Software-Defined Networking Interface Between Multiple Platform Managers

1. A system for a software-defined networking (SDN) interface between multiple platform managers, the system comprising: an SDN controller configured to interface with a first computing platform, a second computing platform, and a plurality of switches in a network, the first computing platform comprising a first platform manager, a first network provisioning application, and a first network policy defined to accommodate a first computing resource allocation of the first platform manager, the second computing platform comprising a second platform manager, a second network provisioning application, a second network policy defined to accommodate a second computing resource allocation of the second platform manager, and the SDN controller comprising processing circuitry configured to perform a method comprising: receiving, at the SDN controller, provisioning data from the first network provisioning application based on the first network policy; receiving, at the SDN controller, provisioning data from the second network provisioning application based on the second network policy; comparing, by the SDN controller, the provisioning data from the first network provisioning application to the provisioning data from the second network provisioning application to identify provisioning issues; determining, by the SDN controller, a modified provisioning that resolves the provisioning issues; configuring the network, by the SDN controller, to comply with the modified provisioning; reporting the modified provisioning to the first and second network provisioning applications to modify the first computing resource allocation according to a modification of the first network policy based on the modified provisioning and modify the second computing resource allocation according to a modification of the second network policy based on the modified provisioning; applying, by the SDN controller, plurality of time-based rules from a match action table to shift data flow bandwidth between the first computing platform and the second computing platform based on expected shifts in peak operating demands; receiving network traffic performance metrics at the SDN controller; determining, by the SDN controller, whether network topology updates are needed based on the network traffic performance metrics; updating the modified provisioning, be the SDN controller, based on determining that updates to the network topology are needed; and adjusting the match action table based on the network traffic performance metrics.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the provisioning issues include allocating a same link in the network by both the first and second network provisioning applications.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the provisioning issues include allocating at least one network resource beyond a capability supported by the network.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein configuring the network further comprises: updating the network topology, by the SDN controller, to align with the modified provisioning; translating updates to the network topology into one or more flow tables; and loading the one or more flow tables into one or more associated switches in the network.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SDN controller is further configured to perform: identifying one or more network provisioning applications impacted by the update of the modified provisioning; and reporting the update of the modified provisioning to the one or more impacted network provisioning applications.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the modified provisioning comprises pooling and virtualization of network resources.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first computing platform is further configured to perform: providing the provisioning data to the SDN controller; receiving the modified provisioning from the SDN controller; modifying the first network policy of the first platform manager based on the modified provisioning; and performing a modification of the first computing resource allocation of the first computing platform by the first platform manager according to the modified network policy as one of a processing resource and memory allocation adjustment.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the provisioning data from the first and second network provisioning applications comprises one or more of: a provisioning for network layer-2 attributes; a provisioning for network layer-3 attributes; a provisioning for network security profiles; a provisioning for network traffic on specific links to support redundancy; and a provisioning for network traffic on specific links to support load balancing.