1. An apparatus, comprising: a network device having a physical port configured to be operatively coupled to a host device hosting a virtual resource, the network device configured to he operatively coupled to a network management module, the network device configured to send to the network management module a device identifier of the virtual resource and a device identifier associated with the physical port of the network device such that the network management module associates the device identifier associated with the physical port of the network device with a provisioning instruction including the device identifier of the virtual resource based on the device identifier of the virtual resource.