fixing remote_syslog_test partially for Nokia by adding deviations

[ram-mac]

Added deviation specific changes that are required for Nokia

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request aims to improve the robustness and compatibility of remote syslog tests, particularly for Nokia devices. It introduces necessary platform-specific deviations and refactors the test suite to correctly apply these deviations during interface configuration and cleanup, ensuring that tests run accurately across different network device behaviors. The changes ensure that the test environment correctly reflects the operational characteristics of Nokia platforms when testing remote syslog functionality.

Highlights

• Nokia Platform Deviations: Added specific platform exceptions for Nokia devices in the metadata.textproto file, including explicit_interface_in_default_vrf, interface_enabled, and static_protocol_name.
• Remote Syslog Test Adjustments: Modified the remote_syslog_test.go file to incorporate Nokia-specific deviations, adjust packet counts, refine interface configuration and cleanup logic, and update packet capture naming and validation.
• Test Cleanup and Configuration Logic: Enhanced the test cleanup process to handle VRF-specific interface deletions and introduced conditional logic in configureDUT and configureDUTLoopback functions to apply deviations only when relevant to the default VRF.

Changelog

• feature/system/logging/otg_tests/remote_syslog/metadata.textproto
  • Added a new platform_exceptions block for the NOKIA vendor.
  • Included explicit_interface_in_default_vrf: true in Nokia deviations.
  • Included interface_enabled: true in Nokia deviations.
  • Included static_protocol_name: "static" in Nokia deviations.
• feature/system/logging/otg_tests/remote_syslog/remote_syslog_test.go
  • Reduced the totalPackets constant from 30000 to 10000.
  • Modified the configureDUTLoopback function signature to accept a vrfName parameter.
  • Updated the TestRemoteSyslog cleanup logic to conditionally delete interfaces based on VRF and ExplicitInterfaceInDefaultVRF deviation.
  • Added a 30-second sleep after stopping capture in TestRemoteSyslog.
  • Deleted gnmi.OC().System().Logging().Config() during cleanup.
  • Modified configureDUT to conditionally configure the default network instance and assign interfaces based on ExplicitInterfaceInDefaultVRF and vrfName.
  • Modified configureDUTLoopback to conditionally assign the loopback interface to the default network instance based on ExplicitInterfaceInDefaultVRF and vrfName.
  • Renamed the packet capture name from 'sFlowpacketCapture' to 'syslogPacketCapture'.
  • Removed a 30-second time.Sleep call from the processCapture function.
  • Updated validatePackets error message to check for both IPv4 and IPv6 syslog packets and corrected the packet type from 'sflow' to 'syslog'.

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[OpenConfigBot]

Pull Request Functional Test Report for #5083 / 69ab62f

Virtual Devices

Device	Test	Test Documentation	Job	Raw Log
Arista cEOS		TR-6.1: Remote Syslog feature config	fabb741e	Log
Cisco 8000E		TR-6.1: Remote Syslog feature config	7f77d82d	Log
Cisco XRd		TR-6.1: Remote Syslog feature config	fb2211ec	Log
Juniper ncPTX		TR-6.1: Remote Syslog feature config	de5c3056	Log
Nokia SR Linux		TR-6.1: Remote Syslog feature config	6abd6e1f	Log
Openconfig Lemming		TR-6.1: Remote Syslog feature config	a6a35497	Log

Hardware Devices

Device	Test	Test Documentation	Raw Log
Arista 7808		TR-6.1: Remote Syslog feature config
Cisco 8808		TR-6.1: Remote Syslog feature config
Juniper PTX10008		TR-6.1: Remote Syslog feature config
Nokia 7250 IXR-10e		TR-6.1: Remote Syslog feature config

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[gemini-code-assist]

Code Review

This pull request introduces deviations to support Nokia devices for the remote syslog test. The changes include updating the test logic to handle VRF configurations and cleanup correctly based on the new deviations. Several good bug fixes and clarity improvements were made, such as correcting the packet validation logic and renaming the packet capture. However, there are a few areas for improvement. There is some commented-out code that should be removed, and a significant change to the number of test packets lacks an explanatory comment. Addressing these points will improve the test's robustness and maintainability.

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Pull Request Test Coverage Report for Build 21942836214

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• Overall coverage remained the same at 10.114%

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