A compute unit, comprising: a plurality of physical computing components (120, 130, 140, 170) comprising at least one central processing unit, storage module, and network interface module; a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric configured by a management processor for the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric to communicatively couple the plurality of physical computing components (120, 130, 140, 170) using logical partitioning within the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric wherein the management processor controls configuration settings of the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric to establish the logical partitioning, wherein the logical partitioning isolates the compute unit from other compute units formed over the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric, such that the compute unit only has visibility over the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric to the plurality of physical computing components; and a software component deployed by the management processor to a central processing unit of the compute unit, the software component comprising: a monitoring function configured to report telemetry to the management processor related to operation of the compute unit; and a driver function configured to emulate operation of an Ethernet interface to an operating system of the central processing unit for transfer of Ethernet communications comprising at least the telemetry to the management processor over the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric. a plurality of physical computing components (120, 130, 140, 170) comprising at least one central processing unit, storage module, and network interface module; a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric configured by a management processor for the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric to communicatively couple the plurality of physical computing components (120, 130, 140, 170) using logical partitioning within the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric wherein the management processor controls configuration settings of the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric to establish the logical partitioning, wherein the logical partitioning isolates the compute unit from other compute units formed over the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric, such that the compute unit only has visibility over the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric to the plurality of physical computing components; and a software component deployed by the management processor to a central processing unit of the compute unit, the software component comprising: a monitoring function configured to report telemetry to the management processor related to operation of the compute unit; and a driver function configured to emulate operation of an Ethernet interface to an operating system of the central processing unit for transfer of Ethernet communications comprising at least the telemetry to the management processor over the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric. a monitoring function configured to report telemetry to the management processor related to operation of the compute unit; and a driver function configured to emulate operation of an Ethernet interface to an operating system of the central processing unit for transfer of Ethernet communications comprising at least the telemetry to the management processor over the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express fabric.