabilities.

At least one machine readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed by a controller for a system of configurable computing resources causes the controller to:

• receive an indication that a computing resource has been added to the system;
• query the computing resource to discover capabilities associated with the computing resource and obtain a uniform resource locator (URL) to access additional information for the discovered capabilities;
• access the additional information using the URL;
• and
• retrieve one or more management application plugins or extensions for the controller to manage, control or advertise the discovered capabilities.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving, at a controller, an indication that a computing resource has been added to a system of configurable computing resources;
• means for querying a service processor for the computing resource to discover capabilities associated with the computing resource and obtain a uniform resource locator (URL) to access additional information for the discovered capabilities;
• means for accessing the additional information using the URL;
• and
• means for retrieving one or more management application plugins or extensions for the controller to manage, control or advertise the discovered capabilities.