Technology agnostic network simulation

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a machine-readable medium having program code executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• create a simulated network comprised of a plurality of network elements, wherein the program code executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to create the simulated network comprises program code executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to,
• for each network element of the plurality of network elements,
• create a normalized version of the network element,
• determine a different network element already in the simulated network to which the network element is to be connected;
• map the network element to the different network element;
• and
• store the normalized version of the network element into a first normalized inventory;
• and
• execute a network simulation of the simulated network, wherein the program code executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to execute the network simulation comprises program code executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to output a plurality of messages, wherein a message of the plurality of messages comprises a quantity and attributes of a set of network elements of the plurality of network elements having network element type that is the same, wherein the attributes of the set of network elements are from a technology-specific perspective.

One or more non-transitory machine-readable media comprising program code for a network simulation, the program code to:

• create a simulated network comprised of a plurality of network elements, wherein the program code executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to create the simulated network comprises program code executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to,
• for each network element of the plurality of network elements,
• create a normalized version of the network element,
• determine a different network element already in the simulated network to which the network element is to be connected;
• map the network element to the different network element;
• and
• store the normalized version of the network element into a first normalized inventory;
• execute a network simulation of the simulated network, wherein the program code executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to execute the network simulation comprises program code executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to output a plurality of messages, wherein a message of the plurality of messages comprises a quantity and attributes of a set of network elements of the plurality of network elements having network element type that is the same, wherein the attributes of the set of network elements are from a technology-specific perspective;
• create, based on the plurality of messages that are output from the network simulation, a second normalized inventory that includes the plurality of network elements;
• and
• compare the first normalized inventory to the second normalized inventory;
• and
• validate the second normalized inventory in response to the first normalized inventory being equal to the second normalized inventory based on the compare.