Method and system for protocol embedded automated test control

A system, comprising:

• an electronic test driver communicatively coupled to a network wherein the electronic test driver is configured to:
• execute two or more test cases on one or more network elements;
• utilize one or more test records, wherein the one or more test records have test data containing configuration data for the two or more test cases;
• execute a first test case utilizing one or more user records, wherein executing the first test case comprises:
• transmitting at least a first portion of the test data to a network element being tested;
• and
• producing a response from the network element being tested in the first test case based at least in part on configuration data for the first test case contained in the at least a first portion of the test data transmitted;
• execute a second test case utilizing the one or more user records, wherein executing the second test case comprises:
• transmitting at least a second portion of the test data to a network element being tested;
• and
• producing a response from the network element being tested in the second test case based at least in part on configuration data for the second test case contained in the at least a second portion of the test data transmitted.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• executing a first test case, wherein executing the first test case comprises:
• transmitting test data by an electronic test driver to a first network element, wherein the first network element is being tested and the test data is based at least in part on one or more test records;
• receiving test data at a second network element from the first network element, wherein the test data received is based at least in part on the test data transmitted to the first network element;
• parsing the test data received at the second network element to identify first test case configuration data;
• sending a response from the second network element to the network element being tested, wherein the response is based at least in part on the first test case configuration data parsed from the test data received;
• utilizing the electronic test driver to automatically modify one or more portions of test data to be transmitted, wherein the test data to be transmitted is based at least in part on one or more test records, the modification changing the first test case configuration data to configuration data of a second test case, and the modification allowing a user record provisioned on a network to be reused for the second test case;
• and
• executing the second test case, wherein executing the second test case produces a response based at least in part on the second test case configuration data.