Configuration
and Control
In order to make the Mu-4000 an integral part of an ongoing
service assurance process, it is necessary to be able to configure the Mu-4000
and to control the Mu-4000 over time, to perform regression analysis or to
simply audit the service (e.g., can the service handle the required amount of
valid application-specific DoS traffic).
The Mu-4000 is easily configured and managed via a web browser
graphical user interface, and can also be controlled using any
scripting language via a remote automation interface (via either a REST
or WSDL API). This enables seamless integration with laboratory automation frameworks (e.g., HP Quality Center)
, as well as regression suites for both round-the-clock automated and on-demand service assurance.
The intuitive Mu-4000 user interface.
Intuitive User Interface
Via its interactive web-based
GUI, the Mu-4000 facilitates all aspects of
the service assurance process from updating
the software, to managing licenses and users, to configuring and running
analyses, to post-analysis activities. The Mu-4000 user interface also supports the
import and export of XML templates that can be edited offline and shared across
an organization to promulgate best practices in service assurance testing. By
using XML templates, all users of Mu-4000s within an organization will get
consistent results in their local environments.
Best
Practices via XML Templates
The Mu-4000 stores all of its
configuration data in small, human-readable XML templates. These can be
imported, exported and shared. An example is that whenever a user discovers a
particularly clever way to monitor a service they can save that as a template,
export it, and share it with other folks in their company, or in the wider Mu
user community. By propagating these XML templates, best practices are easily
disseminated throughout a company or the world.
The XML templates are also easily
edited. For example, if a user needs to run 10 similar analyses, they can
export one template, make 9 copies, and then edit each to customize it for the
particular circumstances applicable to that instance of the analysis, then
upload the 9 templates and run them all. Such a manipulation in a GUI, while
possible, would be tedious and error-prone.
Mu-4000 Templates Easily Share Analysis Specifications
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