Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a switch circuitry that includes an interface to a first ingress port; an interface to a second ingress port; and circuitry. In some examples, the circuitry is to associate the first ingress port with a first virtual function (VF); associate the second ingress port with a second VF; and based on a configuration and receipt of a first packet at the first ingress port, cause the first packet to be filtered, wherein the first packet is addressed to the second VF.

Abstract: A warm restart is initiated at a network processor device, which includes a switch, one or more hardware components, and physical layer circuitry to implement one or more communication links. The switch is to be reset during the warm restart while the one or more communication links remain in an up state. A notification of the warm restart is sent to a set of drivers for the one or more hardware components and notifications are received from the set of drivers, where the notifications identify that reinitializations of the hardware components in association with the warm restart are complete. An indication is sent that the reinitializations of the hardware components are complete, where completion of the warm restart based on the indication.

Abstract: Technologies for enhanced network discovery and configuration include a network with a fabric manager and multiple network devices. A network device requests platform information from a management controller and receives the platform information via a sideband interface. The network device broadcasts a discovery message indicative of the platform information on a link layer network. The fabric manager discovers the network topology with an enhanced link layer discovery protocol and creates a vPOD in the network. The vPOD includes an application network with multiple racks. The fabric manager creates a tagged network domain for the vPOD. The fabric manager sends an out-of-band configuration command to the network device with a tag associated with the vPOD. After receiving the out-of-band configuration command, the network device receives a packet, compares domain metadata of the packet to the tag received from the fabric manager, and routes the packet. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Technologies for enhanced network discovery and configuration include a network with a fabric manager and multiple network devices. A network device requests platform information from a management controller and receives the platform information via a sideband interface. The network device broadcasts a discovery message indicative of the platform information on a link layer network. The fabric manager discovers the network topology with an enhanced link layer discovery protocol and creates a vPOD in the network. The vPOD includes an application network with multiple racks. The fabric manager creates a tagged network domain for the vPOD. The fabric manager sends an out-of-band configuration command to the network device with a tag associated with the vPOD. After receiving the out-of-band configuration command, the network device receives a packet, compares domain metadata of the packet to the tag received from the fabric manager, and routes the packet. Other embodiments are described and claimed.