Generating Models Of Data Center Fabrics

One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more hardware processors, cause performance of a set of operations comprising:

• instantiating a fabric model entity comprising a data structure representing a model of a data center fabric, the fabric model entity comprising (a) a first group entity representing at least a first set of device model entities corresponding to a first portion of the model and (b) a second group entity representing at least a second set of device model entities corresponding to a second portion of the model;
• selecting at least one linking rule that defines one or more criteria for linking the first set of device model entities of the first group entity to the second set of device model entities of the second group entity;
• based on the at least one linking rule, instantiating, in the model, at least one linking entity that defines a set of links between the first set of device model entities of the first group entity and the second set of device model entities of the second group entity,
• wherein the set of links defined by the at least one linking entity comprises, for each device model entity of the first set of device model entities, at least one link with at least one device model entity, of the second set of device model entities.

A system comprising:

• one or more hardware processors;
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• instantiating a fabric model entity comprising a data structure representing a model of a data center fabric, the fabric model entity comprising (a) a first group entity representing at least a first set of device model entities corresponding to a first portion of the model and (b) a second group entity representing at least a second set of device model entities corresponding to a second portion of the model;
• selecting at least one linking rule that defines one or more criteria for linking the first set of device model entities of the first group entity to the second set of device model entities of the second group entity;
• based on the at least one linking rule, instantiating, in the model, at least one linking entity that defines a set of links between the first set of device model entities of the first group entity and the second set of device model entities of the second group entity,
• wherein the set of links defined by the at least one linking entity comprises, for each device model entity of the first set of device model entities, at least one link with at least one device model entity, of the second set of device model entities.