xoa-driver 1.0b3

Xena OpenAutomation high-level and low-level Python APIs and code examples for Xena TGA testers.

Xena OpenAutomation Python API

Xena OpenAutomation (XOA) Python API is a driver providing user-friendly communication interfaces to Xena's physical and virtual Traffic Generation and Analysis (TGA) testers. It provides a rich collection of programming interfaces that can be used to either write test scripts or develop applications.

Introduction

Many of our customers choose to develop their own test scripts, where they automate performance verification, regression test, development verification, and so on.

At Xena Networks, we have always been providing customers with the best tool for test automation. To help our customers achieve a more efficient quality control and continuous development verification, we have developed a new platform Xena OpenAutomation, overlaying various Xena hardware and virtual testers, to offer not only automated test suites but also the power to build programs from simple scripts to advanced applications with endless possibilities.

The cornerstone component of Xena OpenAutomation is its Python API, which contains more than 600 commands, from basic streams creation to advance eye diagrams measurement. With this rich collection of programming interfaces, we empower our customers to either write test scripts or develop applications with almost limitless possibilities.

Moving forward, all Xena’s automated test suites will be based on Xena OpenAutomation.

Key Benefits

• Objected-oriented, high-level abstraction, to help users save time on parsing command responses.
• Supporting sending commands in batches to increase code execution efficiency.
• Automatically matching command requests and server response, providing clear information in case a command gets an error response.
• Supporting server-to-client push notification, and event subscription, to reduce user code complexity.
• Covering commands of Xena testers, including Xena Valkyrie, Vulcan, and Chimera.
• Supporting IDE auto-complete with built-in class/function/API use manual, to increase development efficiency.

Documentation

The user documentation is hosted: https://xena-openautomation-python-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Quick Start

• Get Python pip if not already installed (Download https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py): python get-pip.py

• Install the latest xoa-driver: pip install xoa-driver -U

• Write Python code to manage with Xena testers: python

  import asyncio
  
  from xoa_driver import testers
  from xoa_driver import modules
  from xoa_driver import ports
  from xoa_driver import enums
  
  async def my_awesome_script():
      # Establish connection with a Valkyrie tester
      async with testers.L23Tester("10.10.10.10.", "JonDoe") as tester:
          # Get the port 0/0 (module 0)
          await port = tester.modules.obtain(0).ports.obtain(0)
  
          # Reserve the port
          await port.reservation.set_reserve()
  
          # Reset the port
          await port.reset.set()
  
          # Create a stream on the port
          stream = await port.streams.create()
  
          # Prepare stream header protocol
          header_protocol = [enums.ProtocolOption.ETHERNET, enums.ProtocolOption.IP]
  
          # Batch configure the stream
          await utils.apply(
              stream.tpld_id.set(0), # Create the TPLD index of stream
              stream.packet.length.set(*size), # Configure the packet size
              stream.packet.header.protocol.set(header_protocol), # Configure the packet type
              stream.packet.header.data.set(header), # Configure the packet header
              stream.enable.set_on(), # Enable streams
              stream.rate.fraction.set(1000000) # Configure the stream rate 100%
          )
  
          # Clear statistics
          await utils.apply(
              port.statistics.tx.clear.set(),
              port.statistics.rx.clear.set()
          )
  
          # Start traffic on the port
          await port.traffic.state.set_start()
  
          # Test duration 10 seconds
          await asyncio.sleep(10)
  
          # Query TX statistics
          tx_result = await port.statistics.tx.total.get()
          print(f"bit count last second: {tx_result.bit_count_last_sec}")
          print(f"packet count last second: {tx_result.packet_count_last_sec}")
          print(f"byte count since cleared: {tx_result.byte_count_since_cleared}")
          print(f"packet count since cleared: {tx_result.packet_count_since_cleared}")
  
          # Stop traffic on the port
          await port.traffic.state.set_stop()
  
          # Release the port
          await port.reservation.set_release()
  
  def main():
  try:
      loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
      loop.create_task(my_awesome_script())
      loop.run_forever()
  except KeyboardInterrupt:
      pass
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      main()
  

Installation

Install Using pip

Make sure Python pip is installed on you system. If you are using virtualenv, then pip is already installed into environments created by virtualenv, and using sudo is not needed. If you do not have pip installed, download this file: https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and run python get-pip.py.

To install the latest, use pip to install from pypi:

~/> pip install xoa-driver

To upgrade to the latest, use pip to upgrade from pypi:

~/> pip install xoa-driver --upgrade

Install From Source Code

Make sure these packages are installed wheel, setuptools on your system.

Install setuptools using pip:

~/> pip install wheel setuptools

To install source of python packages:

/xoa_driver> python setup.py install

To build .whl file for distribution:

/xoa_driver> python setup.py bdist_wheel

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