Control plane packet traffic statistics

1. An apparatus for displaying and viewing control plane statistics, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to perform a process, comprising:

configuring a network configuration and a test configuration, wherein the network configuration comprises a network topology, a device group, and a plurality of devices in the device group, and a set of protocols and a port that is being used by the plurality of devices, and wherein the test configuration defines a plurality of ports to be used to test a network under test, and wherein each port of the plurality of ports comprises a traffic generator/receiver device, and wherein the test configuration includes defining the traffic to be generated while testing the network under test

requesting to display and view statistical data based on a network configuration parameter, wherein the network configuration parameter identifies a component of the network configuration, and wherein acquiring the statistical data comprises:

transmitting the network configuration parameter to a traffic generator/receiver device, wherein the traffic generator/receiver device generates a test based on the test configuration;

creating a control plane data statistical data subscriber on a subscriber device and registering the control plane data statistical data subscriber with a broker device, wherein the subscriber device is separate from the broker device, and transmitting subscriber information to the broker device, wherein the subscriber information includes the network configuration parameter that informs the broker device the control plane statistical data the subscriber is interested in receiving,

storing the subscriber information on the broker device

creating a control plane statistical data publisher on a publisher device to gather data as the test is being performed on the network under test, and registering the control plane statistical data publisher with the broker device, wherein the broker device comprises a publisher device, and

the broker device identifying the control plane statistical data subscriber who is interested in the control plane statistical data, and

the publisher device retrieving the control plane statistical data from the network based on the network configuration parameter, aggregating the statistical data, and transmitting the statistical data to the subscriber device for display of the statistical data on the subscriber device according to the network configuration parameter.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the network configuration parameter comprises a device group.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the network configuration parameter comprises information regarding a session on the network topology that is up.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the network topology comprises two device groups.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the control plane statistical data is displayed for all of the network topology.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control plane statistical data is filtered based on a second port on the device.

7. A method of displaying and viewing control plane statistics, comprising:

configuring a network configuration and a test configuration, wherein the network configuration comprises a network topology, a device group, and a plurality of devices in the device group, and a set of protocols and a port that is being used by the plurality of devices, and and wherein the test configuration defines a plurality of ports to be used to test a network under test, and wherein each port of the plurality of ports comprises a traffic generator/receiver device, and wherein the test configuration includes defining the traffic to be generated while testing the network under test

requesting to display and view statistical data based on a network configuration parameter, wherein the network configuration parameter identifies a component of the network configuration, and wherein acquiring the statistical data comprises:

transmitting the network configuration parameter to a traffic generator/receiver device, wherein the traffic generator/receiver device generates a test based on the test configuration;

creating a control plane data statistical data subscriber on a subscriber device and registering the control plane data statistical data subscriber with a broker device, wherein the subscriber device is separate from the broker device, and transmitting subscriber information to the broker device, wherein the subscriber information includes the network configuration parameter that informs the broker device the control plane statistical data the subscriber is interested in receiving,

storing the subscriber information on the broker device

creating a control plane statistical data publisher on a publisher device to gather data as the test is being performed on the network under test, and registering the control plane statistical data publisher with the broker device, wherein the broker device comprises a publisher device, and

the broker device identifying the control plane statistical data subscriber who is interested in the control plane statistical data, and

the publisher device retrieving the control plane statistical data from the network based on the network configuration parameter, aggregating the statistical data, and transmitting the statistical data to the subscriber device from the publisher device

displaying the statistical data according to the network configuration parameter.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the network configuration parameter comprises a device group.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the network configuration parameter comprises information regarding a session on the network that is up.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the network topology comprises two device groups.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the control plane statistical data is displayed for the whole network topology.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the control plane statistical data is filtered based on a port on a device.