Automated network infrastructure test and diagnostic system and method therefor
AssigneeCircadence Corporation
InventorsMarlin Popeye McFate, Mark Vange
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Abstract
A testing system provides automated testing of one or more network infrastructures. The testing system may automatically reconfigure one or more devices within a network infrastructure and then conduct testing on the newly configured network infrastructure. Test results may be used to diagnose network anomalies and to compare performance or other characteristics of various network configurations. In one embodiment, the testing system tests a communication channel between a front-end and back-end mechanism where data traffic is encoded between the front-end and back-end mechanism.
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A method of testing a communication link between a first computing device and a second computing device of a network, the first computing device operating according to a first network infrastructure configuration and the second computing device operating according to a second network infrastructure configuration, comprising the steps of:
- generating at least one network infrastructure test configuration at a testing device;
- transmitting said at least one network infrastructure test configuration from said testing device to said first computing device to modify said first network infrastructure configuration;
- transmitting said at least one network infrastructure test configuration from said testing device to said second computing device to modify said second network infrastructure configuration;
- causing said first computing device and said second computing device to execute one or more test data transfers over said communication link there between based upon said modified first and second network infrastructure configurations;
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- collecting results of said one or more test data transfers at said testing device.
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