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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

Use

Integrate

Extend

Access

• Call external scripts
from within a
Zipline Testcase

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


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Zipline Architecture
Zipline
Installation

Zipline
Installation

Central
SQL
Database

GUI

Zipline
Installation

Zipline
Installation


Telnet

HTTP

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Zipline Features
Capture/Replay

Repurposing a
Testcase
Remote-Access

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

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

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


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Zipline Features
Integrate
Import/Export
Reporting
Scheduling

• Call external scripts from Zipline
• Call Zipline from your Test Framework

• Import & Export a Zipline Testcase
• XML format supported
• Detailed reports about past Test Executions
• Drill-down to the exact cause of failure

• Create a Test-Group & schedule it


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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.
© 2013 StratExcel Technologies

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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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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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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 regularexpression based Search-Replace wizard. (see
example)

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• Single-click Backup & Restore for the entire Test Repository (see
example)
• Managing Test Resource ownership (Testcases/Testgroups/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/Propertysets) (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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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 regularexpression based Search-Replace wizard. (see
example)

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Process
Setup
• Create a Testbed
• Create 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 sessions
• Zipline captures necessary details

Repurpose
• Inter-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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Process
Replay
• Replay captured testcase using GUI or CLI/Telnet/HTTP interface
• Analyze Testcase execution in real time – Session Logs, Test results
• Pause/Resume Testcase Replay

Report
• View Detailed Reports about past test executions

Schedule
• Create a Test-group (a collection of Testcases)
• Schedule Test-groups for future execution


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For additional information:

Zipline Download

http://www.getzipline.net/zipline/zipline-downloads

Zipline Tutorials

http://www.getzipline.net/zipline/zipline-videos

Zipline Pricing

http://www.getzipline.net/zipline/zipline-pricing

Zipline Support

support@getzipline.net

Zipline Sales

sales@getzipline.net


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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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Trackers
Track the value of any parameter that you are interested in
Zipline 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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Runners
Zipline 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 tests
The 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 work
Zipline allows you to publish your Testcases and Testbeds so that they are
available for others to use


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