Organization:Name: HCL – Cisco Offshore Development CentreLocation: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDesignation: Software EngineerPeriod: From Jul 2010 to till date.Project Details:Client: CISCO SYSTEMS INCTitle: Cisco Service Control Engine (SCE) – CISCO productDescription: The Service Control Engine (SCE) platform supports classification, analysis, and control of Internet/IP traffic; all of which it achieves through the use of deep packet inspection (DPI). This Service Control solution enables service providers to create profitable new revenue streams while capitalizing on their existing infrastructure. With the power of Cisco Service Control, service providers can classify, analyze, charge for, and control IP network traffic at multi gigabit and 10-gigabit line rate.Role: Dev-Test EngineerResponsibilities: Designing diagnostics app(diag) for reading and writing hardware registers using CLIs. Testing packet handling of hardware FPGA components (Layer 2 to Layer 4) and Operating System (SCOS) running on the processors (Layer 4 to Layer 7).Key Activities:• Designing diagnostics app(diag) for reading and writing hardware registers using CLIs.• Developing test plan and test strategy.• Review of the test cases written for unit and integration level.• Automation script writing in java to perform automation testing.• Internal hardware FPGA component level testing.• Perform Feature testing, Performance Testing, Load/Stress Testing, Regression Testing.• Benchmark testing of the packet handling capacity of the product.• Effective coordination between development team and testing team.Environment: C, Linux, Eclipse JAVA IDE, Solaris, Databases for software testing and Diagnostics for hardware testing.Team Size: 40Testing Tool: JRT and DiagnosticsTraffic Generators: Ixia (IxExplorer, IxLoad and IxNetworks), Sesame, Kiwi and Gulliver