Automated network testing

摘要

A test case management subsystem includes a data store, the data store including data relating to a network device. A network testing subsystem is configured to receive an instruction from said test case management subsystem, wherein the instruction includes the data relating to the network device, and execute an automated command line to test the network device.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
one or more processors containing in combination a test case management subsystem and a network testing subsystem, the test case management subsystem configured to invoke a script that includes a set of command lines; a data store included within the test case management subsystem, the data store including a test item comprising data relating to a network device, wherein the data relating to a network device are for configuring the network device, wherein at least some of the data in the data store is inaccessible to users of the test case management subsystem; an additional data store included in the test case management subsystem, the additional data store including at least one permission associated with the test item, wherein the at least one permission indicates a level of access provided to a user of the test case management subsystem; the network testing subsystem comprising a testing application for testing the network device based on the configuration data in the data store, the network testing subsystem configured to:
integrate the testing application with the network subsystem by using an extension to the testing application that includes integration functions and data fields used to integrate data from the test case management subsystem into the network testing subsystem;receive an instruction from said test case management subsystem, via the extension to the testing application, in response to the test case management subsystem invoking the script that includes the set of command lines to direct the network testing subsystem to issue an automated command line, wherein the instruction includes the data relating to the network device;determine whether the at least one permission associated with the test item is sufficient to execute the automated command line;if the permission is sufficient, execute the automated command line to test the network device;capture test results; andprovide the test results to the test case management subsystem, wherein fields in the test results map to fields in a second data store in the test case management subsystem.