1. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for model-based data center management, the method comprising: receiving a request to perform a management operation on a device in a data center; determining one or more available paths to the device based on an artifact storing a topology of the data center; determining a current favored path that is one of the one or more available paths based on a policy; and binding the device for performance of the management operation using the current favored path by building a device driver stack including at least one communications protocol for communicating with the device, wherein the device driver stack is built by indexing, classifying, and loading device drivers for one or more hop devices into the device driver stack.