diff --git a/TestON/core/teston.py b/TestON/core/teston.py
index 0925edd..142505a 100644
--- a/TestON/core/teston.py
+++ b/TestON/core/teston.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
             try :
                 self.configDict = xmldict.xml_to_dict(xml)
                 return self.configDict
-            except :
+            except (Exception):
                 print "There is no such file to parse " + self.configFile
                         
     def componentInit(self,component):
@@ -241,8 +241,9 @@
                 exec code[testCaseNumber][step] in module.__dict__
                 self.stepCount = self.stepCount + 1
             except TypeError,e:
-                print "Exception in the following section of code:"
-                print code[testCaseNumber][step]
+                print "Exception in the following section of code: Test Step " +\
+                      str(testCaseNumber) + "." + str(step) + " ):"
+                #print code[testCaseNumber][step]
                 self.stepCount = self.stepCount + 1
                 self.log.exception(e)
             return main.TRUE
diff --git a/TestON/dependencies/rotate.sh b/TestON/dependencies/rotate.sh
index 0f879b6..42fec2d 100755
--- a/TestON/dependencies/rotate.sh
+++ b/TestON/dependencies/rotate.sh
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@
 #Maybe this should be an argument? pack-and-rotate supports that
 nr_max=20
 
-pack-rotate-log ${root_dir}'/'${base_name} "${root_dir}/${base_name}*.pcap ${root_dir}/${base_name}*.log" ${nr_max}
+pack-rotate-log ${root_dir}'/'${base_name} "${root_dir}/${base_name}*.pcap ${root_dir}/${base_name}*.log*" ${nr_max}
diff --git a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
index 3103772..4f40b07 100644
--- a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
+++ b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
@@ -298,18 +298,28 @@
             logStr = "\"Sending CLI command: '" + cmdStr + "'\""
             self.log( logStr )
             self.handle.sendline( cmdStr )
-            self.handle.expect( "onos>" )
+            i = self.handle.expect( ["onos>", "\$", pexpect.TIMEOUT] )
+            response = self.handle.before
+            if i == 2:
+                self.handle.sendline()
+                self.handle.expect( "\$" )
+                response += self.handle.before
+                print response
+                try:
+                    print self.handle.after
+                except:
+                    pass
+            # TODO: do something with i
             main.log.info( "Command '" + str( cmdStr ) + "' sent to "
                            + self.name + "." )
-            handle = self.handle.before
             # Remove control strings from output
             ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\x1b[^m]*m' )
-            handle = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
+            response = ansiEscape.sub( '', response )
             # Remove extra return chars that get added
-            handle = re.sub(  r"\s\r", "", handle )
-            handle = handle.strip()
-            # parse for just the output, remove the cmd from handle
-            output = handle.split( cmdStr, 1 )[1]
+            response = re.sub(  r"\s\r", "", response )
+            response = response.strip()
+            # parse for just the output, remove the cmd from response
+            output = response.split( cmdStr, 1 )[1]
             return output
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
@@ -2050,14 +2060,18 @@
             main.cleanup()
             main.exit()
 
-    def testExceptions( self, obj ):
+    def intentSummary( self ):
         """
-        Test exception logging
+        Returns a dictonary containing the current intent states and the count
         """
-        # FIXME: Remove this before you commit
-
         try:
-            return obj[ 'dedf' ]
+            intents = self.intents( )
+            intentStates = []
+            for intent in json.loads( intents ):  # Iter through intents of a node
+                intentStates.append( intent.get( 'state', None ) )
+            out = [ (i, intentStates.count( i ) ) for i in set( intentStates ) ]
+            main.log.info( dict( out ) )
+            return dict( out )
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -2070,3 +2084,70 @@
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Uncaught exception!" )
             main.cleanup()
             main.exit()
+
+    def leaders( self ):
+        """
+        Returns the output of the leaders command.
+        """
+        # FIXME: add json output
+        try:
+            output = self.sendline( "onos:leaders" )
+            main.log.warn( output )
+            return output
+        except TypeError:
+            main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
+            return None
+        except pexpect.EOF:
+            main.log.error( self.name + ": EOF exception found" )
+            main.log.error( self.name + ":    " + self.handle.before )
+            main.cleanup()
+            main.exit()
+        except:
+            main.log.exception( self.name + ": Uncaught exception!" )
+            main.cleanup()
+            main.exit()
+
+    def pendingMap( self ):
+        """
+        Returns the output of the intent Pending map.
+        """
+        # FIXME: add json output
+        try:
+            output = self.sendline( "onos:intents -p" )
+            main.log.warn( output )
+            return output
+        except TypeError:
+            main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
+            return None
+        except pexpect.EOF:
+            main.log.error( self.name + ": EOF exception found" )
+            main.log.error( self.name + ":    " + self.handle.before )
+            main.cleanup()
+            main.exit()
+        except:
+            main.log.exception( self.name + ": Uncaught exception!" )
+            main.cleanup()
+            main.exit()
+
+    def partitions( self ):
+        """
+        Returns the output of the raft partitions command for ONOS.
+        """
+        # FIXME: add json output
+        try:
+            output = self.sendline( "partitions" )
+            main.log.warn( output )
+            return output
+        except TypeError:
+            main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
+            return None
+        except pexpect.EOF:
+            main.log.error( self.name + ": EOF exception found" )
+            main.log.error( self.name + ":    " + self.handle.before )
+            main.cleanup()
+            main.exit()
+        except:
+            main.log.exception( self.name + ": Uncaught exception!" )
+            main.cleanup()
+            main.exit()
+
diff --git a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py
index f45ad08..55a5c0e 100644
--- a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py
+++ b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosdriver.py
@@ -68,10 +68,8 @@
             main.log.error( self.name + ":     " + self.handle.before )
             main.cleanup()
             main.exit()
-        except:
-            main.log.info( self.name + ":" * 30 )
-            main.log.error( traceback.print_exc() )
-            main.log.info( ":" * 30 )
+        except Exception as e:
+            main.log.exception( "Uncaught exception!" )
             main.cleanup()
             main.exit()
 
@@ -1494,8 +1492,8 @@
             main.cleanup()
             main.exit()
 
-    def setIpTables( self, ip, port='', action='add', packet_type='tcp',
-                     direction='INPUT', rule='DROP' ):
+    def setIpTables( self, ip, port='', action='add', packet_type='',
+                     direction='INPUT', rule='DROP', states=True ):
         '''
         Description:
             add or remove iptables rule to DROP (default) packets from
@@ -1509,6 +1507,8 @@
         * optional packet type to block (default tcp)
         * optional iptables rule (default DROP)
         * optional direction to block (default 'INPUT')
+        * States boolean toggles adding all supported tcp states to the
+          firewall rule
         Returns:
             main.TRUE on success or
             main.FALSE if given invalid input or
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@
         #       registered to the instance. If you are calling this function
         #       multiple times this sleep will prevent any errors.
         #       DO NOT REMOVE
-        time.sleep( 5 )
+        # time.sleep( 5 )
         try:
             # input validation
             action_type = action.lower()
@@ -1559,10 +1559,16 @@
             self.handle.expect( "\$" )
             cmd = "sudo iptables " + actionFlag + " " +\
                   direction +\
-                  " -p " + str( packet_type ) +\
                   " -s " + str( ip )
+                  # " -p " + str( packet_type ) +\
+            if packet_type:
+                cmd += " -p " + str( packet_type )
             if port:
                 cmd += " --dport " + str( port )
+            if states:
+                cmd += " -m state --state="
+                #FIXME- Allow user to configure which states to block
+                cmd += "INVALID,ESTABLISHED,NEW,RELATED,UNTRACKED"
             cmd += " -j " + str( rule )
 
             self.handle.sendline( cmd )
diff --git a/TestON/drivers/common/clidriver.py b/TestON/drivers/common/clidriver.py
index 6d7fb2a..44552ae 100644
--- a/TestON/drivers/common/clidriver.py
+++ b/TestON/drivers/common/clidriver.py
@@ -94,10 +94,17 @@
                 i = self.handle.expect(
                     [ ssh_newkey, 'password:', pexpect.EOF ] )
             if i == 1:
-                main.log.info(
-                    "ssh connection asked for password, gave password" )
-                self.handle.sendline( self.pwd )
-                self.handle.expect( '>|#|\$' )
+                if self.pwd:
+                    main.log.info(
+                        "ssh connection asked for password, gave password" )
+                    self.handle.sendline( self.pwd )
+                    self.handle.expect( '>|#|\$' )
+                else:
+                    # FIXME: TestON does not support a username having no
+                    #        password
+                    main.log.error( "Server asked for password, but none was "
+                                    "given in the .topo file" )
+                    main.exit()
             elif i == 2:
                 main.log.error( "Connection timeout" )
                 return main.FALSE
diff --git a/TestON/tests/HATestClusterRestart/HATestClusterRestart.py b/TestON/tests/HATestClusterRestart/HATestClusterRestart.py
index 1f41027..473c6fe 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/HATestClusterRestart/HATestClusterRestart.py
+++ b/TestON/tests/HATestClusterRestart/HATestClusterRestart.py
@@ -485,8 +485,11 @@
                 tmpId = main.ONOScli1.addHostIntent(
                     host1Id,
                     host2Id )
-                main.log.info( "Added intent with id: " + tmpId )
-                intentIds.append( tmpId )
+                if tmpId:
+                    main.log.info( "Added intent with id: " + tmpId )
+                    intentIds.append( tmpId )
+                else:
+                    main.log.error( "addHostIntent reutrned None" )
             else:
                 main.log.error( "Error, getHost() failed" )
                 main.log.warn( json.dumps( json.loads( main.ONOScli1.hosts() ),
@@ -505,10 +508,13 @@
         # Print the intent states
         intents = main.ONOScli1.intents()
         intentStates = []
+        installedCheck = True
         main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" % ( 'Count', 'ID', 'State' ) )
         count = 0
         for intent in json.loads( intents ):  # Iter through intents of a node
             state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+            if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                installedCheck = False
             intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
             intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
         # add submitted intents not in the store
@@ -523,16 +529,28 @@
             count += 1
             main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
                            ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+        main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+        main.ONOScli1.partitions()
+        # for node in nodes:
+        #     node.pendingMap()
+        pendingMap = main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli2.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli3.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli4.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli5.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli6.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli7.pendingMap()
         intentAddResult = bool( pingResult and hostResult and intentAddResult
-                                and not missingIntents)
+                                and not missingIntents and installedCheck )
         utilities.assert_equals(
             expect=True,
             actual=intentAddResult,
             onpass="Pushed host intents to ONOS",
             onfail="Error in pushing host intents to ONOS" )
 
-        if not intentAddResult:
+        if not intentAddResult or "key" in pendingMap:
             import time
+            installedCheck = True
             main.log.info( "Sleeping 60 seconds to see if intents are found" )
             time.sleep( 60 )
             onosIds = main.ONOScli1.getAllIntentsId()
@@ -546,6 +564,8 @@
             for intent in json.loads( intents ):
                 # Iter through intents of a node
                 state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+                if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                    installedCheck = False
                 intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
                 intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
             # add submitted intents not in the store
@@ -558,6 +578,14 @@
                 count += 1
                 main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
                                ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+            main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+            main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli2.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli3.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli4.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli5.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli6.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli7.pendingMap()
 
     def CASE4( self, main ):
         """
@@ -595,6 +623,8 @@
             actual=PingResult,
             onpass="Intents have been installed correctly and pings work",
             onfail="Intents have not been installed correctly, pings failed." )
+
+        installedCheck = True
         if PingResult is not main.TRUE:
             # Print the intent states
             intents = main.ONOScli1.intents()
@@ -604,6 +634,8 @@
             # Iter through intents of a node
             for intent in json.loads( intents ):
                 state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+                if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                    installedCheck = False
                 intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
                 intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
             intentStates.sort()
@@ -611,6 +643,44 @@
                 count += 1
                 main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
                                ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+            main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+            main.ONOScli1.partitions()
+            main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli2.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli3.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli4.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli5.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli6.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli7.pendingMap()
+        if not installedCheck:
+            main.log.info( "Waiting 60 seconds to see if intent states change" )
+            time.sleep( 60 )
+            # Print the intent states
+            intents = main.ONOScli1.intents()
+            intentStates = []
+            main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" % ( 'Count', 'ID', 'State' ) )
+            count = 0
+            # Iter through intents of a node
+            for intent in json.loads( intents ):
+                state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+                if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                    installedCheck = False
+                intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
+                intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
+            intentStates.sort()
+            for i, s in intentStates:
+                count += 1
+                main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
+                               ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+            main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+            main.ONOScli1.partitions()
+            main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli2.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli3.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli4.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli5.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli6.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli7.pendingMap()
 
     def CASE5( self, main ):
         """
@@ -1876,7 +1946,7 @@
         linkSleep = float( main.params[ 'timers' ][ 'LinkDiscovery' ] )
 
         description = "Restore a link to ensure that Link Discovery is " + \
-            "working properly"
+                      "working properly"
         main.log.report( description )
         main.case( description )
 
@@ -2162,7 +2232,11 @@
                 "Leader for the election app should be an ONOS node," +
                 "instead got '" + str( leader ) + "'" )
             leaderResult = main.FALSE
-        withdrawResult = oldLeader.electionTestWithdraw()
+            oldLeader = None
+        else:
+            main.log.error( "Leader election --- why am I HERE?!?")
+        if oldLeader:
+            withdrawResult = oldLeader.electionTestWithdraw()
         utilities.assert_equals(
             expect=main.TRUE,
             actual=withdrawResult,
@@ -2215,7 +2289,10 @@
 
         main.step( "Run for election on old leader( just so everyone " +
                    "is in the hat )" )
-        runResult = oldLeader.electionTestRun()
+        if oldLeader:
+            runResult = oldLeader.electionTestRun()
+        else:
+            runResult = main.FALSE
         utilities.assert_equals(
             expect=main.TRUE,
             actual=runResult,
diff --git a/TestON/tests/HATestMinorityRestart/HATestMinorityRestart.py b/TestON/tests/HATestMinorityRestart/HATestMinorityRestart.py
index a87e862..b1c0f77 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/HATestMinorityRestart/HATestMinorityRestart.py
+++ b/TestON/tests/HATestMinorityRestart/HATestMinorityRestart.py
@@ -483,8 +483,11 @@
                 tmpId = main.ONOScli4.addHostIntent(
                     host1Id,
                     host2Id )
-                main.log.info( "Added intent with id: " + tmpId )
-                intentIds.append( tmpId )
+                if tmpId:
+                    main.log.info( "Added intent with id: " + tmpId )
+                    intentIds.append( tmpId )
+                else:
+                    main.log.error( "addHostIntent reutrned None" )
             else:
                 main.log.error( "Error, getHost() failed" )
                 main.log.warn( json.dumps( json.loads( main.ONOScli1.hosts() ),
@@ -503,10 +506,13 @@
         # Print the intent states
         intents = main.ONOScli1.intents()
         intentStates = []
+        installedCheck = True 
         main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" % ( 'Count', 'ID', 'State' ) )
         count = 0
         for intent in json.loads( intents ):  # Iter through intents of a node
             state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+            if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                installedCheck = False
             intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
             intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
         # add submitted intents not in the store
@@ -521,16 +527,28 @@
             count += 1
             main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
                            ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+        main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+        main.ONOScli1.partitions()
+        # for node in nodes:
+        #     node.pendingMap()
+        pendingMap = main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli2.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli3.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli4.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli5.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli6.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli7.pendingMap()
         intentAddResult = bool( pingResult and hostResult and intentAddResult
-                                and not missingIntents)
+                                and not missingIntents and installedCheck )
         utilities.assert_equals(
             expect=True,
             actual=intentAddResult,
             onpass="Pushed host intents to ONOS",
             onfail="Error in pushing host intents to ONOS" )
 
-        if not intentAddResult:
+        if not intentAddResult or "key" in pendingMap:
             import time
+            installedCheck = True
             main.log.info( "Sleeping 60 seconds to see if intents are found" )
             time.sleep( 60 )
             onosIds = main.ONOScli1.getAllIntentsId()
@@ -544,6 +562,8 @@
             for intent in json.loads( intents ):
                 # Iter through intents of a node
                 state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+                if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                    installedCheck = False
                 intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
                 intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
             # add submitted intents not in the store
@@ -556,6 +576,14 @@
                 count += 1
                 main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
                                ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+            main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+            main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli2.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli3.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli4.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli5.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli6.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli7.pendingMap()
 
     def CASE4( self, main ):
         """
@@ -593,6 +621,8 @@
             actual=PingResult,
             onpass="Intents have been installed correctly and pings work",
             onfail="Intents have not been installed correctly, pings failed." )
+
+        installedCheck = True
         if PingResult is not main.TRUE:
             # Print the intent states
             intents = main.ONOScli1.intents()
@@ -602,6 +632,8 @@
             # Iter through intents of a node
             for intent in json.loads( intents ):
                 state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+                if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                    installedCheck = False
                 intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
                 intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
             intentStates.sort()
@@ -609,6 +641,44 @@
                 count += 1
                 main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
                                ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+            main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+            main.ONOScli1.partitions()
+            main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli2.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli3.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli4.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli5.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli6.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli7.pendingMap()
+        if not installedCheck:
+            main.log.info( "Waiting 60 seconds to see if intent states change" )
+            time.sleep( 60 )
+            # Print the intent states
+            intents = main.ONOScli1.intents()
+            intentStates = []
+            main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" % ( 'Count', 'ID', 'State' ) )
+            count = 0
+            # Iter through intents of a node
+            for intent in json.loads( intents ):
+                state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+                if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                    installedCheck = False
+                intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
+                intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
+            intentStates.sort()
+            for i, s in intentStates:
+                count += 1
+                main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
+                               ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+            main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+            main.ONOScli1.partitions()
+            main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli2.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli3.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli4.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli5.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli6.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli7.pendingMap()
 
     def CASE5( self, main ):
         """
@@ -1869,7 +1939,7 @@
         linkSleep = float( main.params[ 'timers' ][ 'LinkDiscovery' ] )
 
         description = "Restore a link to ensure that Link Discovery is " + \
-            "working properly"
+                      "working properly"
         main.log.report( description )
         main.case( description )
 
@@ -2155,7 +2225,11 @@
                 "Leader for the election app should be an ONOS node," +
                 "instead got '" + str( leader ) + "'" )
             leaderResult = main.FALSE
-        withdrawResult = oldLeader.electionTestWithdraw()
+            oldLeader = None
+        else:
+            main.log.error( "Leader election --- why am I HERE?!?")
+        if oldLeader:
+            withdrawResult = oldLeader.electionTestWithdraw()
         utilities.assert_equals(
             expect=main.TRUE,
             actual=withdrawResult,
@@ -2208,7 +2282,10 @@
 
         main.step( "Run for election on old leader( just so everyone " +
                    "is in the hat )" )
-        runResult = oldLeader.electionTestRun()
+        if oldLeader:
+            runResult = oldLeader.electionTestRun()
+        else:
+            runResult = main.FALSE
         utilities.assert_equals(
             expect=main.TRUE,
             actual=runResult,
diff --git a/TestON/tests/HATestNetworkPartition/HATestNetworkPartition.params b/TestON/tests/HATestNetworkPartition/HATestNetworkPartition.params
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1421cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestON/tests/HATestNetworkPartition/HATestNetworkPartition.params
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<PARAMS>
+
+#List of test cases:
+#CASE1: Compile ONOS and push it to the test machines
+#CASE2: Assign mastership to controllers
+#CASE3: Assign intents
+#CASE4: Ping across added host intents
+#CASE5: Reading state of ONOS
+#CASE6: The Failure case. We will create IPTables rules here.
+#CASE7: Check state after control plane partition.
+#CASE8: Compare topo
+#CASE9: Link s3-s28 down
+#CASE10: Link s3-s28 up
+#CASE11: Switch down
+#CASE12: Switch up
+#CASE13: Clean up
+#CASE14: start election app on all onos nodes
+#CASE15: Check that Leadership Election is still functional
+#CASE16: Repair network partition
+              #1,2,8,3,4,5,14,[6],8,7,4,15,9,8,4,10,8,4,11,8,4,12,8,4,13
+    <testcases>1,2,5,14,[6],8,7,4,15,9,8,4,10,8,4,11,8,4,12,8,4,16,13</testcases>
+    <ENV>
+        <cellName>HA</cellName>
+    </ENV>
+    <Git> False </Git>
+    <branch> master </branch>
+    <num_controllers> 7 </num_controllers>
+
+    <CTRL>
+        <ip1>10.128.30.11</ip1>
+        <port1>6633</port1>
+
+        <ip2>10.128.30.12</ip2>
+        <port2>6633</port2>
+
+        <ip3>10.128.30.13</ip3>
+        <port3>6633</port3>
+
+        <ip4>10.128.30.14</ip4>
+        <port4>6633</port4>
+
+        <ip5>10.128.30.15</ip5>
+        <port5>6633</port5>
+
+        <ip6>10.128.30.16</ip6>
+        <port6>6633</port6>
+
+        <ip7>10.128.30.17</ip7>
+        <port7>6633</port7>
+    </CTRL>
+    <TESTONUSER>admin</TESTONUSER>
+    <TESTONIP>10.128.30.9</TESTONIP>
+    <PING>
+        <source1>h8</source1>
+        <source2>h9</source2>
+        <source3>h10</source3>
+        <source4>h11</source4>
+        <source5>h12</source5>
+        <source6>h13</source6>
+        <source7>h14</source7>
+        <source8>h15</source8>
+        <source9>h16</source9>
+        <source10>h17</source10>
+        <target1>10.0.0.18</target1>
+        <target2>10.0.0.19</target2>
+        <target3>10.0.0.20</target3>
+        <target4>10.0.0.21</target4>
+        <target5>10.0.0.22</target5>
+        <target6>10.0.0.23</target6>
+        <target7>10.0.0.24</target7>
+        <target8>10.0.0.25</target8>
+        <target9>10.0.0.26</target9>
+        <target10>10.0.0.27</target10>
+    </PING>
+    <timers>
+        <LinkDiscovery>.2</LinkDiscovery>
+        <SwitchDiscovery>.2</SwitchDiscovery>
+    </timers>
+    <kill>
+        <switch> s5 </switch>
+        <dpid> 0000000000005000 </dpid>
+        <links> h5 s2 s1 s6 </links>
+    </kill>
+    <MNtcpdump>
+        <intf>eth0</intf>
+        <port> </port>
+        <folder>~/packet_captures/</folder>
+    </MNtcpdump>
+</PARAMS>
diff --git a/TestON/tests/HATestNetworkPartition/HATestNetworkPartition.py b/TestON/tests/HATestNetworkPartition/HATestNetworkPartition.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99eb9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestON/tests/HATestNetworkPartition/HATestNetworkPartition.py
@@ -0,0 +1,1989 @@
+"""
+Description: This test is to determine how ONOS behaves in a control network
+             partion. ONOS 1,2,3 will be split into a sub cluster and ONOS
+             4,5,6,7 will be in another sub-cluster.
+
+List of test cases:
+CASE1: Compile ONOS and push it to the test machines
+CASE2: Assign mastership to controllers
+CASE3: Assign intents
+CASE4: Ping across added host intents
+CASE5: Reading state of ONOS
+CASE6: The Failure case. We will create IPTables rules here.
+CASE7: Check state after control plane partition.
+CASE8: Compare topo
+CASE9: Link s3-s28 down
+CASE10: Link s3-s28 up
+CASE11: Switch down
+CASE12: Switch up
+CASE13: Clean up
+CASE14: start election app on all onos nodes
+CASE15: Check that Leadership Election is still functional
+CASE16: Repair network partition
+"""
+# FIXME: Add new comparison case for during the failure?
+class HATestNetworkPartition:
+
+    def __init__( self ):
+        self.default = ''
+
+    def CASE1( self, main ):
+        """
+        CASE1 is to compile ONOS and push it to the test machines
+
+        Startup sequence:
+        cell <name>
+        onos-verify-cell
+        NOTE: temporary - onos-remove-raft-logs
+        onos-uninstall
+        start mininet
+        git pull
+        mvn clean install
+        onos-package
+        onos-install -f
+        onos-wait-for-start
+        start cli sessions
+        start tcpdump
+        """
+        main.log.report( "ONOS HA test: Network partition - initialization" )
+        main.log.report( "This test will partition a 7 node cluster into " +
+                         "3 node and 4 node sub clusters by blocking " +
+                         "communication between nodes." )
+        main.case( "Setting up test environment" )
+        # TODO: save all the timers and output them for plotting
+
+        # load some vairables from the params file
+        PULLCODE = False
+        if main.params[ 'Git' ] == 'True':
+            PULLCODE = True
+        gitBranch = main.params[ 'branch' ]
+        cellName = main.params[ 'ENV' ][ 'cellName' ]
+
+        # set global variables
+        global ONOS1Ip
+        global ONOS1Port
+        global ONOS2Ip
+        global ONOS2Port
+        global ONOS3Ip
+        global ONOS3Port
+        global ONOS4Ip
+        global ONOS4Port
+        global ONOS5Ip
+        global ONOS5Port
+        global ONOS6Ip
+        global ONOS6Port
+        global ONOS7Ip
+        global ONOS7Port
+        global numControllers
+
+        ONOS1Ip = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'ip1' ]
+        ONOS1Port = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'port1' ]
+        ONOS2Ip = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'ip2' ]
+        ONOS2Port = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'port2' ]
+        ONOS3Ip = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'ip3' ]
+        ONOS3Port = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'port3' ]
+        ONOS4Ip = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'ip4' ]
+        ONOS4Port = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'port4' ]
+        ONOS5Ip = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'ip5' ]
+        ONOS5Port = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'port5' ]
+        ONOS6Ip = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'ip6' ]
+        ONOS6Port = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'port6' ]
+        ONOS7Ip = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'ip7' ]
+        ONOS7Port = main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'port7' ]
+        numControllers = int( main.params[ 'num_controllers' ] )
+
+        main.step( "Applying cell variable to environment" )
+        cellResult = main.ONOSbench.setCell( cellName )
+        verifyResult = main.ONOSbench.verifyCell()
+
+        # FIXME:this is short term fix
+        main.log.report( "Removing raft logs" )
+        main.ONOSbench.onosRemoveRaftLogs()
+        main.log.report( "Uninstalling ONOS" )
+        main.ONOSbench.onosUninstall( ONOS1Ip )
+        main.ONOSbench.onosUninstall( ONOS2Ip )
+        main.ONOSbench.onosUninstall( ONOS3Ip )
+        main.ONOSbench.onosUninstall( ONOS4Ip )
+        main.ONOSbench.onosUninstall( ONOS5Ip )
+        main.ONOSbench.onosUninstall( ONOS6Ip )
+        main.ONOSbench.onosUninstall( ONOS7Ip )
+
+        cleanInstallResult = main.TRUE
+        gitPullResult = main.TRUE
+
+        main.step( "Starting Mininet" )
+        main.Mininet1.startNet( )
+
+        main.step( "Compiling the latest version of ONOS" )
+        if PULLCODE:
+            main.step( "Git checkout and pull " + gitBranch )
+            main.ONOSbench.gitCheckout( gitBranch )
+            gitPullResult = main.ONOSbench.gitPull()
+
+            main.step( "Using mvn clean & install" )
+            cleanInstallResult = main.ONOSbench.cleanInstall()
+        else:
+            main.log.warn( "Did not pull new code so skipping mvn " +
+                           "clean install" )
+        main.ONOSbench.getVersion( report=True )
+
+        main.step( "Creating ONOS package" )
+        packageResult = main.ONOSbench.onosPackage()
+
+        main.step( "Installing ONOS package" )
+        onos1InstallResult = main.ONOSbench.onosInstall( options="-f",
+                                                           node=ONOS1Ip )
+        onos2InstallResult = main.ONOSbench.onosInstall( options="-f",
+                                                           node=ONOS2Ip )
+        onos3InstallResult = main.ONOSbench.onosInstall( options="-f",
+                                                           node=ONOS3Ip )
+        onos4InstallResult = main.ONOSbench.onosInstall( options="-f",
+                                                           node=ONOS4Ip )
+        onos5InstallResult = main.ONOSbench.onosInstall( options="-f",
+                                                           node=ONOS5Ip )
+        onos6InstallResult = main.ONOSbench.onosInstall( options="-f",
+                                                           node=ONOS6Ip )
+        onos7InstallResult = main.ONOSbench.onosInstall( options="-f",
+                                                           node=ONOS7Ip )
+        onosInstallResult = onos1InstallResult and onos2InstallResult\
+            and onos3InstallResult and onos4InstallResult\
+            and onos5InstallResult and onos6InstallResult\
+            and onos7InstallResult
+
+        main.step( "Checking if ONOS is up yet" )
+        for i in range( 2 ):
+            onos1Isup = main.ONOSbench.isup( ONOS1Ip )
+            if not onos1Isup:
+                main.log.report( "ONOS1 didn't start!" )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStop( ONOS1Ip )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStart( ONOS1Ip )
+            onos2Isup = main.ONOSbench.isup( ONOS2Ip )
+            if not onos2Isup:
+                main.log.report( "ONOS2 didn't start!" )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStop( ONOS2Ip )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStart( ONOS2Ip )
+            onos3Isup = main.ONOSbench.isup( ONOS3Ip )
+            if not onos3Isup:
+                main.log.report( "ONOS3 didn't start!" )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStop( ONOS3Ip )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStart( ONOS3Ip )
+            onos4Isup = main.ONOSbench.isup( ONOS4Ip )
+            if not onos4Isup:
+                main.log.report( "ONOS4 didn't start!" )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStop( ONOS4Ip )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStart( ONOS4Ip )
+            onos5Isup = main.ONOSbench.isup( ONOS5Ip )
+            if not onos5Isup:
+                main.log.report( "ONOS5 didn't start!" )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStop( ONOS5Ip )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStart( ONOS5Ip )
+            onos6Isup = main.ONOSbench.isup( ONOS6Ip )
+            if not onos6Isup:
+                main.log.report( "ONOS6 didn't start!" )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStop( ONOS6Ip )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStart( ONOS6Ip )
+            onos7Isup = main.ONOSbench.isup( ONOS7Ip )
+            if not onos7Isup:
+                main.log.report( "ONOS7 didn't start!" )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStop( ONOS7Ip )
+                main.ONOSbench.onosStart( ONOS7Ip )
+            onosIsupResult = onos1Isup and onos2Isup and onos3Isup\
+                and onos4Isup and onos5Isup and onos6Isup and onos7Isup
+            if onosIsupResult == main.TRUE:
+                break
+
+        cliResult1 = main.ONOScli1.startOnosCli( ONOS1Ip )
+        cliResult2 = main.ONOScli2.startOnosCli( ONOS2Ip )
+        cliResult3 = main.ONOScli3.startOnosCli( ONOS3Ip )
+        cliResult4 = main.ONOScli4.startOnosCli( ONOS4Ip )
+        cliResult5 = main.ONOScli5.startOnosCli( ONOS5Ip )
+        cliResult6 = main.ONOScli6.startOnosCli( ONOS6Ip )
+        cliResult7 = main.ONOScli7.startOnosCli( ONOS7Ip )
+        cliResults = cliResult1 and cliResult2 and cliResult3 and\
+            cliResult4 and cliResult5 and cliResult6 and cliResult7
+
+        main.step( "Start Packet Capture MN" )
+        main.Mininet2.startTcpdump(
+            str( main.params[ 'MNtcpdump' ][ 'folder' ] ) + str( main.TEST )
+            + "-MN.pcap",
+            intf=main.params[ 'MNtcpdump' ][ 'intf' ],
+            port=main.params[ 'MNtcpdump' ][ 'port' ] )
+
+        case1Result = ( cleanInstallResult and packageResult and
+                        cellResult and verifyResult and onosInstallResult
+                        and onosIsupResult and cliResults )
+
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=case1Result,
+                                 onpass="Test startup successful",
+                                 onfail="Test startup NOT successful" )
+
+        if case1Result == main.FALSE:
+            main.cleanup()
+            main.exit()
+
+    def CASE2( self, main ):
+        """
+        Assign mastership to controllers
+        """
+        import re
+
+        main.log.report( "Assigning switches to controllers" )
+        main.case( "Assigning Controllers" )
+        main.step( "Assign switches to controllers" )
+
+        for i in range( 1, 29 ):
+            main.Mininet1.assignSwController(
+                sw=str( i ),
+                count=numControllers,
+                ip1=ONOS1Ip, port1=ONOS1Port,
+                ip2=ONOS2Ip, port2=ONOS2Port,
+                ip3=ONOS3Ip, port3=ONOS3Port,
+                ip4=ONOS4Ip, port4=ONOS4Port,
+                ip5=ONOS5Ip, port5=ONOS5Port,
+                ip6=ONOS6Ip, port6=ONOS6Port,
+                ip7=ONOS7Ip, port7=ONOS7Port )
+
+        mastershipCheck = main.TRUE
+        for i in range( 1, 29 ):
+            response = main.Mininet1.getSwController( "s" + str( i ) )
+            try:
+                main.log.info( str( response ) )
+            except:
+                main.log.info( repr( response ) )
+            if re.search( "tcp:" + ONOS1Ip, response )\
+                    and re.search( "tcp:" + ONOS2Ip, response )\
+                    and re.search( "tcp:" + ONOS3Ip, response )\
+                    and re.search( "tcp:" + ONOS4Ip, response )\
+                    and re.search( "tcp:" + ONOS5Ip, response )\
+                    and re.search( "tcp:" + ONOS6Ip, response )\
+                    and re.search( "tcp:" + ONOS7Ip, response ):
+                mastershipCheck = mastershipCheck and main.TRUE
+            else:
+                mastershipCheck = main.FALSE
+        if mastershipCheck == main.TRUE:
+            main.log.report( "Switch mastership assigned correctly" )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=mastershipCheck,
+            onpass="Switch mastership assigned correctly",
+            onfail="Switches not assigned correctly to controllers" )
+
+        # Manually assign mastership to the controller we want
+        roleCall = main.TRUE
+        roleCheck = main.TRUE
+
+        # Assign switch
+        deviceId = main.ONOScli1.getDevice( "1000" ).get( 'id' )
+        roleCall = roleCall and main.ONOScli1.deviceRole(
+            deviceId,
+            ONOS1Ip )
+        # Check assignment
+        if ONOS1Ip in main.ONOScli1.getRole( deviceId ).get( 'master' ):
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.TRUE
+        else:
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.FALSE
+
+        # Assign switch
+        deviceId = main.ONOScli1.getDevice( "2800" ).get( 'id' )
+        roleCall = roleCall and main.ONOScli1.deviceRole(
+            deviceId,
+            ONOS1Ip )
+        # Check assignment
+        if ONOS1Ip in main.ONOScli1.getRole( deviceId ).get( 'master' ):
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.TRUE
+        else:
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.FALSE
+
+        # Assign switch
+        deviceId = main.ONOScli1.getDevice( "2000" ).get( 'id' )
+        roleCall = roleCall and main.ONOScli1.deviceRole(
+            deviceId,
+            ONOS2Ip )
+        # Check assignment
+        if ONOS2Ip in main.ONOScli1.getRole( deviceId ).get( 'master' ):
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.TRUE
+        else:
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.FALSE
+
+        # Assign switch
+        deviceId = main.ONOScli1.getDevice( "3000" ).get( 'id' )
+        roleCall = roleCall and main.ONOScli1.deviceRole(
+            deviceId,
+            ONOS2Ip )
+        # Check assignment
+        if ONOS2Ip in main.ONOScli1.getRole( deviceId ).get( 'master' ):
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.TRUE
+        else:
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.FALSE
+
+        # Assign switch
+        deviceId = main.ONOScli1.getDevice( "5000" ).get( 'id' )
+        roleCall = roleCall and main.ONOScli1.deviceRole(
+            deviceId,
+            ONOS3Ip )
+        # Check assignment
+        if ONOS3Ip in main.ONOScli1.getRole( deviceId ).get( 'master' ):
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.TRUE
+        else:
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.FALSE
+
+        # Assign switch
+        deviceId = main.ONOScli1.getDevice( "6000" ).get( 'id' )
+        roleCall = roleCall and main.ONOScli1.deviceRole(
+            deviceId,
+            ONOS3Ip )
+        # Check assignment
+        if ONOS3Ip in main.ONOScli1.getRole( deviceId ).get( 'master' ):
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.TRUE
+        else:
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.FALSE
+
+        # Assign switch
+        deviceId = main.ONOScli1.getDevice( "3004" ).get( 'id' )
+        roleCall = roleCall and main.ONOScli1.deviceRole(
+            deviceId,
+            ONOS4Ip )
+        # Check assignment
+        if ONOS4Ip in main.ONOScli1.getRole( deviceId ).get( 'master' ):
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.TRUE
+        else:
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.FALSE
+
+        for i in range( 8, 18 ):
+            dpid = '3' + str( i ).zfill( 3 )
+            deviceId = main.ONOScli1.getDevice( dpid ).get( 'id' )
+            roleCall = roleCall and main.ONOScli1.deviceRole(
+                deviceId,
+                ONOS5Ip )
+            # Check assignment
+            if ONOS5Ip in main.ONOScli1.getRole( deviceId ).get( 'master' ):
+                roleCheck = roleCheck and main.TRUE
+            else:
+                roleCheck = roleCheck and main.FALSE
+
+        deviceId = main.ONOScli1.getDevice( "6007" ).get( 'id' )
+        roleCall = roleCall and main.ONOScli1.deviceRole(
+            deviceId,
+            ONOS6Ip )
+        # Check assignment
+        if ONOS6Ip in main.ONOScli1.getRole( deviceId ).get( 'master' ):
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.TRUE
+        else:
+            roleCheck = roleCheck and main.FALSE
+
+        for i in range( 18, 28 ):
+            dpid = '6' + str( i ).zfill( 3 )
+            deviceId = main.ONOScli1.getDevice( dpid ).get( 'id' )
+            roleCall = roleCall and main.ONOScli1.deviceRole(
+                deviceId,
+                ONOS7Ip )
+            # Check assignment
+            if ONOS7Ip in main.ONOScli1.getRole( deviceId ).get( 'master' ):
+                roleCheck = roleCheck and main.TRUE
+            else:
+                roleCheck = roleCheck and main.FALSE
+
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=roleCall,
+            onpass="Re-assigned switch mastership to designated controller",
+            onfail="Something wrong with deviceRole calls" )
+
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=roleCheck,
+            onpass="Switches were successfully reassigned to designated " +
+                   "controller",
+            onfail="Switches were not successfully reassigned" )
+        mastershipCheck = mastershipCheck and roleCall and roleCheck
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=mastershipCheck,
+                                 onpass="Switch mastership correctly assigned",
+                                 onfail="Error in (re)assigning switch" +
+                                 " mastership" )
+
+    def CASE3( self, main ):
+        """
+        Assign intents
+        """
+        import time
+        import json
+        main.log.report( "Adding host intents" )
+        main.case( "Adding host Intents" )
+
+        main.step( "Discovering  Hosts( Via pingall for now )" )
+        # FIXME: Once we have a host discovery mechanism, use that instead
+
+        # install onos-app-fwd
+        main.log.info( "Install reactive forwarding app" )
+        main.ONOScli1.featureInstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        main.ONOScli2.featureInstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        main.ONOScli3.featureInstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        main.ONOScli4.featureInstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        main.ONOScli5.featureInstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        main.ONOScli6.featureInstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        main.ONOScli7.featureInstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+
+        # REACTIVE FWD test
+        pingResult = main.FALSE
+        time1 = time.time()
+        pingResult = main.Mininet1.pingall()
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=pingResult,
+            onpass="Reactive Pingall test passed",
+            onfail="Reactive Pingall failed, one or more ping pairs failed" )
+        time2 = time.time()
+        main.log.info( "Time for pingall: %2f seconds" % ( time2 - time1 ) )
+
+        # uninstall onos-app-fwd
+        main.log.info( "Uninstall reactive forwarding app" )
+        main.ONOScli1.featureUninstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        main.ONOScli2.featureUninstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        main.ONOScli3.featureUninstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        main.ONOScli4.featureUninstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        main.ONOScli5.featureUninstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        main.ONOScli6.featureUninstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        main.ONOScli7.featureUninstall( "onos-app-fwd" )
+        # timeout for fwd flows
+        time.sleep( 10 )
+
+        main.step( "Add host intents" )
+        # TODO:  move the host numbers to params
+        #        Maybe look at all the paths we ping?
+        intentAddResult = True
+        for i in range( 8, 18 ):
+            main.log.info( "Adding host intent between h" + str( i ) +
+                           " and h" + str( i + 10 ) )
+            host1 = "00:00:00:00:00:" + \
+                str( hex( i )[ 2: ] ).zfill( 2 ).upper()
+            host2 = "00:00:00:00:00:" + \
+                str( hex( i + 10 )[ 2: ] ).zfill( 2 ).upper()
+            # NOTE: getHost can return None
+            host1Dict = main.ONOScli1.getHost( host1 )
+            host2Dict = main.ONOScli1.getHost( host2 )
+            host1Id = None
+            host2Id = None
+            if host1Dict and host2Dict:
+                host1Id = host1Dict.get( 'id', None )
+                host2Id = host2Dict.get( 'id', None )
+            if host1Id and host2Id:
+                # distribute the intents across ONOS nodes
+                nodeNum = ( i % 7 ) + 1
+                node = getattr( main, ( 'ONOScli' + str( nodeNum ) ) )
+                tmpResult = node.addHostIntent(
+                    host1Id,
+                    host2Id )
+            else:
+                main.log.error( "Error, getHost() failed" )
+                main.log.warn( json.dumps( json.loads( main.ONOScli1.hosts() ),
+                                           sort_keys=True,
+                                           indent=4,
+                                           separators=( ',', ': ' ) ) )
+                tmpResult = main.FALSE
+            intentAddResult = bool( pingResult and intentAddResult
+                                     and tmpResult )
+            # FIXME Check that intents were added?
+            # TODO Use the new return from add host command and look at each
+            #      intent individually
+            #
+            #
+            #
+            #
+            #
+            #
+        # End of for loop to add intents
+        # Print the intent states
+        intents = main.ONOScli1.intents( )
+        intentStates = []
+        for intent in json.loads( intents ):  # Iter through intents of a node
+            intentStates.append( intent.get( 'state', None ) )
+        out = [ (i, intentStates.count( i ) ) for i in set( intentStates ) ]
+        main.log.info( dict( out ) )
+
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=True,
+            actual=intentAddResult,
+            onpass="Pushed host intents to ONOS",
+            onfail="Error in pushing host intents to ONOS" )
+        # TODO Check if intents all exist in datastore
+
+    def CASE4( self, main ):
+        """
+        Ping across added host intents
+        """
+        import json
+        description = " Ping across added host intents"
+        main.log.report( description )
+        main.case( description )
+        PingResult = main.TRUE
+        for i in range( 8, 18 ):
+            ping = main.Mininet1.pingHost(
+                src="h" + str( i ), target="h" + str( i + 10 ) )
+            PingResult = PingResult and ping
+            if ping == main.FALSE:
+                main.log.warn( "Ping failed between h" + str( i ) +
+                               " and h" + str( i + 10 ) )
+            elif ping == main.TRUE:
+                main.log.info( "Ping test passed!" )
+                # Don't set PingResult or you'd override failures
+        if PingResult == main.FALSE:
+            main.log.report(
+                "Intents have not been installed correctly, pings failed." )
+            main.log.warn( "ONSO1 intents: " )
+            main.log.warn( json.dumps( json.loads( main.ONOScli1.intents() ),
+                                       sort_keys=True,
+                                       indent=4,
+                                       separators=( ',', ': ' ) ) )
+        if PingResult == main.TRUE:
+            main.log.report(
+                "Intents have been installed correctly and verified by pings" )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=PingResult,
+            onpass="Intents have been installed correctly and pings work",
+            onfail="Intents have not been installed correctly, pings failed." )
+
+    def CASE5( self, main ):
+        """
+        Reading state of ONOS
+        """
+        import json
+        # assumes that sts is already in you PYTHONPATH
+        from sts.topology.teston_topology import TestONTopology
+
+        main.log.report( "Setting up and gathering data for current state" )
+        main.case( "Setting up and gathering data for current state" )
+        # The general idea for this test case is to pull the state of
+        # ( intents,flows, topology,... ) from each ONOS node
+        # We can then compare them with eachother and also with past states
+
+        main.step( "Get the Mastership of each switch from each controller" )
+        global mastershipState
+        mastershipState = []
+
+        # Assert that each device has a master
+        ONOS1MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli1.rolesNotNull()
+        ONOS2MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli2.rolesNotNull()
+        ONOS3MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli3.rolesNotNull()
+        ONOS4MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli4.rolesNotNull()
+        ONOS5MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli5.rolesNotNull()
+        ONOS6MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli6.rolesNotNull()
+        ONOS7MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli7.rolesNotNull()
+        rolesNotNull = ONOS1MasterNotNull and ONOS2MasterNotNull and\
+            ONOS3MasterNotNull and ONOS4MasterNotNull and\
+            ONOS5MasterNotNull and ONOS6MasterNotNull and\
+            ONOS7MasterNotNull
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=rolesNotNull,
+            onpass="Each device has a master",
+            onfail="Some devices don't have a master assigned" )
+
+        ONOS1Mastership = main.ONOScli1.roles()
+        ONOS2Mastership = main.ONOScli2.roles()
+        ONOS3Mastership = main.ONOScli3.roles()
+        ONOS4Mastership = main.ONOScli4.roles()
+        ONOS5Mastership = main.ONOScli5.roles()
+        ONOS6Mastership = main.ONOScli6.roles()
+        ONOS7Mastership = main.ONOScli7.roles()
+        if "Error" in ONOS1Mastership or not ONOS1Mastership\
+                or "Error" in ONOS2Mastership or not ONOS2Mastership\
+                or "Error" in ONOS3Mastership or not ONOS3Mastership\
+                or "Error" in ONOS4Mastership or not ONOS4Mastership\
+                or "Error" in ONOS5Mastership or not ONOS5Mastership\
+                or "Error" in ONOS6Mastership or not ONOS6Mastership\
+                or "Error" in ONOS7Mastership or not ONOS7Mastership:
+            main.log.report( "Error in getting ONOS roles" )
+            for i in range( 1, numControllers + 1 ):
+                mastership = eval( "ONOS" + str( i ) + "Mastership" )
+                main.log.warn(
+                    "ONOS" + str( i ) + " mastership response: " +
+                    repr( mastership ) )
+            consistentMastership = main.FALSE
+        elif ONOS1Mastership == ONOS2Mastership\
+                and ONOS1Mastership == ONOS3Mastership\
+                and ONOS1Mastership == ONOS4Mastership\
+                and ONOS1Mastership == ONOS5Mastership\
+                and ONOS1Mastership == ONOS6Mastership\
+                and ONOS1Mastership == ONOS7Mastership:
+            mastershipState = ONOS1Mastership
+            consistentMastership = main.TRUE
+            main.log.report(
+                "Switch roles are consistent across all ONOS nodes" )
+        else:
+            for i in range( 1, numControllers + 1 ):
+                mastership = eval( "ONOS" + str( i ) + "Mastership" )
+                main.log.warn( "ONOS" + str( i ) + " roles: " +
+                               json.dumps( json.loads( mastership ),
+                                           sort_keys=True,
+                                           indent=4,
+                                           separators=( ',', ': ' ) ) )
+            consistentMastership = main.FALSE
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=consistentMastership,
+            onpass="Switch roles are consistent across all ONOS nodes",
+            onfail="ONOS nodes have different views of switch roles" )
+
+        main.step( "Get the intents from each controller" )
+        global intentState
+        intentState = []
+        ONOS1Intents = main.ONOScli1.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS2Intents = main.ONOScli2.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS3Intents = main.ONOScli3.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS4Intents = main.ONOScli4.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS5Intents = main.ONOScli5.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS6Intents = main.ONOScli6.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS7Intents = main.ONOScli7.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        intentCheck = main.FALSE
+        if "Error" in ONOS1Intents or not ONOS1Intents\
+                or "Error" in ONOS2Intents or not ONOS2Intents\
+                or "Error" in ONOS3Intents or not ONOS3Intents\
+                or "Error" in ONOS4Intents or not ONOS4Intents\
+                or "Error" in ONOS5Intents or not ONOS5Intents\
+                or "Error" in ONOS6Intents or not ONOS6Intents\
+                or "Error" in ONOS7Intents or not ONOS7Intents:
+            main.log.report( "Error in getting ONOS intents" )
+            for i in range( 1, numControllers + 1 ):
+                intents = eval( "ONOS" + str( i ) + "Intents" )
+                main.log.warn(
+                    "ONOS" + str( i ) + " intents response: " +
+                    repr( intents ) )
+        elif ONOS1Intents == ONOS2Intents\
+                and ONOS1Intents == ONOS3Intents\
+                and ONOS1Intents == ONOS4Intents\
+                and ONOS1Intents == ONOS5Intents\
+                and ONOS1Intents == ONOS6Intents\
+                and ONOS1Intents == ONOS7Intents:
+            intentState = ONOS1Intents
+            intentCheck = main.TRUE
+            main.log.report( "Intents are consistent across all ONOS nodes" )
+        else:
+            for i in range( 1, numControllers + 1 ):
+                intents = eval( "ONOS" + str( i ) + "Intents" )
+                main.log.warn( "ONOS" + str( i ) + " intents: " +
+                               json.dumps( json.loads( intents ),
+                                           sort_keys=True,
+                                           indent=4,
+                                           separators=( ',', ': ' ) ) )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=intentCheck,
+            onpass="Intents are consistent across all ONOS nodes",
+            onfail="ONOS nodes have different views of intents" )
+
+        main.step( "Get the flows from each controller" )
+        global flowState
+        flowState = []
+        ONOS1Flows = main.ONOScli1.flows( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS2Flows = main.ONOScli2.flows( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS3Flows = main.ONOScli3.flows( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS4Flows = main.ONOScli4.flows( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS5Flows = main.ONOScli5.flows( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS6Flows = main.ONOScli6.flows( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS7Flows = main.ONOScli7.flows( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS1FlowsJson = json.loads( ONOS1Flows )
+        ONOS2FlowsJson = json.loads( ONOS2Flows )
+        ONOS3FlowsJson = json.loads( ONOS3Flows )
+        ONOS4FlowsJson = json.loads( ONOS4Flows )
+        ONOS5FlowsJson = json.loads( ONOS5Flows )
+        ONOS6FlowsJson = json.loads( ONOS6Flows )
+        ONOS7FlowsJson = json.loads( ONOS7Flows )
+        flowCheck = main.FALSE
+        if "Error" in ONOS1Flows or not ONOS1Flows\
+                or "Error" in ONOS2Flows or not ONOS2Flows\
+                or "Error" in ONOS3Flows or not ONOS3Flows\
+                or "Error" in ONOS4Flows or not ONOS4Flows\
+                or "Error" in ONOS5Flows or not ONOS5Flows\
+                or "Error" in ONOS6Flows or not ONOS6Flows\
+                or "Error" in ONOS7Flows or not ONOS7Flows:
+            main.log.report( "Error in getting ONOS intents" )
+            for i in range( 1, numControllers + 1 ):
+                flowsIter = eval( "ONOS" + str( i ) + "Flows" )
+                main.log.warn( "ONOS" + str( i ) + " flows repsponse: " +
+                               flowsIter )
+        elif len( ONOS1FlowsJson ) == len( ONOS2FlowsJson )\
+                and len( ONOS1FlowsJson ) == len( ONOS3FlowsJson )\
+                and len( ONOS1FlowsJson ) == len( ONOS4FlowsJson )\
+                and len( ONOS1FlowsJson ) == len( ONOS5FlowsJson )\
+                and len( ONOS1FlowsJson ) == len( ONOS6FlowsJson )\
+                and len( ONOS1FlowsJson ) == len( ONOS7FlowsJson ):
+                # TODO: Do a better check, maybe compare flows on switches?
+            flowState = ONOS1Flows
+            flowCheck = main.TRUE
+            main.log.report( "Flow count is consistent across all ONOS nodes" )
+        else:
+            for i in range( 1, numControllers + 1 ):
+                flowsJson = eval( "ONOS" + str( i ) + "FlowsJson" )
+                main.log.warn( "ONOS" + str( i ) + " flows repsponse: " +
+                               json.dumps( flowsJson,
+                                           sort_keys=True,
+                                           indent=4,
+                                           separators=( ',', ': ' ) ) )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=flowCheck,
+            onpass="The flow count is consistent across all ONOS nodes",
+            onfail="ONOS nodes have different flow counts" )
+
+        main.step( "Get the OF Table entries" )
+        global flows
+        flows = []
+        for i in range( 1, 29 ):
+            flows.append( main.Mininet2.getFlowTable( 1.3, "s" + str( i ) ) )
+
+        # TODO: Compare switch flow tables with ONOS flow tables
+
+        main.step( "Start continuous pings" )
+        for i in range( 1, 11 ):
+            source = main.params[ 'PING' ][ 'source' + str( i ) ]
+            target = main.params[ 'PING' ][ 'target' + str( i ) ]
+            main.Mininet2.pingLong(
+                src=source,
+                target=target,
+                pingTime=500 )
+        main.step( "Create TestONTopology object" )
+        ctrls = []
+        count = 1
+        while True:
+            temp = ()
+            if ( 'ip' + str( count ) ) in main.params[ 'CTRL' ]:
+                temp = temp + ( getattr( main, ( 'ONOS' + str( count ) ) ), )
+                temp = temp + ( "ONOS" + str( count ), )
+                temp = temp + ( main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'ip' + str( count ) ], )
+                temp = temp + \
+                    ( eval( main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'port' + str( count ) ] ), )
+                ctrls.append( temp )
+                count = count + 1
+            else:
+                break
+        MNTopo = TestONTopology(
+            main.Mininet1,
+            ctrls )  # can also add Intent API info for intent operations
+
+        main.step( "Collecting topology information from ONOS" )
+        # TODO Refactor to a loop? We want all similar calls together?
+        #      So get all "devices" as close together as possible
+        devices = []
+        print "ONOS1"
+        devices.append( main.ONOScli1.devices() )
+        print "ONOS2"
+        devices.append( main.ONOScli2.devices() )
+        print "ONOS3"
+        devices.append( main.ONOScli3.devices() )
+        print "ONOS4"
+        devices.append( main.ONOScli4.devices() )
+        print "ONOS5"
+        devices.append( main.ONOScli5.devices() )
+        print "ONOS6"
+        devices.append( main.ONOScli6.devices() )
+        print "ONOS7"
+        devices.append( main.ONOScli7.devices() )
+        hosts = []
+        hosts.append( main.ONOScli1.hosts() )
+        hosts.append( main.ONOScli2.hosts() )
+        hosts.append( main.ONOScli3.hosts() )
+        hosts.append( main.ONOScli4.hosts() )
+        hosts.append( main.ONOScli5.hosts() )
+        hosts.append( main.ONOScli6.hosts() )
+        hosts.append( main.ONOScli7.hosts() )
+        ports = []
+        ports.append( main.ONOScli1.ports() )
+        ports.append( main.ONOScli2.ports() )
+        ports.append( main.ONOScli3.ports() )
+        ports.append( main.ONOScli4.ports() )
+        ports.append( main.ONOScli5.ports() )
+        ports.append( main.ONOScli6.ports() )
+        ports.append( main.ONOScli7.ports() )
+        links = []
+        links.append( main.ONOScli1.links() )
+        links.append( main.ONOScli2.links() )
+        links.append( main.ONOScli3.links() )
+        links.append( main.ONOScli4.links() )
+        links.append( main.ONOScli5.links() )
+        links.append( main.ONOScli6.links() )
+        links.append( main.ONOScli7.links() )
+        clusters = []
+        clusters.append( main.ONOScli1.clusters() )
+        clusters.append( main.ONOScli2.clusters() )
+        clusters.append( main.ONOScli3.clusters() )
+        clusters.append( main.ONOScli4.clusters() )
+        clusters.append( main.ONOScli5.clusters() )
+        clusters.append( main.ONOScli6.clusters() )
+        clusters.append( main.ONOScli7.clusters() )
+        # Compare json objects for hosts and dataplane clusters
+
+        # hosts
+        consistentHostsResult = main.TRUE
+        for controller in range( len( hosts ) ):
+            controllerStr = str( controller + 1 )
+            if "Error" not in hosts[ controller ]:
+                if hosts[ controller ] == hosts[ 0 ]:
+                    continue
+                else:  # hosts not consistent
+                    main.log.report( "hosts from ONOS" +
+                                     controllerStr +
+                                     " is inconsistent with ONOS1" )
+                    main.log.warn( repr( hosts[ controller ] ) )
+                    consistentHostsResult = main.FALSE
+
+            else:
+                main.log.report( "Error in getting ONOS hosts from ONOS" +
+                                 controllerStr )
+                consistentHostsResult = main.FALSE
+                main.log.warn( "ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                               " hosts response: " +
+                               repr( hosts[ controller ] ) )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=consistentHostsResult,
+            onpass="Hosts view is consistent across all ONOS nodes",
+            onfail="ONOS nodes have different views of hosts" )
+
+        # Strongly connected clusters of devices
+        consistentClustersResult = main.TRUE
+        for controller in range( len( clusters ) ):
+            if "Error" not in clusters[ controller ]:
+                if clusters[ controller ] == clusters[ 0 ]:
+                    continue
+                else:  # clusters not consistent
+                    main.log.report( "clusters from ONOS" +
+                                     controllerStr +
+                                     " is inconsistent with ONOS1" )
+                    consistentClustersResult = main.FALSE
+
+            else:
+                main.log.report( "Error in getting dataplane clusters " +
+                                 "from ONOS" + controllerStr )
+                consistentClustersResult = main.FALSE
+                main.log.warn( "ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                               " clusters response: " +
+                               repr( clusters[ controller ] ) )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=consistentClustersResult,
+            onpass="Clusters view is consistent across all ONOS nodes",
+            onfail="ONOS nodes have different views of clusters" )
+        # there should always only be one cluster
+        numClusters = len( json.loads( clusters[ 0 ] ) )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=1,
+            actual=numClusters,
+            onpass="ONOS shows 1 SCC",
+            onfail="ONOS shows " +
+            str( numClusters ) +
+            " SCCs" )
+
+        main.step( "Comparing ONOS topology to MN" )
+        devicesResults = main.TRUE
+        portsResults = main.TRUE
+        linksResults = main.TRUE
+        for controller in range( numControllers ):
+            controllerStr = str( controller + 1 )
+            if devices[ controller ] or "Error" not in devices[ controller ]:
+                currentDevicesResult = main.Mininet1.compareSwitches(
+                    MNTopo,
+                    json.loads(
+                        devices[ controller ] ) )
+            else:
+                currentDevicesResult = main.FALSE
+            utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                     actual=currentDevicesResult,
+                                     onpass="ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                     " Switches view is correct",
+                                     onfail="ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                     " Switches view is incorrect" )
+
+            if ports[ controller ] or "Error" not in ports[ controller ]:
+                currentPortsResult = main.Mininet1.comparePorts(
+                    MNTopo,
+                    json.loads(
+                        ports[ controller ] ) )
+            else:
+                currentPortsResult = main.FALSE
+            utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                     actual=currentPortsResult,
+                                     onpass="ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                     " ports view is correct",
+                                     onfail="ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                     " ports view is incorrect" )
+
+            if links[ controller ] or "Error" not in links[ controller ]:
+                currentLinksResult = main.Mininet1.compareLinks(
+                    MNTopo,
+                    json.loads(
+                        links[ controller ] ) )
+            else:
+                currentLinksResult = main.FALSE
+            utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                     actual=currentLinksResult,
+                                     onpass="ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                     " links view is correct",
+                                     onfail="ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                     " links view is incorrect" )
+
+            devicesResults = devicesResults and currentDevicesResult
+            portsResults = portsResults and currentPortsResult
+            linksResults = linksResults and currentLinksResult
+
+        topoResult = devicesResults and portsResults and linksResults\
+            and consistentHostsResult and consistentClustersResult
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=topoResult,
+                                 onpass="Topology Check Test successful",
+                                 onfail="Topology Check Test NOT successful" )
+
+        finalAssert = main.TRUE
+        finalAssert = finalAssert and topoResult and flowCheck \
+            and intentCheck and consistentMastership and rolesNotNull
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=finalAssert,
+                                 onpass="State check successful",
+                                 onfail="State check NOT successful" )
+
+    def CASE6( self, main ):
+        """
+        The Failure case. We will create IPTables rules here.
+        """
+        import time
+        main.log.report( "Wait 30 seconds instead of inducing a failure" )
+        time.sleep( 30 )
+
+        # 1 blocks 4,5,6,7, mn
+        # 2 blocks 4,5,6,7, mn
+        # 3 blocks 4,5,6,7, mn
+        # 4 block 1,2,3
+        # 5 blocks 1,2,3
+        # 6 blocks 1,2,3
+        # 7 blocks 1,2,3
+
+        # TODO: use new log command
+        logcmd = "log:log \" About to partition the ONOS nodes\""
+        main.ONOScli1.handle.sendline( logcmd )
+        main.ONOScli1.handle.expect( "onos>" )
+        print main.ONOScli1.handle.before
+        main.ONOScli2.handle.sendline( logcmd )
+        main.ONOScli2.handle.expect( "onos>" )
+        print main.ONOScli2.handle.before
+        main.ONOScli3.handle.sendline( logcmd )
+        main.ONOScli3.handle.expect( "onos>" )
+        print main.ONOScli3.handle.before
+        main.ONOScli4.handle.sendline( logcmd )
+        main.ONOScli4.handle.expect( "onos>" )
+        print main.ONOScli4.handle.before
+        main.ONOScli5.handle.sendline( logcmd )
+        main.ONOScli5.handle.expect( "onos>" )
+        print main.ONOScli5.handle.before
+        main.ONOScli6.handle.sendline( logcmd )
+        main.ONOScli6.handle.expect( "onos>" )
+        print main.ONOScli6.handle.before
+        main.ONOScli7.handle.sendline( logcmd )
+        main.ONOScli7.handle.expect( "onos>" )
+        print main.ONOScli7.handle.before
+
+        nodes = []
+        #create list of ONOS components
+        for controller in range( 1, numControllers + 1 ):
+            # loop through ONOS handlers
+            node = getattr( main, ( 'ONOS' + str( controller ) ) )
+            nodes.append( node )
+        for node in nodes:
+            # if node is in first half (rounded down )
+            # ( 0 through 2 ) < ( 3.5 - 1)
+            if nodes.index( node ) < ( numControllers / 2.0 - 1 ):
+                # blocked nodes are the last half ( rounded up )
+                # // is forced integer division
+                for blockNode in nodes[ (numControllers // 2 + 1) * -1: ]:
+                    # block all traffic between these ONOS nodes
+                    # NOTE: ONOS 1 and 2 don't support state tracking
+                    node.setIpTables( blockNode.ip_address, states=False )
+                    node.setIpTables( blockNode.ip_address,
+                                      direction="OUTPUT" , states=False )
+                # block traffic between smaller subcluster and Mininet
+                # TODO make OF controller port confgigurable
+                # FIXME Remove this once ONOS can deal with the conflicting
+                #       device mastership
+                node.setIpTables( main.Mininet1.ip_address, 6633,
+                                  packet_type="tcp", states=False )
+            else:  # the larger subcluster
+                # blocked nodes are the first half
+                for blockNode in nodes[ :(numControllers // 2 ) ]:
+                    # block all traffic between these ONOS nodes
+                    node.setIpTables( blockNode.ip_address )
+                    node.setIpTables( blockNode.ip_address,
+                                      direction="OUTPUT" )
+        #FIXME update this
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=main.TRUE,
+            onpass="Sleeping 30 seconds",
+            onfail="Something is terribly wrong with my math" )
+        main.ONOScli1.handle.sendline( "devices -j" )
+        main.ONOScli1.handle.expect( ["onos>", "\$"] )
+        print main.ONOScli1.handle.before
+        main.ONOScli2.handle.sendline( "devices -j" )
+        main.ONOScli2.handle.expect( ["onos>", "\$"] )
+        print main.ONOScli2.handle.before
+        main.ONOScli3.handle.sendline( "devices -j" )
+        main.ONOScli3.handle.expect( ["onos>", "\$"] )
+        print main.ONOScli3.handle.before
+        main.ONOScli4.handle.sendline( "devices -j" )
+        main.ONOScli4.handle.expect( ["onos>", "\$"] )
+        print main.ONOScli4.handle.before
+        main.ONOScli5.handle.sendline( "devices -j" )
+        main.ONOScli5.handle.expect( ["onos>", "\$"] )
+        print main.ONOScli5.handle.before
+        main.ONOScli6.handle.sendline( "devices -j" )
+        main.ONOScli6.handle.expect( ["onos>", "\$"] )
+        print main.ONOScli6.handle.before
+        main.ONOScli7.handle.sendline( "devices -j" )
+        main.ONOScli7.handle.expect( ["onos>", "\$"] )
+        print main.ONOScli7.handle.before
+        time.sleep(100000)
+
+
+    def CASE7( self, main ):
+        """
+        Check state after ONOS failure
+        """
+        import json
+        main.case( "Running ONOS Constant State Tests" )
+
+        # Assert that each device has a master
+        ONOS1MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli1.rolesNotNull()
+        ONOS2MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli2.rolesNotNull()
+        ONOS3MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli3.rolesNotNull()
+        ONOS4MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli4.rolesNotNull()
+        ONOS5MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli5.rolesNotNull()
+        ONOS6MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli6.rolesNotNull()
+        ONOS7MasterNotNull = main.ONOScli7.rolesNotNull()
+        rolesNotNull = ONOS1MasterNotNull and ONOS2MasterNotNull and\
+            ONOS3MasterNotNull and ONOS4MasterNotNull and\
+            ONOS5MasterNotNull and ONOS6MasterNotNull and\
+            ONOS7MasterNotNull
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=rolesNotNull,
+            onpass="Each device has a master",
+            onfail="Some devices don't have a master assigned" )
+
+        main.step( "Check if switch roles are consistent across all nodes" )
+        ONOS1Mastership = main.ONOScli1.roles()
+        ONOS2Mastership = main.ONOScli2.roles()
+        ONOS3Mastership = main.ONOScli3.roles()
+        ONOS4Mastership = main.ONOScli4.roles()
+        ONOS5Mastership = main.ONOScli5.roles()
+        ONOS6Mastership = main.ONOScli6.roles()
+        ONOS7Mastership = main.ONOScli7.roles()
+        if "Error" in ONOS1Mastership or not ONOS1Mastership\
+                or "Error" in ONOS2Mastership or not ONOS2Mastership\
+                or "Error" in ONOS3Mastership or not ONOS3Mastership\
+                or "Error" in ONOS4Mastership or not ONOS4Mastership\
+                or "Error" in ONOS5Mastership or not ONOS5Mastership\
+                or "Error" in ONOS6Mastership or not ONOS6Mastership\
+                or "Error" in ONOS7Mastership or not ONOS7Mastership:
+            main.log.error( "Error in getting ONOS mastership" )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS1 mastership response: " +
+                           repr( ONOS1Mastership ) )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS2 mastership response: " +
+                           repr( ONOS2Mastership ) )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS3 mastership response: " +
+                           repr( ONOS3Mastership ) )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS4 mastership response: " +
+                           repr( ONOS4Mastership ) )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS5 mastership response: " +
+                           repr( ONOS5Mastership ) )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS6 mastership response: " +
+                           repr( ONOS6Mastership ) )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS7 mastership response: " +
+                           repr( ONOS7Mastership ) )
+            consistentMastership = main.FALSE
+        elif ONOS1Mastership == ONOS2Mastership\
+                and ONOS1Mastership == ONOS3Mastership\
+                and ONOS1Mastership == ONOS4Mastership\
+                and ONOS1Mastership == ONOS5Mastership\
+                and ONOS1Mastership == ONOS6Mastership\
+                and ONOS1Mastership == ONOS7Mastership:
+            consistentMastership = main.TRUE
+            main.log.report(
+                "Switch roles are consistent across all ONOS nodes" )
+        else:
+            for i in range( 1, numControllers + 1 ):
+                mastership = eval( "ONOS" + str( i ) + "Mastership" )
+                main.log.warn( "ONOS" + str( i ) + " roles: " +
+                               json.dumps( json.loads( mastership ),
+                                           sort_keys=True,
+                                           indent=4,
+                                           separators=( ',', ': ' ) ) )
+            consistentMastership = main.FALSE
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=consistentMastership,
+            onpass="Switch roles are consistent across all ONOS nodes",
+            onfail="ONOS nodes have different views of switch roles" )
+
+        description2 = "Compare switch roles from before failure"
+        main.step( description2 )
+
+        currentJson = json.loads( ONOS1Mastership )
+        oldJson = json.loads( mastershipState )
+        mastershipCheck = main.TRUE
+        for i in range( 1, 29 ):
+            switchDPID = str(
+                main.Mininet1.getSwitchDPID( switch="s" + str( i ) ) )
+
+            current = [ switch[ 'master' ] for switch in currentJson
+                        if switchDPID in switch[ 'id' ] ]
+            old = [ switch[ 'master' ] for switch in oldJson
+                    if switchDPID in switch[ 'id' ] ]
+            if current == old:
+                mastershipCheck = mastershipCheck and main.TRUE
+            else:
+                main.log.warn( "Mastership of switch %s changed" % switchDPID )
+                mastershipCheck = main.FALSE
+        if mastershipCheck == main.TRUE:
+            main.log.report( "Mastership of Switches was not changed" )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=mastershipCheck,
+            onpass="Mastership of Switches was not changed",
+            onfail="Mastership of some switches changed" )
+        mastershipCheck = mastershipCheck and consistentMastership
+
+        main.step( "Get the intents and compare across all nodes" )
+        ONOS1Intents = main.ONOScli1.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS2Intents = main.ONOScli2.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS3Intents = main.ONOScli3.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS4Intents = main.ONOScli4.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS5Intents = main.ONOScli5.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS6Intents = main.ONOScli6.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        ONOS7Intents = main.ONOScli7.intents( jsonFormat=True )
+        intentCheck = main.FALSE
+        if "Error" in ONOS1Intents or not ONOS1Intents\
+                or "Error" in ONOS2Intents or not ONOS2Intents\
+                or "Error" in ONOS3Intents or not ONOS3Intents\
+                or "Error" in ONOS4Intents or not ONOS4Intents\
+                or "Error" in ONOS5Intents or not ONOS5Intents\
+                or "Error" in ONOS6Intents or not ONOS6Intents\
+                or "Error" in ONOS7Intents or not ONOS7Intents:
+            main.log.report( "Error in getting ONOS intents" )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS1 intents response: " + repr( ONOS1Intents ) )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS2 intents response: " + repr( ONOS2Intents ) )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS3 intents response: " + repr( ONOS3Intents ) )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS4 intents response: " + repr( ONOS4Intents ) )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS5 intents response: " + repr( ONOS5Intents ) )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS6 intents response: " + repr( ONOS6Intents ) )
+            main.log.warn( "ONOS7 intents response: " + repr( ONOS7Intents ) )
+        elif ONOS1Intents == ONOS2Intents\
+                and ONOS1Intents == ONOS3Intents\
+                and ONOS1Intents == ONOS4Intents\
+                and ONOS1Intents == ONOS5Intents\
+                and ONOS1Intents == ONOS6Intents\
+                and ONOS1Intents == ONOS7Intents:
+            intentCheck = main.TRUE
+            main.log.report( "Intents are consistent across all ONOS nodes" )
+        else:
+            for i in range( 1, numControllers + 1 ):
+                intents = eval( "ONOS" + str( i ) + "Intents" )
+                main.log.warn( "ONOS" + str( i ) + " intents: " +
+                               json.dumps( json.loads( ONOS1Intents ),
+                                           sort_keys=True,
+                                           indent=4,
+                                           separators=( ',', ': ' ) ) )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=intentCheck,
+            onpass="Intents are consistent across all ONOS nodes",
+            onfail="ONOS nodes have different views of intents" )
+        # Print the intent states
+        intents = []
+        intents.append( ONOS1Intents )
+        intents.append( ONOS2Intents )
+        intents.append( ONOS3Intents )
+        intents.append( ONOS4Intents )
+        intents.append( ONOS5Intents )
+        intents.append( ONOS6Intents )
+        intents.append( ONOS7Intents )
+        intentStates = []
+        for node in intents:  # Iter through ONOS nodes
+            nodeStates = []
+            for intent in json.loads( node ):  # Iter through intents of a node
+                nodeStates.append( intent[ 'state' ] )
+            intentStates.append( nodeStates )
+            out = [ (i, nodeStates.count( i ) ) for i in set( nodeStates ) ]
+            main.log.info( dict( out ) )
+        # NOTE: Hazelcast has no durability, so intents are lost across system
+        # restarts
+        main.step( "Compare current intents with intents before the failure" )
+        # NOTE: this requires case 5 to pass for intentState to be set.
+        #      maybe we should stop the test if that fails?
+        sameIntents = main.TRUE
+        if intentState and intentState == ONOS1Intents:
+            sameIntents = main.TRUE
+            main.log.report( "Intents are consistent with before failure" )
+        # TODO: possibly the states have changed? we may need to figure out
+        # what the aceptable states are
+        else:
+            try:
+                main.log.warn( "ONOS1 intents: " )
+                print json.dumps( json.loads( ONOS1Intents ),
+                                  sort_keys=True, indent=4,
+                                  separators=( ',', ': ' ) )
+            except:
+                pass
+            sameIntents = main.FALSE
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=sameIntents,
+            onpass="Intents are consistent with before failure",
+            onfail="The Intents changed during failure" )
+        intentCheck = intentCheck and sameIntents
+
+        main.step( "Get the OF Table entries and compare to before " +
+                   "component failure" )
+        FlowTables = main.TRUE
+        flows2 = []
+        for i in range( 28 ):
+            main.log.info( "Checking flow table on s" + str( i + 1 ) )
+            tmpFlows = main.Mininet2.getFlowTable( 1.3, "s" + str( i + 1 ) )
+            flows2.append( tmpFlows )
+            tempResult = main.Mininet2.flowComp(
+                flow1=flows[ i ],
+                flow2=tmpFlows )
+            FlowTables = FlowTables and tempResult
+            if FlowTables == main.FALSE:
+                main.log.info( "Differences in flow table for switch: s" +
+                               str( i + 1 ) )
+        if FlowTables == main.TRUE:
+            main.log.report( "No changes were found in the flow tables" )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=FlowTables,
+            onpass="No changes were found in the flow tables",
+            onfail="Changes were found in the flow tables" )
+
+        main.step( "Check the continuous pings to ensure that no packets " +
+                   "were dropped during component failure" )
+        # FIXME: This check is always failing. Investigate cause
+        # NOTE:  this may be something to do with file permsissions
+        #       or slight change in format
+        main.Mininet2.pingKill(
+            main.params[ 'TESTONUSER' ],
+            main.params[ 'TESTONIP' ] )
+        LossInPings = main.FALSE
+        # NOTE: checkForLoss returns main.FALSE with 0% packet loss
+        for i in range( 8, 18 ):
+            main.log.info(
+                "Checking for a loss in pings along flow from s" +
+                str( i ) )
+            LossInPings = main.Mininet2.checkForLoss(
+                "/tmp/ping.h" +
+                str( i ) ) or LossInPings
+        if LossInPings == main.TRUE:
+            main.log.info( "Loss in ping detected" )
+        elif LossInPings == main.ERROR:
+            main.log.info( "There are multiple mininet process running" )
+        elif LossInPings == main.FALSE:
+            main.log.info( "No Loss in the pings" )
+            main.log.report( "No loss of dataplane connectivity" )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.FALSE,
+            actual=LossInPings,
+            onpass="No Loss of connectivity",
+            onfail="Loss of dataplane connectivity detected" )
+
+        # Test of LeadershipElection
+        # FIXME Update this for network partition case
+        # NOTE: this only works for the sanity test. In case of failures,
+        # leader will likely change
+        leader = ONOS1Ip
+        leaderResult = main.TRUE
+        for controller in range( 1, numControllers + 1 ):
+            # loop through ONOScli handlers
+            node = getattr( main, ( 'ONOScli' + str( controller ) ) )
+            leaderN = node.electionTestLeader()
+            # verify leader is ONOS1
+            if leaderN == leader:
+                # all is well
+                # NOTE: In failure scenario, this could be a new node, maybe
+                # check != ONOS1
+                pass
+            elif leaderN == main.FALSE:
+                # error in  response
+                main.log.report( "Something is wrong with " +
+                                 "electionTestLeader function," +
+                                 " check the error logs" )
+                leaderResult = main.FALSE
+            elif leader != leaderN:
+                leaderResult = main.FALSE
+                main.log.report( "ONOS" + str( controller ) + " sees " +
+                                 str( leaderN ) +
+                                 " as the leader of the election app. " +
+                                 "Leader should be " + str( leader ) )
+        if leaderResult:
+            main.log.report( "Leadership election tests passed( consistent " +
+                             "view of leader across listeners and a new " +
+                             "leader was re-elected if applicable )" )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=leaderResult,
+            onpass="Leadership election passed",
+            onfail="Something went wrong with Leadership election" )
+
+        result = mastershipCheck and intentCheck and FlowTables and\
+            ( not LossInPings ) and rolesNotNull and leaderResult
+        result = int( result )
+        if result == main.TRUE:
+            main.log.report( "Constant State Tests Passed" )
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=result,
+                                 onpass="Constant State Tests Passed",
+                                 onfail="Constant state tests failed" )
+
+    def CASE8( self, main ):
+        """
+        Compare topo
+        """
+        import sys
+        # FIXME add this path to params
+        sys.path.append( "/home/admin/sts" )
+        # assumes that sts is already in you PYTHONPATH
+        from sts.topology.teston_topology import TestONTopology
+        import json
+        import time
+
+        description = "Compare ONOS Topology view to Mininet topology"
+        main.case( description )
+        main.log.report( description )
+        main.step( "Create TestONTopology object" )
+        ctrls = []
+        count = 1
+        while True:
+            temp = ()
+            if ( 'ip' + str( count ) ) in main.params[ 'CTRL' ]:
+                temp = temp + ( getattr( main, ( 'ONOS' + str( count ) ) ), )
+                temp = temp + ( "ONOS" + str( count ), )
+                temp = temp + ( main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'ip' + str( count ) ], )
+                temp = temp + \
+                    ( eval( main.params[ 'CTRL' ][ 'port' + str( count ) ] ), )
+                ctrls.append( temp )
+                count = count + 1
+            else:
+                break
+        MNTopo = TestONTopology(
+            main.Mininet1,
+            ctrls )  # can also add Intent API info for intent operations
+
+        main.step( "Comparing ONOS topology to MN" )
+        devicesResults = main.TRUE
+        portsResults = main.TRUE
+        linksResults = main.TRUE
+        topoResult = main.FALSE
+        elapsed = 0
+        count = 0
+        main.step( "Collecting topology information from ONOS" )
+        startTime = time.time()
+        # Give time for Gossip to work
+        while topoResult == main.FALSE and elapsed < 60:
+            count = count + 1
+            if count > 1:
+                # TODO: Depricate STS usage
+                MNTopo = TestONTopology(
+                    main.Mininet1,
+                    ctrls )
+            cliStart = time.time()
+            devices = []
+            devices.append( main.ONOScli1.devices() )
+            devices.append( main.ONOScli2.devices() )
+            devices.append( main.ONOScli3.devices() )
+            devices.append( main.ONOScli4.devices() )
+            devices.append( main.ONOScli5.devices() )
+            devices.append( main.ONOScli6.devices() )
+            devices.append( main.ONOScli7.devices() )
+            hosts = []
+            hosts.append( json.loads( main.ONOScli1.hosts() ) )
+            hosts.append( json.loads( main.ONOScli2.hosts() ) )
+            hosts.append( json.loads( main.ONOScli3.hosts() ) )
+            hosts.append( json.loads( main.ONOScli4.hosts() ) )
+            hosts.append( json.loads( main.ONOScli5.hosts() ) )
+            hosts.append( json.loads( main.ONOScli6.hosts() ) )
+            hosts.append( json.loads( main.ONOScli7.hosts() ) )
+            for controller in range( 0, len( hosts ) ):
+                controllerStr = str( controller + 1 )
+                for host in hosts[ controller ]:
+                    if host[ 'ips' ] == []:
+                        main.log.error(
+                            "DEBUG:Error with host ips on controller" +
+                            controllerStr + ": " + str( host ) )
+            ports = []
+            ports.append( main.ONOScli1.ports() )
+            ports.append( main.ONOScli2.ports() )
+            ports.append( main.ONOScli3.ports() )
+            ports.append( main.ONOScli4.ports() )
+            ports.append( main.ONOScli5.ports() )
+            ports.append( main.ONOScli6.ports() )
+            ports.append( main.ONOScli7.ports() )
+            links = []
+            links.append( main.ONOScli1.links() )
+            links.append( main.ONOScli2.links() )
+            links.append( main.ONOScli3.links() )
+            links.append( main.ONOScli4.links() )
+            links.append( main.ONOScli5.links() )
+            links.append( main.ONOScli6.links() )
+            links.append( main.ONOScli7.links() )
+            clusters = []
+            clusters.append( main.ONOScli1.clusters() )
+            clusters.append( main.ONOScli2.clusters() )
+            clusters.append( main.ONOScli3.clusters() )
+            clusters.append( main.ONOScli4.clusters() )
+            clusters.append( main.ONOScli5.clusters() )
+            clusters.append( main.ONOScli6.clusters() )
+            clusters.append( main.ONOScli7.clusters() )
+
+            elapsed = time.time() - startTime
+            cliTime = time.time() - cliStart
+            print "CLI time: " + str( cliTime )
+
+            for controller in range( numControllers ):
+                controllerStr = str( controller + 1 )
+                if devices[ controller ] or "Error" not in devices[
+                        controller ]:
+                    currentDevicesResult = main.Mininet1.compareSwitches(
+                        MNTopo,
+                        json.loads(
+                            devices[ controller ] ) )
+                else:
+                    currentDevicesResult = main.FALSE
+                utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                         actual=currentDevicesResult,
+                                         onpass="ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                         " Switches view is correct",
+                                         onfail="ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                         " Switches view is incorrect" )
+
+                if ports[ controller ] or "Error" not in ports[ controller ]:
+                    currentPortsResult = main.Mininet1.comparePorts(
+                        MNTopo,
+                        json.loads(
+                            ports[ controller ] ) )
+                else:
+                    currentPortsResult = main.FALSE
+                utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                         actual=currentPortsResult,
+                                         onpass="ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                         " ports view is correct",
+                                         onfail="ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                         " ports view is incorrect" )
+
+                if links[ controller ] or "Error" not in links[ controller ]:
+                    currentLinksResult = main.Mininet1.compareLinks(
+                        MNTopo,
+                        json.loads(
+                            links[ controller ] ) )
+                else:
+                    currentLinksResult = main.FALSE
+                utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                         actual=currentLinksResult,
+                                         onpass="ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                         " links view is correct",
+                                         onfail="ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                         " links view is incorrect" )
+            devicesResults = devicesResults and currentDevicesResult
+            portsResults = portsResults and currentPortsResult
+            linksResults = linksResults and currentLinksResult
+
+            # Compare json objects for hosts and dataplane clusters
+
+            # hosts
+            consistentHostsResult = main.TRUE
+            for controller in range( len( hosts ) ):
+                controllerStr = str( controller + 1 )
+                if "Error" not in hosts[ controller ]:
+                    if hosts[ controller ] == hosts[ 0 ]:
+                        continue
+                    else:  # hosts not consistent
+                        main.log.report( "hosts from ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                         " is inconsistent with ONOS1" )
+                        main.log.warn( repr( hosts[ controller ] ) )
+                        consistentHostsResult = main.FALSE
+
+                else:
+                    main.log.report( "Error in getting ONOS hosts from ONOS" +
+                                     controllerStr )
+                    consistentHostsResult = main.FALSE
+                    main.log.warn( "ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                   " hosts response: " +
+                                   repr( hosts[ controller ] ) )
+            utilities.assert_equals(
+                expect=main.TRUE,
+                actual=consistentHostsResult,
+                onpass="Hosts view is consistent across all ONOS nodes",
+                onfail="ONOS nodes have different views of hosts" )
+
+            # Strongly connected clusters of devices
+            consistentClustersResult = main.TRUE
+            for controller in range( len( clusters ) ):
+                controllerStr = str( controller + 1 )
+                if "Error" not in clusters[ controller ]:
+                    if clusters[ controller ] == clusters[ 0 ]:
+                        continue
+                    else:  # clusters not consistent
+                        main.log.report( "clusters from ONOS" +
+                                         controllerStr +
+                                         " is inconsistent with ONOS1" )
+                        consistentClustersResult = main.FALSE
+
+                else:
+                    main.log.report( "Error in getting dataplane clusters " +
+                                     "from ONOS" + controllerStr )
+                    consistentClustersResult = main.FALSE
+                    main.log.warn( "ONOS" + controllerStr +
+                                   " clusters response: " +
+                                   repr( clusters[ controller ] ) )
+            utilities.assert_equals(
+                expect=main.TRUE,
+                actual=consistentClustersResult,
+                onpass="Clusters view is consistent across all ONOS nodes",
+                onfail="ONOS nodes have different views of clusters" )
+            # there should always only be one cluster
+            numClusters = len( json.loads( clusters[ 0 ] ) )
+            utilities.assert_equals(
+                expect=1,
+                actual=numClusters,
+                onpass="ONOS shows 1 SCC",
+                onfail="ONOS shows " +
+                str( numClusters ) +
+                " SCCs" )
+
+            topoResult = ( devicesResults and portsResults and linksResults
+                           and consistentHostsResult
+                           and consistentClustersResult )
+
+        topoResult = topoResult and int( count <= 2 )
+        note = "note it takes about " + str( int( cliTime ) ) + \
+            " seconds for the test to make all the cli calls to fetch " +\
+            "the topology from each ONOS instance"
+        main.log.info(
+            "Very crass estimate for topology discovery/convergence( " +
+            str( note ) + " ): " + str( elapsed ) + " seconds, " +
+            str( count ) + " tries" )
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=topoResult,
+                                 onpass="Topology Check Test successful",
+                                 onfail="Topology Check Test NOT successful" )
+        if topoResult == main.TRUE:
+            main.log.report( "ONOS topology view matches Mininet topology" )
+
+    def CASE9( self, main ):
+        """
+        Link s3-s28 down
+        """
+        import time
+        # NOTE: You should probably run a topology check after this
+
+        linkSleep = float( main.params[ 'timers' ][ 'LinkDiscovery' ] )
+
+        description = "Turn off a link to ensure that Link Discovery " +\
+            "is working properly"
+        main.log.report( description )
+        main.case( description )
+
+        main.step( "Kill Link between s3 and s28" )
+        LinkDown = main.Mininet1.link( END1="s3", END2="s28", OPTION="down" )
+        main.log.info(
+            "Waiting " +
+            str( linkSleep ) +
+            " seconds for link down to be discovered" )
+        time.sleep( linkSleep )
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=LinkDown,
+                                 onpass="Link down succesful",
+                                 onfail="Failed to bring link down" )
+        # TODO do some sort of check here
+
+    def CASE10( self, main ):
+        """
+        Link s3-s28 up
+        """
+        import time
+        # NOTE: You should probably run a topology check after this
+
+        linkSleep = float( main.params[ 'timers' ][ 'LinkDiscovery' ] )
+
+        description = "Restore a link to ensure that Link Discovery is " + \
+            "working properly"
+        main.log.report( description )
+        main.case( description )
+
+        main.step( "Bring link between s3 and s28 back up" )
+        LinkUp = main.Mininet1.link( END1="s3", END2="s28", OPTION="up" )
+        main.log.info(
+            "Waiting " +
+            str( linkSleep ) +
+            " seconds for link up to be discovered" )
+        time.sleep( linkSleep )
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=LinkUp,
+                                 onpass="Link up succesful",
+                                 onfail="Failed to bring link up" )
+        # TODO do some sort of check here
+
+    def CASE11( self, main ):
+        """
+        Switch Down
+        """
+        # NOTE: You should probably run a topology check after this
+        import time
+
+        switchSleep = float( main.params[ 'timers' ][ 'SwitchDiscovery' ] )
+
+        description = "Killing a switch to ensure it is discovered correctly"
+        main.log.report( description )
+        main.case( description )
+        switch = main.params[ 'kill' ][ 'switch' ]
+        switchDPID = main.params[ 'kill' ][ 'dpid' ]
+
+        # TODO: Make this switch parameterizable
+        main.step( "Kill " + switch )
+        main.log.report( "Deleting " + switch )
+        main.Mininet1.delSwitch( switch )
+        main.log.info( "Waiting " + str( switchSleep ) +
+                       " seconds for switch down to be discovered" )
+        time.sleep( switchSleep )
+        device = main.ONOScli1.getDevice( dpid=switchDPID )
+        # Peek at the deleted switch
+        main.log.warn( str( device ) )
+        result = main.FALSE
+        if device and device[ 'available' ] is False:
+            result = main.TRUE
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=result,
+                                 onpass="Kill switch succesful",
+                                 onfail="Failed to kill switch?" )
+
+    def CASE12( self, main ):
+        """
+        Switch Up
+        """
+        # NOTE: You should probably run a topology check after this
+        import time
+
+        switchSleep = float( main.params[ 'timers' ][ 'SwitchDiscovery' ] )
+        switch = main.params[ 'kill' ][ 'switch' ]
+        switchDPID = main.params[ 'kill' ][ 'dpid' ]
+        links = main.params[ 'kill' ][ 'links' ].split()
+        description = "Adding a switch to ensure it is discovered correctly"
+        main.log.report( description )
+        main.case( description )
+
+        main.step( "Add back " + switch )
+        main.log.report( "Adding back " + switch )
+        main.Mininet1.addSwitch( switch, dpid=switchDPID )
+        for peer in links:
+            main.Mininet1.addLink( switch, peer )
+        main.Mininet1.assignSwController(
+            sw=switch.split( 's' )[ 1 ],
+            count=numControllers,
+            ip1=ONOS1Ip,
+            port1=ONOS1Port,
+            ip2=ONOS2Ip,
+            port2=ONOS2Port,
+            ip3=ONOS3Ip,
+            port3=ONOS3Port,
+            ip4=ONOS4Ip,
+            port4=ONOS4Port,
+            ip5=ONOS5Ip,
+            port5=ONOS5Port,
+            ip6=ONOS6Ip,
+            port6=ONOS6Port,
+            ip7=ONOS7Ip,
+            port7=ONOS7Port )
+        main.log.info(
+            "Waiting " +
+            str( switchSleep ) +
+            " seconds for switch up to be discovered" )
+        time.sleep( switchSleep )
+        device = main.ONOScli1.getDevice( dpid=switchDPID )
+        # Peek at the deleted switch
+        main.log.warn( str( device ) )
+        result = main.FALSE
+        if device and device[ 'available' ]:
+            result = main.TRUE
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=result,
+                                 onpass="add switch succesful",
+                                 onfail="Failed to add switch?" )
+
+    def CASE13( self, main ):
+        """
+        Clean up
+        """
+        import os
+        import time
+        # TODO: make use of this elsewhere
+        ips = []
+        ips.append( ONOS1Ip )
+        ips.append( ONOS2Ip )
+        ips.append( ONOS3Ip )
+        ips.append( ONOS4Ip )
+        ips.append( ONOS5Ip )
+        ips.append( ONOS6Ip )
+        ips.append( ONOS7Ip )
+
+        # printing colors to terminal
+        colors = {}
+        colors[ 'cyan' ] = '\033[96m'
+        colors[ 'purple' ] = '\033[95m'
+        colors[ 'blue' ] = '\033[94m'
+        colors[ 'green' ] = '\033[92m'
+        colors[ 'yellow' ] = '\033[93m'
+        colors[ 'red' ] = '\033[91m'
+        colors[ 'end' ] = '\033[0m'
+        description = "Test Cleanup"
+        main.log.report( description )
+        main.case( description )
+        main.step( "Killing tcpdumps" )
+        main.Mininet2.stopTcpdump()
+
+        main.step( "Checking ONOS Logs for errors" )
+        for i in range( 7 ):
+            print colors[ 'purple' ] + "Checking logs for errors on " + \
+                "ONOS" + str( i + 1 ) + ":" + colors[ 'end' ]
+            print main.ONOSbench.checkLogs( ips[ i ] )
+
+        main.step( "Copying MN pcap and ONOS log files to test station" )
+        testname = main.TEST
+        teststationUser = main.params[ 'TESTONUSER' ]
+        teststationIP = main.params[ 'TESTONIP' ]
+        # NOTE: MN Pcap file is being saved to ~/packet_captures
+        #       scp this file as MN and TestON aren't necessarily the same vm
+        # FIXME: scp
+        # mn files
+        # TODO: Load these from params
+        # NOTE: must end in /
+        logFolder = "/opt/onos/log/"
+        logFiles = [ "karaf.log", "karaf.log.1" ]
+        # NOTE: must end in /
+        dstDir = "~/packet_captures/"
+        for f in logFiles:
+            for i in range( 7 ):
+                main.ONOSbench.handle.sendline( "scp sdn@" + ips[ i ] + ":" +
+                                                logFolder + f + " " +
+                                                teststationUser + "@" +
+                                                teststationIP + ":" +
+                                                dstDir + str( testname ) +
+                                                "-ONOS" + str( i + 1 ) + "-" +
+                                                f )
+        # std*.log's
+        # NOTE: must end in /
+        logFolder = "/opt/onos/var/"
+        logFiles = [ "stderr.log", "stdout.log" ]
+        # NOTE: must end in /
+        dstDir = "~/packet_captures/"
+        for f in logFiles:
+            for i in range( 7 ):
+                main.ONOSbench.handle.sendline( "scp sdn@" + ips[ i ] + ":" +
+                                                logFolder + f + " " +
+                                                teststationUser + "@" +
+                                                teststationIP + ":" +
+                                                dstDir + str( testname ) +
+                                                "-ONOS" + str( i + 1 ) + "-" +
+                                                f )
+        # sleep so scp can finish
+        time.sleep( 10 )
+        main.step( "Packing and rotating pcap archives" )
+        os.system( "~/TestON/dependencies/rotate.sh " + str( testname ) )
+
+        # TODO: actually check something here
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=main.TRUE,
+                                 onpass="Test cleanup successful",
+                                 onfail="Test cleanup NOT successful" )
+
+    def CASE14( self, main ):
+        """
+        start election app on all onos nodes
+        """
+        leaderResult = main.TRUE
+        # install app on onos 1
+        main.log.info( "Install leadership election app" )
+        main.ONOScli1.featureInstall( "onos-app-election" )
+        # wait for election
+        # check for leader
+        leader = main.ONOScli1.electionTestLeader()
+        # verify leader is ONOS1
+        if leader == ONOS1Ip:
+            # all is well
+            pass
+        elif leader is None:
+            # No leader elected
+            main.log.report( "No leader was elected" )
+            leaderResult = main.FALSE
+        elif leader == main.FALSE:
+            # error in  response
+            # TODO: add check for "Command not found:" in the driver, this
+            # means the app isn't loaded
+            main.log.report( "Something is wrong with electionTestLeader" +
+                             " function, check the error logs" )
+            leaderResult = main.FALSE
+        else:
+            # error in  response
+            main.log.report(
+                "Unexpected response from electionTestLeader function:'" +
+                str( leader ) +
+                "'" )
+            leaderResult = main.FALSE
+
+        # install on other nodes and check for leader.
+        # Should be onos1 and each app should show the same leader
+        for controller in range( 2, numControllers + 1 ):
+            # loop through ONOScli handlers
+            node = getattr( main, ( 'ONOScli' + str( controller ) ) )
+            node.featureInstall( "onos-app-election" )
+            leaderN = node.electionTestLeader()
+            # verify leader is ONOS1
+            if leaderN == ONOS1Ip:
+                # all is well
+                pass
+            elif leaderN == main.FALSE:
+                # error in  response
+                # TODO: add check for "Command not found:" in the driver, this
+                # means the app isn't loaded
+                main.log.report( "Something is wrong with " +
+                                 "electionTestLeader function, check the" +
+                                 " error logs" )
+                leaderResult = main.FALSE
+            elif leader != leaderN:
+                leaderResult = main.FALSE
+                main.log.report( "ONOS" + str( controller ) + " sees " +
+                                 str( leaderN ) +
+                                 " as the leader of the election app. Leader" +
+                                 " should be " +
+                                 str( leader ) )
+        if leaderResult:
+            main.log.report( "Leadership election tests passed( consistent " +
+                             "view of leader across listeners and a leader " +
+                             "was elected )" )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=leaderResult,
+            onpass="Leadership election passed",
+            onfail="Something went wrong with Leadership election" )
+
+    def CASE15( self, main ):
+        """
+        Check that Leadership Election is still functional
+        """
+        leaderResult = main.TRUE
+        description = "Check that Leadership Election is still functional"
+        main.log.report( description )
+        main.case( description )
+        main.step( "Find current leader and withdraw" )
+        leader = main.ONOScli1.electionTestLeader()
+        withdrawResult = main.FALSE
+        if leader == ONOS1Ip:
+            oldLeader = getattr( main, "ONOScli1" )
+        elif leader == ONOS2Ip:
+            oldLeader = getattr( main, "ONOScli2" )
+        elif leader == ONOS3Ip:
+            oldLeader = getattr( main, "ONOScli3" )
+        elif leader == ONOS4Ip:
+            oldLeader = getattr( main, "ONOScli4" )
+        elif leader == ONOS5Ip:
+            oldLeader = getattr( main, "ONOScli5" )
+        elif leader == ONOS6Ip:
+            oldLeader = getattr( main, "ONOScli6" )
+        elif leader == ONOS7Ip:
+            oldLeader = getattr( main, "ONOScli7" )
+        elif leader is None or leader == main.FALSE:
+            main.log.report(
+                "Leader for the election app should be an ONOS node," +
+                "instead got '" +
+                str( leader ) +
+                "'" )
+            leaderResult = main.FALSE
+        withdrawResult = oldLeader.electionTestWithdraw()
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=withdrawResult,
+            onpass="App was withdrawn from election",
+            onfail="App was not withdrawn from election" )
+
+        main.step( "Make sure new leader is elected" )
+        leaderList = []
+        for controller in range( 1, numControllers + 1 ):
+            # loop through ONOScli handlers
+            node = getattr( main, ( 'ONOScli' + str( controller ) ) )
+            leaderList.append( node.electionTestLeader() )
+        for leaderN in leaderList:
+            if leaderN == leader:
+                main.log.report(
+                    "ONOS" +
+                    str( controller ) +
+                    " still sees " +
+                    str( leader ) +
+                    " as leader after they withdrew" )
+                leaderResult = main.FALSE
+            elif leaderN == main.FALSE:
+                # error in  response
+                # TODO: add check for "Command not found:" in the driver, this
+                # means the app isn't loaded
+                main.log.report( "Something is wrong with " +
+                                 "electionTestLeader function, " +
+                                 "check the error logs" )
+                leaderResult = main.FALSE
+        consistentLeader = main.FALSE
+        if len( set( leaderList ) ) == 1:
+            main.log.info( "Each Election-app sees '" +
+                           str( leaderList[ 0 ] ) +
+                           "' as the leader" )
+            consistentLeader = main.TRUE
+        else:
+            main.log.report(
+                "Inconsistent responses for leader of Election-app:" )
+            for n in range( len( leaderList ) ):
+                main.log.report( "ONOS" + str( n + 1 ) + " response: " +
+                                 str( leaderList[ n ] ) )
+        if leaderResult:
+            main.log.report( "Leadership election tests passed( consistent " +
+                             "view of leader across listeners and a new " +
+                             "leader was elected when the old leader " +
+                             "resigned )" )
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=leaderResult,
+            onpass="Leadership election passed",
+            onfail="Something went wrong with Leadership election" )
+
+        main.step( "Run for election on old leader( just so everyone "
+                   "is in the hat )" )
+        runResult = oldLeader.electionTestRun()
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=runResult,
+            onpass="App re-ran for election",
+            onfail="App failed to run for election" )
+        if consistentLeader == main.TRUE:
+            afterRun = main.ONOScli1.electionTestLeader()
+            # verify leader didn't just change
+            if afterRun == leaderList[ 0 ]:
+                leaderResult = main.TRUE
+            else:
+                leaderResult = main.FALSE
+        # TODO: assert on  run and withdraw results?
+
+        utilities.assert_equals(
+            expect=main.TRUE,
+            actual=leaderResult,
+            onpass="Leadership election passed",
+            onfail="Something went wrong with Leadership election after " +
+                   "the old leader re-ran for election" )
+    def CASE16( self ):
+        """
+        """
+        main.ONOScli1.handle.sendline( "sudo iptables -F" )
+        main.ONOScli1.handle.expect( "\$" )
+        main.ONOScli2.handle.sendline( "sudo iptables -F" )
+        main.ONOScli2.handle.expect( "\$" )
+        main.ONOScli3.handle.sendline( "sudo iptables -F" )
+        main.ONOScli3.handle.expect( "\$" )
+        main.ONOScli4.handle.sendline( "sudo iptables -F" )
+        main.ONOScli4.handle.expect( "\$" )
+        main.ONOScli5.handle.sendline( "sudo iptables -F" )
+        main.ONOScli5.handle.expect( "\$" )
+        main.ONOScli6.handle.sendline( "sudo iptables -F" )
+        main.ONOScli6.handle.expect( "\$" )
+        main.ONOScli7.handle.sendline( "sudo iptables -F" )
+        main.ONOScli7.handle.expect( "\$" )
+
diff --git a/TestON/tests/HATestNetworkPartition/HATestNetworkPartition.topo b/TestON/tests/HATestNetworkPartition/HATestNetworkPartition.topo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b32cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestON/tests/HATestNetworkPartition/HATestNetworkPartition.topo
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+<TOPOLOGY>
+    <COMPONENT>
+
+        <ONOSbench>
+            <host>10.128.30.10</host>
+            <user>admin</user>
+            <password>onos_test</password>
+            <type>OnosDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>1</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOSbench>
+
+        <ONOScli1>
+            <host>10.128.30.10</host>
+            <user>admin</user>
+            <password>onos_test</password>
+            <type>OnosCliDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>2</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOScli1>
+
+        <ONOScli2>
+            <host>10.128.30.10</host>
+            <user>admin</user>
+            <password>onos_test</password>
+            <type>OnosCliDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>3</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOScli2>
+
+        <ONOScli3>
+            <host>10.128.30.10</host>
+            <user>admin</user>
+            <password>onos_test</password>
+            <type>OnosCliDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>4</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOScli3>
+
+
+        <ONOScli4>
+            <host>10.128.30.10</host>
+            <user>admin</user>
+            <password>onos_test</password>
+            <type>OnosCliDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>5</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOScli4>
+
+
+        <ONOScli5>
+            <host>10.128.30.10</host>
+            <user>admin</user>
+            <password>onos_test</password>
+            <type>OnosCliDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>6</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOScli5>
+
+
+        <ONOScli6>
+            <host>10.128.30.10</host>
+            <user>admin</user>
+            <password>onos_test</password>
+            <type>OnosCliDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>7</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOScli6>
+
+
+        <ONOScli7>
+            <host>10.128.30.10</host>
+            <user>admin</user>
+            <password>onos_test</password>
+            <type>OnosCliDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>8</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOScli7>
+
+        <ONOS1>
+            <host>10.128.30.11</host>
+            <user>sdn</user>
+            <password>rocks</password>
+            <type>OnosDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>9</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOS1>
+
+        <ONOS2>
+            <host>10.128.30.12</host>
+            <user>sdn</user>
+            <password>rocks</password>
+            <type>OnosDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>10</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOS2>
+
+        <ONOS3>
+            <host>10.128.30.13</host>
+            <user>sdn</user>
+            <password>rocks</password>
+            <type>OnosDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>11</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOS3>
+
+        <ONOS4>
+            <host>10.128.30.14</host>
+            <user>sdn</user>
+            <password>rocks</password>
+            <type>OnosDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>12</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOS4>
+
+        <ONOS5>
+            <host>10.128.30.15</host>
+            <user>sdn</user>
+            <password>rocks</password>
+            <type>OnosDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>13</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS>
+            </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOS5>
+
+        <ONOS6>
+            <host>10.128.30.16</host>
+            <user>sdn</user>
+            <password>rocks</password>
+            <type>OnosDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>14</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOS6>
+
+        <ONOS7>
+            <host>10.128.30.17</host>
+            <user>sdn</user>
+            <password>rocks</password>
+            <type>OnosDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>15</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS> </COMPONENTS>
+        </ONOS7>
+
+        <Mininet1>
+            <host>10.128.30.9</host>
+            <user>admin</user>
+            <password>onos_test</password>
+            <type>MininetCliDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>16</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS>
+                #Specify the Option for mininet
+                <arg1> --custom ~/mininet/custom/topo-HA.py </arg1>
+                <arg2> --topo mytopo </arg2>
+                <arg3> </arg3>
+                <controller> none </controller>
+            </COMPONENTS>
+        </Mininet1>
+
+        <Mininet2>
+            <host>10.128.30.9</host>
+            <user>admin</user>
+            <password>onos_test</password>
+            <type>RemoteMininetDriver</type>
+            <connect_order>17</connect_order>
+            <COMPONENTS>
+            </COMPONENTS>
+        </Mininet2>
+
+    </COMPONENT>
+</TOPOLOGY>
diff --git a/TestON/tests/HATestNetworkPartition/__init__.py b/TestON/tests/HATestNetworkPartition/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestON/tests/HATestNetworkPartition/__init__.py
diff --git a/TestON/tests/HATestSanity/HATestSanity.py b/TestON/tests/HATestSanity/HATestSanity.py
index dfa6a03..fccbace 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/HATestSanity/HATestSanity.py
+++ b/TestON/tests/HATestSanity/HATestSanity.py
@@ -479,16 +479,16 @@
                 host1Id = host1Dict.get( 'id', None )
                 host2Id = host2Dict.get( 'id', None )
             if host1Id and host2Id:
-                '''
                 nodeNum = ( i % 7 ) + 1
                 node = getattr( main, ( 'ONOScli' + str( nodeNum ) ) )
                 tmpId = node.addHostIntent(
-                '''
-                tmpId = main.ONOScli1.addHostIntent(
                     host1Id,
                     host2Id )
-                main.log.info( "Added intent with id: " + tmpId )
-                intentIds.append( tmpId )
+                if tmpId:
+                    main.log.info( "Added intent with id: " + tmpId )
+                    intentIds.append( tmpId )
+                else:
+                    main.log.error( "addHostIntent reutrned None" )
             else:
                 main.log.error( "Error, getHost() failed" )
                 main.log.warn( json.dumps( json.loads( main.ONOScli1.hosts() ),
@@ -507,10 +507,13 @@
         # Print the intent states
         intents = main.ONOScli1.intents()
         intentStates = []
+        installedCheck = True 
         main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" % ( 'Count', 'ID', 'State' ) )
         count = 0
         for intent in json.loads( intents ):  # Iter through intents of a node
             state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+            if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                installedCheck = False
             intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
             intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
         # add submitted intents not in the store
@@ -525,16 +528,28 @@
             count += 1
             main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
                            ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+        main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+        main.ONOScli1.partitions()
+        # for node in nodes:
+        #     node.pendingMap()
+        pendingMap = main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli2.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli3.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli4.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli5.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli6.pendingMap()
+        main.ONOScli7.pendingMap()
         intentAddResult = bool( pingResult and hostResult and intentAddResult
-                                and not missingIntents)
+                                and not missingIntents and installedCheck )
         utilities.assert_equals(
             expect=True,
             actual=intentAddResult,
             onpass="Pushed host intents to ONOS",
             onfail="Error in pushing host intents to ONOS" )
 
-        if not intentAddResult:
+        if not intentAddResult or "key" in pendingMap:
             import time
+            installedCheck = True
             main.log.info( "Sleeping 60 seconds to see if intents are found" )
             time.sleep( 60 )
             onosIds = main.ONOScli1.getAllIntentsId()
@@ -548,6 +563,8 @@
             for intent in json.loads( intents ):
                 # Iter through intents of a node
                 state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+                if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                    installedCheck = False
                 intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
                 intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
             # add submitted intents not in the store
@@ -560,6 +577,14 @@
                 count += 1
                 main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
                                ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+            main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+            main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli2.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli3.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli4.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli5.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli6.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli7.pendingMap()
 
     def CASE4( self, main ):
         """
@@ -597,6 +622,8 @@
             actual=PingResult,
             onpass="Intents have been installed correctly and pings work",
             onfail="Intents have not been installed correctly, pings failed." )
+
+        installedCheck = True
         if PingResult is not main.TRUE:
             # Print the intent states
             intents = main.ONOScli1.intents()
@@ -606,6 +633,8 @@
             # Iter through intents of a node
             for intent in json.loads( intents ):
                 state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+                if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                    installedCheck = False
                 intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
                 intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
             intentStates.sort()
@@ -613,6 +642,44 @@
                 count += 1
                 main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
                                ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+            main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+            main.ONOScli1.partitions()
+            main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli2.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli3.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli4.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli5.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli6.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli7.pendingMap()
+        if not installedCheck:
+            main.log.info( "Waiting 60 seconds to see if intent states change" )
+            time.sleep( 60 )
+            # Print the intent states
+            intents = main.ONOScli1.intents()
+            intentStates = []
+            main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" % ( 'Count', 'ID', 'State' ) )
+            count = 0
+            # Iter through intents of a node
+            for intent in json.loads( intents ):
+                state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+                if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                    installedCheck = False
+                intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
+                intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
+            intentStates.sort()
+            for i, s in intentStates:
+                count += 1
+                main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
+                               ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+            main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+            main.ONOScli1.partitions()
+            main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli2.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli3.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli4.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli5.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli6.pendingMap()
+            main.ONOScli7.pendingMap()
 
     def CASE5( self, main ):
         """
@@ -1843,7 +1910,7 @@
         linkSleep = float( main.params[ 'timers' ][ 'LinkDiscovery' ] )
 
         description = "Restore a link to ensure that Link Discovery is " + \
-            "working properly"
+                      "working properly"
         main.log.report( description )
         main.case( description )
 
@@ -2129,7 +2196,11 @@
                 "Leader for the election app should be an ONOS node," +
                 "instead got '" + str( leader ) + "'" )
             leaderResult = main.FALSE
-        withdrawResult = oldLeader.electionTestWithdraw()
+            oldLeader = None
+        else:
+            main.log.error( "Leader election --- why am I HERE?!?")
+        if oldLeader:
+            withdrawResult = oldLeader.electionTestWithdraw()
         utilities.assert_equals(
             expect=main.TRUE,
             actual=withdrawResult,
@@ -2182,7 +2253,10 @@
 
         main.step( "Run for election on old leader( just so everyone " +
                    "is in the hat )" )
-        runResult = oldLeader.electionTestRun()
+        if oldLeader:
+            runResult = oldLeader.electionTestRun()
+        else:
+            runResult = main.FALSE
         utilities.assert_equals(
             expect=main.TRUE,
             actual=runResult,
diff --git a/TestON/tests/HATestSingleInstanceRestart/HATestSingleInstanceRestart.py b/TestON/tests/HATestSingleInstanceRestart/HATestSingleInstanceRestart.py
index 59a37e4..fef844a 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/HATestSingleInstanceRestart/HATestSingleInstanceRestart.py
+++ b/TestON/tests/HATestSingleInstanceRestart/HATestSingleInstanceRestart.py
@@ -257,8 +257,11 @@
                 tmpId = main.ONOScli1.addHostIntent(
                     host1Id,
                     host2Id )
-                main.log.info( "Added intent with id: " + tmpId )
-                intentIds.append( tmpId )
+                if tmpId:
+                    main.log.info( "Added intent with id: " + tmpId )
+                    intentIds.append( tmpId )
+                else:
+                    main.log.error( "addHostIntent reutrned None" )
             else:
                 main.log.error( "Error, getHost() failed" )
                 main.log.warn( json.dumps( json.loads( main.ONOScli1.hosts() ),
@@ -277,10 +280,13 @@
         # Print the intent states
         intents = main.ONOScli1.intents()
         intentStates = []
+        installedCheck = True 
         main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" % ( 'Count', 'ID', 'State' ) )
         count = 0
         for intent in json.loads( intents ):  # Iter through intents of a node
             state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+            if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                installedCheck = False
             intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
             intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
         # add submitted intents not in the store
@@ -295,16 +301,22 @@
             count += 1
             main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
                            ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+        main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+        main.ONOScli1.partitions()
+        # for node in nodes:
+        #     node.pendingMap()
+        pendingMap = main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
         intentAddResult = bool( pingResult and hostResult and intentAddResult
-                                and not missingIntents)
+                                and not missingIntents and installedCheck )
         utilities.assert_equals(
             expect=True,
             actual=intentAddResult,
             onpass="Pushed host intents to ONOS",
             onfail="Error in pushing host intents to ONOS" )
 
-        if not intentAddResult:
+        if not intentAddResult or "key" in pendingMap:
             import time
+            installedCheck = True
             main.log.info( "Sleeping 60 seconds to see if intents are found" )
             time.sleep( 60 )
             onosIds = main.ONOScli1.getAllIntentsId()
@@ -318,6 +330,8 @@
             for intent in json.loads( intents ):
                 # Iter through intents of a node
                 state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+                if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                    installedCheck = False
                 intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
                 intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
             # add submitted intents not in the store
@@ -330,6 +344,8 @@
                 count += 1
                 main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
                                ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+            main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+            main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
 
     def CASE4( self, main ):
         """
@@ -367,6 +383,8 @@
             actual=PingResult,
             onpass="Intents have been installed correctly and pings work",
             onfail="Intents have not been installed correctly, pings failed." )
+
+        installedCheck = True
         if PingResult is not main.TRUE:
             # Print the intent states
             intents = main.ONOScli1.intents()
@@ -376,6 +394,8 @@
             # Iter through intents of a node
             for intent in json.loads( intents ):
                 state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+                if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                    installedCheck = False
                 intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
                 intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
             intentStates.sort()
@@ -383,6 +403,31 @@
                 count += 1
                 main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
                                ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+            main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+            main.ONOScli1.partitions()
+        if not installedCheck:
+            main.log.info( "Waiting 60 seconds to see if intent states change" )
+            time.sleep( 60 )
+            # Print the intent states
+            intents = main.ONOScli1.intents()
+            intentStates = []
+            main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" % ( 'Count', 'ID', 'State' ) )
+            count = 0
+            # Iter through intents of a node
+            for intent in json.loads( intents ):
+                state = intent.get( 'state', None )
+                if "INSTALLED" not in state:
+                    installedCheck = False
+                intentId = intent.get( 'id', None )
+                intentStates.append( ( intentId, state ) )
+            intentStates.sort()
+            for i, s in intentStates:
+                count += 1
+                main.log.info( "%-6s%-15s%-15s" %
+                               ( str( count ), str( i ), str( s ) ) )
+            main.ONOScli1.leaders()
+            main.ONOScli1.partitions()
+            main.ONOScli1.pendingMap()
 
     def CASE5( self, main ):
         """
@@ -922,6 +967,7 @@
                 linksResults = linksResults and currentLinksResult
                 hostsResults = hostsResults and currentHostsResult
 
+                # "consistent" results don't make sense for single instance
             # there should always only be one cluster
             numClusters = len( json.loads( clusters[ 0 ] ) )
             clusterResults = main.FALSE
@@ -947,12 +993,6 @@
         utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE, actual=topoResult,
                                  onpass="Topology Check Test successful",
                                  onfail="Topology Check Test NOT successful" )
-        # this is temporary
-        # main.Mininet1.handle.sendline( "py [(s.intfs[i], s.intfs[i].mac) for s in net.switches for i in s.intfs]" )
-        # main.Mininet1.handle.expect( "mininet>" )
-        # main.log.error( main.Mininet1.handle.before )
-        # main.log.error( main.ONOScli1.hosts() )
-
         if topoResult == main.TRUE:
             main.log.report( "ONOS topology view matches Mininet topology" )
 
@@ -1233,7 +1273,11 @@
                 "Leader for the election app should be an ONOS node," +
                 "instead got '" + str( leader ) + "'" )
             leaderResult = main.FALSE
-        withdrawResult = oldLeader.electionTestWithdraw()
+            oldLeader = None
+        else:
+            main.log.error( "Leader election --- why am I HERE?!?")
+        if oldLeader:
+            withdrawResult = oldLeader.electionTestWithdraw()
         utilities.assert_equals(
             expect=main.TRUE,
             actual=withdrawResult,
@@ -1268,7 +1312,10 @@
 
         main.step( "Run for election on old leader( just so everyone " +
                    "is in the hat )" )
-        runResult = oldLeader.electionTestRun()
+        if oldLeader:
+            runResult = oldLeader.electionTestRun()
+        else:
+            runResult = main.FALSE
         utilities.assert_equals(
             expect=main.TRUE,
             actual=runResult,
diff --git a/TestON/tests/PingallExample/PingallExample.params b/TestON/tests/PingallExample/PingallExample.params
index 8d0d10b..12bebcd 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/PingallExample/PingallExample.params
+++ b/TestON/tests/PingallExample/PingallExample.params
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <ENV>
         <cellName>kelvin</cellName>
     </ENV>
-    <Git>True</Git>
+    <Git>xe</Git>
 
     <CTRL>
         <ip1>10.128.10.21</ip1>