System configuration management using encapsulation and discovery

A system for configuration management, comprising:

• a processor that executes the following computer executable components stored in a memory:
• a discovery manager component that identifies a set of features associated with a first electronic control unit, wherein features included in the set of features comprise encapsulated functions;
• and
• a unit manager component that enables, on a second electronic control unit, a first control associated with a first feature included in the set of features based on a determination that at least one control for the first feature is not enabled on the second electronic control unit.

A computer-readable storage device storing executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations for configuration management, the operations comprising:

• initiating a discovery process;
• requesting function information that includes functions implemented by a first electronic control unit during the discovery process;
• determining a function included in the function information is not enabled on a second electronic control unit, wherein the second electronic control unit consumes the function implemented by the first electronic control unit;
• and
• loading, on the second electronic control unit, a driver for the function.