Verification of network transporter in networking environments

An apparatus for verifying a software simulated network transporter under test for transporting data between a host side and a physical side comprising:

• a pseudo first-in first-out buffer for storing a copy of a first set of components for a packet when said packet is concurrently posted to said network transporter for testing, said first set of components being unique and descriptive of said packet and in an order of original sequence;
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• a comparator coupled to said pseudo first-in first-out buffer for comparing each said first set of components to a corresponding each said second set of components of said packet, said second set of components extracted from said packet once said packet has been processed by said network transporter and outputted by said network transporter, said first set of components in said pseudo first-in first-out buffer being reordered to correspond with the order in which said second set of components are extracted if each said second set of components are extracted in an order different from said original sequence.

A computer system for verifying a software simulated network transporter under test for transferring data between a host side and a physical side comprising:

• a pseudo first-in first-out buffer for storing a first set of components for a packet which is concurrently posted to said network transporter, said first set of components being unique and descriptive of said packet and in an order of original sequence;
• and
• a comparator coupled to said pseudo first-in first-out buffer for comparing each said first set of components to a corresponding second set of components of said packet, each said second set of components extracted from said packet once said packet has been processed by said network transporter and outputted by said network transporter, said first set of components in said pseudo first-in first-out buffer being reordered to correspond with the order in which said second set of components are extracted if each said second set of components are extracted in an order different from said original sequence.