METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TESTING COMMINICATIONS NETWORK COMPONENTS

摘要

A communications network test system facilitates autonomous or attendant-free interaction between the administrative interfaces of multiple network devices under test. The test system includes device-specific comminication interface packages that map genetic commands to device-specific commands. A generic package includes generic procedures that access the device-specific packages to perform common functions, such as startup and cleanup. Test cases can thus be written using the generic commands without requiring the tester to have knowledge of device-specific demands. In addition, multiple devices can be simultaneously tested and monotored using a single test platform.