1. A method for managing a network device, comprising: generating configuration data in accordance with network configuration of the network device; activating a first converter to convert the configuration data to a human-readable format representing at least a portion of status; activating a second converter to convert the configuration data to markup language configuration output with each value located between a starting tag and an ending tag representing at least a portion of status; and enabling a test script to run a plurality of test cases to verify the network configuration and functionalities of the network device in response to the markup language configuration output.