Software deployment over communication fabrics

A method, comprising:

• presenting a user interface configured to receive instructions related to deployment of software to compute units;
• receiving user selections of a software element for deployment to a compute unit comprising a processing element and a storage element;
• responsive to the user selections, instructing a management processor of a communication fabric to deploy the software element for use by the compute unit by at least establishing a first partitioning in the communication fabric between the management processor and the storage element, deploying the software element to the storage element using the first partitioning, de-establishing the first partitioning, and establishing a second partitioning in the communication fabric between the processing element and the storage element comprising the software element, wherein the processing element operates using the software element.

A user interface system, comprising:

• a user interface configured to receive instructions related to deployment of software to compute units;
• the user interface configured to receive user selections of a software element for deployment to a compute unit comprising a processing element and a storage element;
• a control interface configured to, responsive to the user selections, instruct a management processor of a communication fabric to deploy the software element for use by the compute unit by at least establishing a first partitioning in the communication fabric between the management processor and the storage element, deploying the software element to the storage element using the first partitioning, de-establishing the first partitioning, and establishing a second partitioning in the communication fabric between the processing element and the storage element comprising the software element, wherein the processing element operates using the software element.