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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1999
David K. Snay, West Boylston, MA (US);
Faiz Syed, Westford, MA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A test system for network communication devices comprising a topology input file describing connections between the network communication devices, a test environment support routines library containing device-independent test information for data management, a case specific routines library containing device-specific tests and device-specific configuration control information for the network communication devices, and a main driver routine, which references the topology input routines, the test environment support routines, and the case specific test routines. The test control computer is connected to the network communication devices to download configuration and control information. The main driver routine receives a test command, and, in response, accesses the corresponding topology input file to build test vector command buffers for each of the network communication devices to establish configuration for testing. The main driver routine uses test environment support routines to manage data on the computer and executes the specific test case routines according to the topology input file. In a preferred embodiment, the test control computer communicates with the network communication devices by using an automated test system.