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+
+# This is a sample template that starts up ONOS cluster, this template
+# can be use as a base script for ONOS System Testing.
+
+class SAMPstartTemplate_3node:
+
+    def __init__( self ):
+        self.default = ''
+
+
+    def CASE0(self, main):
+        '''
+            Pull specific ONOS branch, then Build ONOS on ONOS Bench.
+            This step is usually skipped. Because in a Jenkins driven automated
+            test env. We want Jenkins jobs to pull&build for flexibility to handle
+            different versions of ONOS.
+        '''
+        gitPull = main.params['CASE0']['gitPull']
+        gitBranch = main.params['CASE0']['gitBranch']
+
+        main.case("Pull onos branch and build onos on Teststation.")
+
+        if gitPull == 'True':
+            main.step( "Git Checkout ONOS branch: " + gitBranch)
+            stepResult = main.ONOSbench.gitCheckout( branch = gitBranch )
+            utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                     actual=stepResult,
+                                     onpass="Successfully checkout onos branch.",
+                                     onfail="Failed to checkout onos branch. Exiting test..." )
+            if not stepResult: main.exit()
+
+            main.step( "Git Pull on ONOS branch:" + gitBranch)
+            stepResult = main.ONOSbench.gitPull( )
+            utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                     actual=stepResult,
+                                     onpass="Successfully pull onos. ",
+                                     onfail="Failed to pull onos. Exiting test ..." )
+            if not stepResult: main.exit()
+
+            main.step( "Building ONOS branch: " + gitBranch )
+            stepResult = main.ONOSbench.cleanInstall( skipTest = True )
+            utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                     actual=stepResult,
+                                     onpass="Successfully build onos.",
+                                     onfail="Failed to build onos. Exiting test..." )
+            if not stepResult: main.exit()
+
+        else:
+            main.log.warn( "Skipped pulling onos and Skipped building ONOS" )
+
+
+    def CASE1( self, main ):
+        '''
+            Set up global test variables;
+            Uninstall all running cells in test env defined in .topo file
+
+        '''
+
+        main.case( "Constructing global test variables and clean cluster env." )
+
+        main.step( "Constructing test variables" )
+        main.branch = main.ONOSbench.getBranchName()
+        main.log.info( "Running onos branch: " + main.branch )
+        main.commitNum = main.ONOSbench.getVersion().split(' ')[1]
+        main.log.info( "Running onos commit Number: " + main.commitNum)
+        main.nodeList = main.params['CASE1']['NodeList'].split(",")
+        main.onosStartupSleep = float( main.params['CASE1']['SleepTimers']['onosStartup'] )
+        main.onosCfgSleep = float( main.params['CASE1']['SleepTimers']['onosCfg'] )
+        main.mnStartupSleep = float( main.params['CASE1']['SleepTimers']['mnStartup'] )
+        main.mnCfgSleep = float( main.params['CASE1']['SleepTimers']['mnCfg'] )
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                 actual=main.TRUE,
+                                 onpass="Successfully construct " +
+                                        "test variables ",
+                                 onfail="Failed to construct test variables" )
+
+
+
+        main.step( "Uninstall all onos nodes in the env.")
+        stepResult = main.TRUE
+        for node in main.nodeList:
+            nodeResult = main.ONOSbench.onosUninstall( nodeIp = "$" + node )
+            stepResult = stepResult & nodeResult
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                 actual=stepResult,
+                                 onpass="Successfully uninstall onos on all nodes in env.",
+                                 onfail="Failed to uninstall onos on all nodes in env!" )
+        if not stepResult:
+            main.log.error( "Failure to clean test env. Exiting test..." )
+            main.exit()
+
+    def CASE2( self, main ):
+        '''
+            Report errors/warnings/exceptions
+        '''
+        main.log.info("Error report: \n" )
+        main.ONOSbench.logReport( main.ONOScli1.ip_address,
+                                  [ "INFO",
+                                    "FOLLOWER",
+                                    "WARN",
+                                    "flow",
+                                    "ERROR",
+                                    "Except" ],
+                                  "s" )
+
+    def CASE10( self, main ):
+        """
+        Start ONOS cluster (3 nodes in this example) in three steps:
+        1) start a basic cluster with drivers app via ONOSDriver;
+        2) activate apps via ONOSCliDriver;
+        3) configure onos via ONOSCliDriver;
+        """
+
+        import time
+
+        numNodes = int( main.params['CASE10']['numNodes'] )
+        main.case( "Start up " + str( numNodes ) + "-node onos cluster.")
+
+        main.step( "Start ONOS cluster with basic (drivers) app.")
+        onosClusterIPs = []
+        for n in range( 1, numNodes + 1 ):
+            handle = "main.ONOScli" + str( n )
+            onosClusterIPs.append( eval( handle ).ip_address )
+
+        stepResult = main.ONOSbench.startBasicONOS(nodeList = onosClusterIPs, opSleep = 200 )
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                 actual=stepResult,
+                                 onpass="Successfully started basic ONOS cluster ",
+                                 onfail="Failed to start basic ONOS Cluster " )
+
+        main.step( "Establishing Handles on ONOS CLIs.")
+        cliResult = main.TRUE
+        for n in range( 1, numNodes + 1 ):
+            handle = "main.ONOScli" + str( n )
+            cliResult = cliResult & ( eval( handle ).startCellCli() )
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                 actual=cliResult,
+                                 onpass="Successfully started onos cli's ",
+                                 onfail="Failed to start onos cli's " )
+
+        main.step( "Activate onos apps.")
+        apps = main.params['CASE10'].get( 'Apps' )
+        if apps:
+            main.log.info( "Apps to activate: " + apps )
+            activateResult = main.TRUE
+            for a in apps.split(","):
+                activateResult = activateResult & main.ONOScli1.activateApp(a)
+            # TODO: check this worked
+            time.sleep( main.onosCfgSleep )  # wait for apps to activate
+        else:
+            main.log.warn( "No configurations were specified to be changed after startup" )
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                     actual=activateResult,
+                                     onpass="Successfully set config",
+                                     onfail="Failed to set config" )
+
+        main.step( "Set ONOS configurations" )
+        config = main.params['CASE10'].get( 'ONOS_Configuration' )
+        if config:
+            main.log.debug( config )
+            checkResult = main.TRUE
+            for component in config:
+                for setting in config[component]:
+                    value = config[component][setting]
+                    check = main.ONOScli1.setCfg( component, setting, value )
+                    main.log.info( "Value was changed? {}".format( main.TRUE == check ) )
+                    checkResult = check and checkResult
+            utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                     actual=checkResult,
+                                     onpass="Successfully set config",
+                                     onfail="Failed to set config" )
+        else:
+            main.log.warn( "No configurations were specified to be changed after startup" )
+
+    def CASE11( self, main ):
+        """
+            Start mininet and assign controllers
+        """
+        import time
+
+        topology = main.params['CASE11']['topo']
+        main.log.report( "Start Mininet topology" )
+        main.log.case( "Start Mininet topology" )
+
+        main.step( "Starting Mininet Topology" )
+        topoResult = main.Mininet1.startNet(mnCmd=topology )
+        stepResult = topoResult
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                 actual=stepResult,
+                                 onpass="Successfully loaded topology",
+                                 onfail="Failed to load topology" )
+        # Exit if topology did not load properly
+        if not topoResult:
+            main.cleanup()
+            main.exit()
+
+        main.step( "Assign switches to controllers.")
+        assignResult = main.TRUE
+        onosNodes = [ main.ONOScli1.ip_address, main.ONOScli2.ip_address, main.ONOScli3.ip_address ]
+        for i in range(1, 8):
+            assignResult = assignResult & main.Mininet1.assignSwController( sw="s" + str( i ),
+                                                         ip=onosNodes,
+                                                         port='6653' )
+        time.sleep(main.mnCfgSleep)
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                 actual=stepResult,
+                                 onpass="Successfully assign switches to controllers",
+                                 onfail="Failed to assign switches to controllers" )
+
+
+    def CASE12( self, main ):
+        """
+            Tests using through ONOS CLI handles
+        """
+
+        main.log.case( "Test some onos commands through CLI. ")
+        main.log.debug( main.ONOScli1.sendline("summary") )
+        main.log.debug( main.ONOScli3.sendline("devices") )
+
+    def CASE22( self, main ):
+        """
+            Tests using ONOS REST API handles
+        """
+
+        main.case( " Sample tests using ONOS REST API handles. ")
+        main.log.debug( main.ONOSrest1.send("/devices") )
+        main.log.debug( main.ONOSrest2.apps() )
+
+    def CASE32( self, main ):
+        """
+            Configure fwd app from .params json string with parameter configured
+            Check if configuration successful
+            Run pingall to check connectivity
+            Check ONOS log for warning/error/exceptions
+        """
+        main.case( "Configure onos-app-fwd and check if configuration successful. " )
+        main.step( "Install reactive forwarding app." )
+        installResults = main.ONOScli1.activateApp( "org.onosproject.fwd" )
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=installResults,
+                                 onpass= "Configure fwd successful", onfail= "Configure fwd failed" )
+        main.step( "Run pingall to check connectivity. " )
+        pingResult = main.FALSE
+        passMsg = "Reactive Pingall test passed"
+        pingResult = main.Mininet1.pingall()
+        if not pingResult:
+           main.log.warn("First pingall failed. Trying again...")
+           pingResult = main.Mininet1.pingall()
+           passMsg += "on the second try"
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=pingResult, onpass=passMsg, onfail= "Reactive Pingall failed, " + "one or more ping pairs failed" )