Abstract: Methods and systems for generating code for a device are disclosed. A device command for which the code is to be generated is selected. Response template parameters for the selected device commands are retrieved from a response template associated with the device command. Command syntax for the selected device commands are retrieved from a device library associated with the device command. The code is generated for the device in a high level language and the response template parameters are incorporated to provide verification of the device response when the test code is executed.

Abstract: Methods and systems for generating code for a device are disclosed. A device command for which the code is to be generated is selected. Response template parameters for the selected device commands are retrieved from a response template associated with the device command. Command syntax for the selected device commands are retrieved from a device library associated with the device command. The code is generated for the device in a high level language and the response template parameters are incorporated to provide verification of the device response when the test code is executed.

Abstract: A device response template generator software program includes an interactive graphical-user-interface (GUI) for sending commands to devices under test and to capture and display the command responses. The GUI enables patternization of the command response to that the information contained in the response can be read, in the form of variable values, automatically, during subsequent execution of the commands by the same device or a group of devices. These values of the variables may be analyzed and may also be sent to other running testing scenarios.

Abstract: A command execution terminal includes an interactive graphical-user-interface (GUI) for sending commands to devices under test and to capture and display the command responses and maintaining a list of executed commands. The command execution terminal also provides functionality to create reusable device libraries of commands for a given device under test and to automate test case creation for device testing.

Abstract: A device response template generator software program includes an interactive graphical-user-interface (GUI) for sending commands to devices under test and to capture and display the command responses. The GUI enables patternization of the command response to that the information contained in the response can be read, in the form of variable values, automatically, during subsequent execution of the commands by the same device or a group of devices. These values of the variables may be analyzed and may also be sent to other running testing scenarios.

Abstract: An apparatus and associated methodology are provided to generate system test libraries for solution testing involving heterogeneous devices from different vendors. A unified user interface employs received information to execute the tests based on provided device and network topology libraries, generating the system library to perform the required end-to-end system testing. The unified user interface and the library generation mechanism provide a layer of abstraction avoiding complexities of the system configuration commands native to disparate devices.

Abstract: A device response template generator software program includes an interactive graphical-user-interface (GUI) for sending commands to devices under test and to capture and display the command responses. The GUI allows patternization of the command response to that the information contained in the response can be read, in the form of variable values, automatically, during subsequent execution of the commands by the same device or a group of devices. These values of the variables may be analyzed and may also be sent to other running testing scenarios.

Abstract: A test manager software program includes an interactive test graphical-user-interface (GUI) for testing network devices using high-level networking commands. The test GUI allows the test engineer user to enter high-level commands such as Simple Networking Management Protocol (SNMP) commands that read values in a management information database in a network device under test. The high-level commands can be sent from the test manager using a command-line interface (CLI) in a telnet session opened to the network device during testing. The user specifies high-level test, analyze, and restore commands in test cases that are collected into test suites. Rules for logging on to the network device under test are stored that include expected prompts from the network device and user responses such as passwords. Addresses of the network device under test can be re-mapped for testing other devices so the test suites can be reused.