device-api-ms

Device API Network deployment

Description

Network deployment might consist of several devices.

Networking device might be of following types:

• Gateway - serves as access point to another network
• Switch - connects devices on a computer network
• Access Point - connects devices on a computer network via Wi-Fi

Typically, these devices are connected to one another and collectively form a network deployment.

Every device on a computer network can be identified by MAC address.

If device is attached to another device in same network, it is represented via uplink reference.

Task

Define and implement Device API, which should support following features:

• Registering a device to a network deployment
  • input: deviceType, macAddress, uplinkMacAddress
• Retrieving all registered devices, sorted by device type
  • output: sorted list of devices, where each entry has deviceType and macAddress (sorting order: Gateway > Switch > Access Point)
• Retrieving network deployment device by MAC address
  • input: macAddress
  • output: Device entry, which consists of deviceType and macAddress
• Retrieving all registered network device topology
  • output: Device topology as tree structure, node should be represented as macAddress
• Retrieving network device topology starting from a specific device
  • input: macAddress
  • output: Device topology where root node is device with matching macAddress

Additional notes:

Device may or may not be connected to uplink device