diff --git a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
index 097a303..93badda 100644
--- a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
+++ b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@
             main.cleanup()
             main.exit()
 
-    def startOnosCli( self, ONOSIp, karafTimeout="" ):
+    def startOnosCli( self, ONOSIp, karafTimeout="",
+            commandlineTimeout=10, onosStartTimeout=60 ):
         """
         karafTimeout is an optional arugument. karafTimeout value passed
         by user would be used to set the current karaf shell idle timeout.
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@
         try:
             self.handle.sendline( "" )
             x = self.handle.expect( [
-                "\$", "onos>" ], timeout=10 )
+                "\$", "onos>" ], commandlineTimeout)
 
             if x == 1:
                 main.log.info( "ONOS cli is already running" )
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@
             self.handle.sendline( "onos -w " + str( ONOSIp ) )
             i = self.handle.expect( [
                 "onos>",
-                pexpect.TIMEOUT ], timeout=60 )
+                pexpect.TIMEOUT ], onosStartTimeout )
 
             if i == 0:
                 main.log.info( str( ONOSIp ) + " CLI Started successfully" )
diff --git a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py
index 7d6587c..ffed668 100644
--- a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py
+++ b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
             response = main.FALSE
         return response
 
-    def onosPackage( self ):
+    def onosPackage( self, opTimeout=30 ):
         """
         Produce a self-contained tar.gz file that can be deployed
         and executed on any platform with Java 7 JRE.
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         try:
             self.handle.sendline( "onos-package" )
             self.handle.expect( "onos-package" )
-            self.handle.expect( "tar.gz", timeout=30 )
+            self.handle.expect( "tar.gz", opTimeout )
             handle = str( self.handle.before )
             main.log.info( "onos-package command returned: " +
                            handle )
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
             main.cleanup()
             main.exit()
 
-    def cleanInstall( self ):
+    def cleanInstall( self, mciTimeout=600 ):
         """
         Runs mvn clean install in the root of the ONOS directory.
         This will clean all ONOS artifacts then compile each module
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
                     'BUILD\sFAILURE',
                     'BUILD\sSUCCESS',
                     'ONOS\$',
-                    pexpect.TIMEOUT ], timeout=600 )
+                    pexpect.TIMEOUT ], mciTimeout )
                 if i == 0:
                     main.log.error( self.name + ":There is insufficient memory \
                             for the Java Runtime Environment to continue." )
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@
             main.cleanup()
             main.exit()
 
-    def isup( self, node="" ):
+    def isup( self, node="", onosWaitStartTimeout=120 ):
         """
         Run's onos-wait-for-start which only returns once ONOS is at run
         level 100( ready for use )
@@ -1056,7 +1056,8 @@
             self.handle.sendline( "onos-wait-for-start " + node )
             self.handle.expect( "onos-wait-for-start" )
             # NOTE: this timeout is arbitrary"
-            i = self.handle.expect( [ "\$", pexpect.TIMEOUT ], timeout=120 )
+            i = self.handle.expect( [ "\$", pexpect.TIMEOUT ],
+                    onosWaitStartTimeout )
             if i == 0:
                 main.log.info( self.name + ": " + node + " is up" )
                 return main.TRUE
diff --git a/TestON/tests/SdnIpTest/SdnIpTest.py b/TestON/tests/SdnIpTest/SdnIpTest.py
index b95bfe0..f4e6f07 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/SdnIpTest/SdnIpTest.py
+++ b/TestON/tests/SdnIpTest/SdnIpTest.py
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
 #         else:
 #             main.log.warn( "Did not pull new code so skipping mvn " +
 #                             "clean install" )
-        cleanInstallResult = main.ONOSbench.cleanInstall()
+        cleanInstallResult = main.ONOSbench.cleanInstall( mciTimeout= 1000 )
         main.ONOSbench.getVersion( report=True )
 
         #cellResult = main.ONOSbench.setCell( cellName )
         #verifyResult = main.ONOSbench.verifyCell()
         main.step( "Creating ONOS package" )
-        packageResult = main.ONOSbench.onosPackage()
+        packageResult = main.ONOSbench.onosPackage( opTimeout=500 )
 
         main.step( "Installing ONOS package" )
         onos1InstallResult = main.ONOSbench.onosInstall( options="-f",
@@ -63,13 +63,14 @@
         main.step( "Checking if ONOS is up yet" )
         #time.sleep( 300 )
         for i in range( 2 ):
-            onos1Isup = main.ONOSbench.isup( ONOS1Ip )
+            onos1Isup = main.ONOSbench.isup( ONOS1Ip, onosWaitStartTimeout=420 )
             if onos1Isup:
                 break
         if not onos1Isup:
             main.log.report( "ONOS1 didn't start!" )
 
-        cliResult = main.ONOScli.startOnosCli( ONOS1Ip )
+        cliResult = main.ONOScli.startOnosCli( ONOS1Ip,
+                commandlineTimeout=100, onosStartTimeout=600)
 
         case1Result = ( cleanInstallResult and packageResult and
                         cellResult and verifyResult and