Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for testing a network node using source code for programming a packet forwarding plane of the network node

Abstract:

According to one method, the method occurs at a network equipment test device. The method includes receiving one or more source code files for programming a packet forwarding plane of a network node; analyzing the one or more source code files to determine test metadata, wherein analyzing the one or more source code files to determine the test metadata includes identifying source code portions that indicate conditions for rejecting or accepting packets and determining the test metadata based on the conditions; generating, using the test metadata, one or more test plans for testing the network node, wherein the one or more test plans define test packets to be sent to the network node for testing the network node's implementation of the conditions for rejecting or accepting packets; and testing the network node using the one or more test plans.