Announcing FTAS v3.6: Elevating Automation Coverage, Scale, and Platform Reliability
Aviz Networks released FTAS version 3.6, expanding automated test coverage across switching, routing, virtualization, telemetry, and agent infrastructure while adding customer-driven scenario validations for enterprise fabric deployments.
Research Overview
The vendor describes FTAS v3.6 as the latest update to its fabric test automation suite, with emphasis on automation expansion and scenario validations. The release also includes new coverage areas spanning switching and routing functions, virtualization workflows, telemetry checks, and agent infrastructure lifecycle behaviors.
According to the release materials, the testing scope is broadened by extending the testing matrix to multiple technology areas, including switching, routing, virtualization, telemetry, and agent infrastructure. The update is positioned as relevant to production readiness and platform reliability through test coverage across both normal and negative scenarios.
Key Findings
The FTAS v3.6 test suite totals 448 test cases, according to the post. The vendor states that the suite spans Layer 2/Layer 3 automation, virtualization, telemetry, scale testing, agent infrastructure validation, and CLI automation.
The post highlights specific feature areas where automation was broadened, including Port Channel subinterface validation, PVST behavior checks, EVPN-VXLAN mobility over OpenStack scenarios, and sFlow monitoring validations. It also references scale testing for VTEPs up to 250 in EVPN-VXLAN deployments and ONES Agent lifecycle coverage.
Technical Breakdown
For Layer 2 and Layer 3 automation, FTAS v3.6 expands Port Channel subinterface functionality with validations for BGP, IPv6, multi-VRF scenarios, and “critical negative deployment scenarios.” The update also adds PVST automation that validates VLAN-to-STP behavior, load balancing, and network reconvergence during failure scenarios.
On the virtualization and telemetry side, the post adds automation for OpenStack VM mobility and migration scenarios over EVPN-VXLAN fabrics. It also introduces additional sFlow validation scenarios covering collector configuration flexibility, management VRF support, and long-duration stability testing.
Operational Impact
The release describes high-scale testing enhancements for EVPN-VXLAN deployments, including VTEP scale testing up to 250 VTEPs. The stated focus is monitoring convergence and resiliency under infrastructure failure scenarios.
FTAS v3.6 also includes expanded ONES Agent automation intended to cover installation, recovery behavior, process monitoring, and resource utilization validation. For platform and tool coverage, the post calls out Broadcom CLI hardening to support SONiC-based images and introduces initial automation support for Fabric Management CLI (FMCLI) workflows.
Aviz Networks’ FTAS v3.6 release expands automated validation across Layer 2/Layer 3, virtualization, telemetry, scale, agent lifecycle, and CLI workflows, while increasing the suite to 448 test cases and adding customer-driven scenario validations. Blog Signals brief is a fact-based summary of the vendor blog.
Source: aviznetworks.com, by Naresh Kumar.