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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ng4t Gmbh, Berlin, DE;
Canio Cillis, Berlin, DE;
Jochen Kappel, Gross-Gerau, DE;
Daniel J. Martin, Pawling, NY (US);
Martin McDonald, Berlin, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for testing a Virtualized Network Function (VNF) in a network. Metadata including test parameters pertaining to a network environment specific to the VNF is retrieved. At least one Virtualized Network Tester (VNT) for testing the VNF is created and stored in the network. The metadata is mapped to a test list to define a test suite of test cases based on the test parameters in the metadata. The VNF is tested by the at least one VNT according to the test suite to enable the at least one VNT to emulate the network environment specific to the VNF. The VNF is disconnected from the network and from virtual networks during the testing. If the testing is successful, the VNF is attached to the network and to virtual networks to enable the VNF to be deployed in the network. If the testing is unsuccessful, the method ends.