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US 8,014,297 B2Granted
Network test apparatus, network test method and network test program
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsEitatsu Yoshida, Wataru Nakamura
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Abstract
According to an aspect of an embodiment, an apparatus is transmitting/receiving an OAM frame containing kinds of tests indicating one or more tests for Ethernet-OAM to/from a relay apparatus, storing configuration information to generate a network configuration needed for each of the plurality of tests in a pseudo manner, distinguishing the kind of test contained in the relevant OAM frame and obtaining network information of a network to which the relay apparatus that transmitted the OAM frame belongs and obtaining configuration information corresponding to the obtained network information obtained from the stored configuration information.
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A network test apparatus connected to a relay apparatus, comprising:
- a transmitting/receiving unit transmitting/receiving to/from a relay apparatus an OAM frame containing one or more kinds of tests to test Ethernet-OAM conformance of the relay apparatus;
- a configuration information storage unit storing configuration information to generate, in a pseudo manner, a pseudo network configuration needed for each of the kinds of tests;
- a kind distinguishing unit, distinguishing a kind of test contained in the OAM frame and obtaining network information of a network to which the relay apparatus that transmitted the OAM frame belongs, when the OAM frame is received from the relay apparatus;
- a test conducting unit generating, in a pseudo manner, a pseudo network configuration including a pseudo network and/or a pseudo network apparatus according to the OAM frame received from the relay apparatus and conducting a test for Ethernet-OAM conformance of the relay apparatus on the generated pseudo network configuration corresponding to the kind of test, based upon the configuration information corresponding to the kind of test;
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- a test result storing unit storing a result of the test conducted by the test conducting unit.
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A network test method comprising:
- communicably connecting to a relay apparatus being a test object;
- transmitting/receiving to/from a relay apparatus an OAM frame containing one or more kinds of tests to test Ethernet-OAM conformance of the relay apparatus;
- storing network configuration information;
- if an OAM frame is received from the relay apparatus being the test object, distinguishing a kind of test contained in the received OAM frame;
- obtaining network information of a network to which the relay apparatus that transmitted the OAM frame belongs, based upon the received OAM frame;
- obtaining network configuration information corresponding to the obtained network information, from the stored network configuration information;
- generating, in a pseudo manner, a pseudo network configuration including a pseudo network and/or a pseudo network apparatus according to the OAM frame received from the relay apparatus and conducting a test for Ethernet-OAM conformance of the relay apparatus on the generated pseudo network configuration corresponding to the kind of test, based upon the obtained network configuration information;
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- storing a result of the test.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a network test program for controlling an apparatus according to operations comprising:
- communicably connecting to a relay apparatus being a test object;
- transmitting/receiving to/from a relay apparatus an OAM frame containing one or more kinds of tests to test Ethernet-OAM conformance of the relay apparatus;
- storing network configuration information;
- if an OAM frame is received from the relay apparatus being a test object, distinguishing a kind of test contained in the received OAM frame;
- obtaining network information of a network to which the relay apparatus that transmitted the OAM frame belongs, based upon the received OAM frame;
- obtaining network configuration information corresponding to the obtained network information, from the stored network configuration information;
- generating, in a pseudo manner, a pseudo network configuration including a pseudo network and/or a pseudo network apparatus according to the OAM frame received from the relay apparatus and conducting a test for Ethernet-OAM conformance of the relay apparatus on the generated pseudo network configuration corresponding to the kind of test, based upon the obtained network configuration;
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- storing a result of the test.
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An apparatus configured for network communication with a relay apparatus, comprising:
- a controller configured for:
- communicably connecting to the relay apparatus as a test object;
- transmitting/receiving to/from a relay apparatus an OAM frame containing one or more kinds of tests to test Ethernet-OAM conformance of the relay apparatus;
- storing network configuration information;
- distinguishing a kind of test contained in a received OAM frame;
- obtaining network information of a network to which the relay apparatus that transmitted the OAM frame belongs, based upon the received OAM frame;
- obtaining network configuration information corresponding to the obtained network information, from the stored network configuration information;
- generating a pseudo network configuration including a pseudo network and/or pseudo network apparatus according to the OAM frame received from the relay apparatus, based upon the obtained network configuration information;
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- conducting a test for Ethernet-OAM conformance of the relay apparatus on the generated pseudo network configuration corresponding to the kind of test.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.