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Zipline Network Test Automation Suite

www.getzipline.net

© 2010-2014 StratExcel Technologies

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Zipline• No scripts• Generate Portable

Testcases easily• Capture, Execute &

Schedule Tests

• Call Zipline Testcases from your existing Test Framework

• GUI• CLI/Telnet• Web/HTTP• Python Interpreter

• Call external scripts from within a Zipline Testcase

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Zipline Architecture

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Zipline Features

•Capture commands from manual test sessions•Replay captured commands•Automatic CLI Parsing & Execution

Capture/Replay

•Insert/Edit/Delete Commands or Actions•Add Tests/check-points to the Testcase•Ambient Monitoring (Trackers, Runners)•Search Replace across multiple Testcases

Repurposing a Testcase

•CLI/Telnet•HTTP (RESTful API)•Python Interpreter

Remote-Access


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Zipline Features

•Call external scripts from Zipline•Call Zipline from your Test FrameworkIntegrate•Import & Export a Zipline Testcase•XML format supportedImport/Export

•Detailed reports about past Test Executions•Drill-down to the exact cause of failureReporting•Create a Test-Group & schedule itScheduling


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What’s new in v6.0?

• Zipline Network CLI Test Automation Tool version 6.0 significantly speeds up Testcase automation

• Zipline CLI and Network Test Automation Suite is an advanced set of tools that facilitate Testcase automation without having to write any scripts.

• Zipline CLI Test Automation Suite v6.0 introduces 3 major features, several usability enhancements and updates to core features that will make your Test automation efforts more effective.


What’s new in v6.0?Automated CLI Traversal

• Are you tired of having to update your CLI verification scripts everytime a new option is added or an existing one is removed? Use 'Automated CLI Traversal' - the latest tool in the Zipline arsenal in order to parse all available command options and generate/execute all possible unique commands. The CLI Traversal tool can be configured to use fixed or random values for literals (ip addresses, hello intervals, and so on) in order to try all possible combinations. (see example)

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What’s new in v6.0?Hierarchical Testcase Execution

• Avoid repetition of commands across testcases by using the newly introduced 'Hierarchical Testcase Execution' functionality. Zipline adds the ability to call a testcase from within another testcase. Create modular testcases that can be called by other testcases - thus reducing duplication, increasing reuse and testcase consistency. Multiple levels of nested testcase calls are supported. (see example)

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What’s new in v6.0?Search-Replace across Testcases

• Commands as well as the output received from the Device-under-Test in response to the commands change over time. Such changes invalidate scripts written using the previous versions of the commands or outputs. However using global Search-Replace functionality introduced into Zipline, you can now update multiple Testcases using a simple to use regular-expression based Search-Replace wizard. (see example)



What’s new in v6.0?• Single-click Backup & Restore for the entire Test Repository (

see example)• Managing Test Resource ownership

(Testcases/Test-groups/Testbeds/Property-sets) (see example)• Copy-Paste commands within and across Testcases (see example)• Move commands within Testcase (see example)• Clone Test Resources (Testcases/Test-groups/Testbeds/Property-

sets) (see example)• Pause/Resume/Stop Test Scheduler (see example)• Programmable CLI Timeout handling (see example)• Support for XML Format for easier offline Testcase editing (

see example)








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What’s new in v6.0?

Search-Replace across Testcases• Commands as well as the output received from the

Device-under-Test in response to the commands change over time. Such changes invalidate scripts written using the previous versions of the commands or outputs. However using global Search-Replace functionality introduced into Zipline, you can now update multiple Testcases using a simple to use regular-expression based Search-Replace wizard. (see example)


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ProcessSetup

Create a TestbedCreate Property-Set & link it to Testbed (for Portable Testcases) Add DUTs to the Testbed

Capture

Create a new Testcase (Serial/Parallel Mode)Start DUT session & conduct tests over multiple sessionsZipline captures necessary details

Repurpose• I

nter-Command Delay, Jump-to-label, Pause/Stop/Skip

• Add Tests, Trackers/Runners, Call external scripts, Comments

• Insert/Edit/Delete /Move/Copy-Paste commands


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ProcessReplay

Replay captured testcase using GUI or CLI/Telnet/HTTP interfaceAnalyze Testcase execution in real time – Session Logs, Test resultsPause/Resume Testcase Replay

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iew Detailed Reports about past test executions

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reate a Test-group (a collection of Testcases)

• Schedule Test-groups for future execution


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For additional information:

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Additional Tools

• Trackers• Runners• Repeat Groups


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Ambient Monitoring

• Zipline can spot trends, determine ambient problems– Usually test engineers can find bugs that they are

looking for. But there are several problems that can go undetected simply because we are not looking for them

– Zipline's ambient monitoring tools (Trackers and Runners) can continuously plot or monitor parameters of your interest


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Trackers

• Trackers allow you to track & plot the value of a particular parameter (from a command output) over a pre-specified duration– E.g. Track OSPF Dead Interval, or number of routes

in the BGP Table, etc.


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TrackersTrack the value of any parameter that you are interested inZipline gathers samples of the selected parameter during the Testcase execution..


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Trackers (contd..)..and plots them so you can spot trends over a longer duration without having to go through the log files


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Runners

• Often you need to execute a particular command or a set of commands repeatedly over a specified duration at a specified frequency– E.g. monitor CPU usage, packet queue length, etc.

• Runners allow you to do just that.• You can configure a test on the Runner

command(s). The test is executed each time the Runner is invoked


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RunnersZipline offers Runners as a way for you to repeatedly monitor certain conditions (such as 0% ping packet loss) during Testcase execution without having to type them repeatedly during the testsThe specified test condition is repeated frequently and the results display in real-time


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Repeat Groups

• Repeat Groups allow you to repeat a particular group of contiguous commands for a specified number of iterations


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Publishing your work

• Zipline supports a distributed mode of operation

• You work on your Testcase in your view and later, when you are ready, you can choose to publish your work for use by your team members

• Testcases, Testbeds & Property-sets can be published for others to use


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Publish your workZipline allows you to publish your Testcases and Testbeds so that they are available for others to use


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