MANAGEMENT INTERFACE AND TOOL FOR BENCHMARKING OPTICAL NETWORK TOPOLOGIES

摘要

A management tool facilitating benchmarking of optical network topologies. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an identification of an optical network element, including network address information of the optical network element." receiving an identification of one or more optical network traffîc generators, including access information of the optical network traffic generators! and automatically accessing the identified optical network element, and one or more traffic generators in connection with execution of one or more tests on the optical network element.