IntelliSuite
Validate Before You Deploy
Comprehensive SONiC validation and testing platform covering data center leaf-spine fabrics, enterprise campus networks, and service provider deployments. From Day 0 pre-deployment to Day N continuous regression.
- Passed / failed / running test visibility
- Pass-rate tracking
- Deployment scenario progress bars
- Build reference and platform context
- Go / no-go release decision
From pre-deployment to continuous regression
IntelliSuite covers three distinct validation phases using 1000+ test cases built on SONiC management framework infrastructure, designed to catch issues at the right stage, from initial feature development through to live network operation.
Functional Testing
Core SONiC features are tested in isolation before integration, covering the complete feature set required for data center, enterprise, and service provider deployments using SONiC management framework test infrastructure.
System and Scale Testing
All features are integrated and tested as a complete system under realistic scale and load conditions, validating behavior at production traffic rates and configuration scale.
Deployment Testing
Event-driven scenarios simulating real production conditions across leaf-spine, enterprise, and SP environments with extended stability validation.
A validation platform built for production-grade SONiC
Automated test execution with full evidence capture
IntelliSuite's test engine executes the entire validation suite hands-free - from feature isolation tests to full deployment integration. Every test captures complete evidence: packet captures, CLI state snapshots, counter dumps, and timing data, so every failure is immediately debuggable with no manual reproduction required.
- Comprehensive test coverage across DC, enterprise, and SP deployment scenarios
- Automatic evidence capture: pcap, CLI output, counters, logs
- IS-CLI and REST API coverage for every test case
- Multi-platform parallel execution across hardware targets
- Structured reports with go / no-go deployment decision
# gitlabci.yml - IntelliSuite stage intellisuite-regression stage: validate script: - intellisuite trigger --build $CI_COMMIT_SHA --all-scenarios --platforms parallel Pipeline #4831 triggered ✓ Phase 1: 647/650 (99.5%) ✓ Phase 2: 122/122 (100%) ✓ 3h 08m Decision: GO
Every NOS build validated before release
IntelliSuite integrates natively with GitLab CI, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions. A single pipeline stage triggers the full regression suite against every NOS build - covering all deployment scenarios across multiple hardware platforms in parallel. Delta reporting highlights only new failures, and a clear go/no-go decision gates every release automatically.
- Native integration with GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
- Per-commit regression trigger with artifact tracking
- Delta reports showing new failures vs previous passing build
- Automated go / no-go gate for releases
- Slack, email, and webhook notifications
Validate your deployment scenario
IntelliSuite provides comprehensive validation suites tailored for data center, enterprise, and service provider SONiC deployments.
Data Center Leaf-Spine Fabrics
Validate modern VXLAN-EVPN leaf-spine architectures with full L2/L3 overlay, MLAG dual-homing, and BGP routing.
- VXLAN L2/L3 overlay with BGP-EVPN control plane
- MLAG active-active leaf redundancy
- BGP fabric routing with ECMP load balancing
- QoS and buffer management for lossless fabrics
- Telemetry and streaming visibility
- Zero-downtime upgrade procedures
Enterprise Campus & Access
Validate enterprise campus deployments with traditional L2/L3 switching, routing, security, and management features.
- VLAN switching and trunking across access and distribution
- LACP bonding and link aggregation
- BGP and OSPF routing for campus cores
- AAA authentication with TACACS+ and RADIUS
- SNMP v2c and v3 monitoring
- MTU handling and jumbo frame forwarding
Service Provider Edge
Validate telco-grade deployments with carrier-class timing, failover requirements, and operational standards.
- BGP routing with graceful restart and BFD fast failover
- Multi-chassis LAG for carrier-grade redundancy
- QoS marking, queuing, and traffic shaping
- Sub-200ms failover timing validation
- 72-hour soak tests for stability assurance
- SNMP trap generation and compliance monitoring
How IntelliSuite is structured
IntelliSuite is a layered validation platform, from the dashboard and reporting layer down through the test execution engine to SONiC test beds.
Dashboard & Reporting
Decision cockpit for engineering and release teams with traceable evidence across every validation stage.
- Real-time run status and trends
- Report packs for stakeholders
- Go/No-Go release signal
Dashboard & Reporting
Test Execution Engine
Hardware & Test Beds
The only SONiC-native validation platform
Generic test frameworks require months of SONiC-specific customisation. IntelliSuite ships ready to run with comprehensive SONiC test coverage, IS-CLI integration, and CI/CD support built in from day one.
| Capability | IntelliSuite | Generic Test Framework | Manual Testing |
|---|---|---|---|
| SONiC-native test cases for DC, enterprise, and SP deployments | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| IS-CLI and REST API coverage | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CI/CD pipeline integration on day 1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Automatic evidence capture | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 72-hour deployment soak tests | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Live network verification (Day N) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Multi-platform parallel execution | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Go / no-go deployment decision | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Who uses IntelliSuite
From ODM hardware vendors to enterprise network teams, IntelliSuite serves every team that builds, ships, or deploys SONiC.
NOS Vendors & ODMs
Validate every SONiC NOS build before shipping to customers. Catch regressions before release, generate customer-ready test evidence, and maintain a clean regression history across builds.
Data Centre Operators
Validate SONiC configurations before deploying to production. Run deployment tests on lab hardware before cutovers, and verify live state post-change with zero production risk.
SONiC Feature Developers
Run the full functional test suite against your branch before submitting PRs. Catch interaction regressions with other features early - before CI catches them for you.
Compliance & Audit
Generate structured test evidence reports for customer acceptance testing, regulatory compliance, and internal audit. Every test result is timestamped, signed, and archived automatically.
Carrier & Service Providers
Validate SONiC-based white box deployments to telco-grade standards. Deployment soak tests and failover timing validation ensure NOS releases meet stringent SP SLA requirements.
See IntelliSuite validate your SONiC build
Request a demo and the team will run IntelliSuite against a SONiC build of your choice, live, with full evidence capture and a complete test report.
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Compatible with the open networking ecosystem
Validated with leading hardware, tooling, and observability partners used in modern SONiC deployments.
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Next steps
Looking to validate SONiC before every release or deployment?
Talk to the PalC team about IntelliSuite for SONiC-native validation, CI/CD regression, deployment testing, and live verification.
