Interactive automatic-test GUI for testing devices and equipment using shell-level, CLI, and SNMP commands (US7010782)

a test executer, coupled to the test GUI and sending the high-level commands to a selected network device, the test executer receiving status values from the selected network device and analyzing the status values by comparing the status values to acceptable ranges of status values to determine when the selected network device has failed a test;

a rules database that stores logon prompts generated by the selected network device, the test executer connecting to the selected network device by receiving matching prompts from the selected network device and responding with user values input by the user to the test GUI, the user input values being sent to the selected network device in response to the matching prompts in a sequence defined by the user using the test GUI; and

a report generator, responsive to the test executer, for generating a test-results report to the user, the test-results report indicating when the test executer determines that the selected network device has failed the test;

wherein the test executer logs on to the network device by sending the user input values in the sequence defined by the user in response the to matching prompts that match logon prompts in the rules database, the test executer also sending the high-level commands to the selected network device and receiving and analyzing the status values to determine when the selected network device has failed the test, whereby the selected network device is tested using high-level commands.

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