Patent ID: 6571358
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A system for integrated testing of at least one multiple-services communications switch, wherein said system includes a memory operable to store at least one computer program, a processor operable to execute said at least one computer program, and a test script execution environment for processing at least one test script, said test script execution environment comprising:a hardware definition file, stored within said, defining logical hardware device names for corresponding ones of a plurality of hardware devices, wherein said plurality of hardware devices include at least one system under test and a plurality of hardware testing devices; a network definition file, stored within said memory, defining a plurality of logical connection names for corresponding ones of a plurality of physical connections between respective ones of said plurality of hardware devices, wherein said physical connections are represented within said network definition file in terms of said plurality of logical hardware device names; and a test script referring to each of said plurality of hardware devices using corresponding ones of said plurality of logical hardware device names, and wherein said test script refers to each of said plurality of connections using corresponding ones of said logical connection names.