Dynamic traffic generator and network impairment tool for simulation of virtual network fabrics

A system comprising:

• a storage configured to store instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the instructions and cause the processor to:
• create in a visualization tool one or more virtual network hubs, one or more virtual branch locations, and one or more virtual internet servers;
• generate one or more micro-probes for a plurality of clients/servers to be simulated, one or more of the plurality of clients/servers is located in each of the one or more virtual network hubs, the one or more virtual branch locations, and the one or more virtual internet servers;
• generate one or more network impairments, which are associated with one or more of the virtual network hubs, virtual branch locations, and/or virtual internet server;
• and
• launch one or more, client-role or server-role traffic invokers in each micro-probe to simulate traffic between the virtual network hubs, the virtual branch locations, and/or the virtual internet server;
• and
• during the flow of the simulated traffic, inject the one or more network impairments to simulate the one or more network impairments between the virtual network hubs, the virtual branch locations, and/or the virtual internet server,
• wherein each of the one or more micro-probes includes of a pair of ethernet tunnels, a network namespace, and one or more traffic invokers.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, the instructions, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to:

• create in a visualization tool one or more virtual network hubs;
• create in a visualization tool one or more virtual branch locations;
• create in a visualization tool one or more virtual internet servers;
• generate one or more micro-probes for a plurality of clients/servers to be simulated, one or more of the plurality of clients/servers is located in each of the one or more virtual network hubs, the one or more virtual branch locations, and the one or more virtual internet servers;
• generate one or more network impairments, which are associated with the virtual network hubs, the virtual branch locations, and/or the virtual internet server;
• and
• launch one or more, client-role or server-role traffic invokers in each micro-probe to simulate traffic between the virtual network hubs, the virtual branch locations, and/or the virtual internet server;
• and
• during the flow of the simulated traffic, inject the one or more network impairments to simulate the one or more network impairments between the virtual network hubs, the virtual branch locations, and/or the virtual internet server,
• wherein each of the one or more micro-probes includes of a pair of ethernet tunnels, a network namespace, and one or more traffic invokers.