diff --git a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
index a06a511..da3777c 100644
--- a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
+++ b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@
                 i = self.handle.expect(["onos>",pexpect.TIMEOUT],
                         timeout=30)
                 if i == 0:
+                    main.log.info(str(ONOS_ip)+" CLI Started "+
+                        "successfully after retry attempt")
                     return main.TRUE
                 else:
                     main.log.error("Connection to CLI "+\