diff --git a/TestON/tests/HA/HAswapNodes/dependencies/Server.py b/TestON/tests/HA/HAswapNodes/dependencies/Server.py
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+"Functions for using the SimpleHTTPServer python module"
+import re
+
+class Server():
+
+    def __init__( self ):
+        self.default = ''
+        self.PID = -1
+        self.component = None
+        self.rootDir = None
+
+    def __del__( self ):
+        self.stop()
+
+    def start( self, component, rootDir, port=8000, logDir=None ):
+        """
+        Start SimpleHTTPServer as a background process from rootDir on the
+        given component. The webserver will listen on port and if specified,
+        output will be redirected to logDir.
+
+        Arguments:
+        - component = The TestON component handle to start the webserver on
+        - rootDir = The root directory for the web content
+        - port = The port number for the webserver to listen on. Defaults to 8000
+        - logDir = If specified, the output of the webserver will be redirected
+                   to this file. Note that this should be either an absolute path
+                   or relative to rootDir.
+        Returns:
+            main.TRUE if the command succedes or main.FALSE if there is an error.
+        """
+        retValue = main.TRUE
+        self.rootDir = rootDir
+        try:
+            # Save component for this instance so other functions can use it
+            self.component = component
+            main.log.info( "Starting SimpleHTTPServer on " + component.name )
+            if component.handle:
+                handle = component.handle
+                # cd to rootDir
+                handle.sendline( "cd " + str( rootDir ) )
+                handle.expect( "\$" )
+                # Start server
+                cmd = "python -m SimpleHTTPServer {}".format( port )
+                if logDir:
+                    cmd += " &> {}".format( logDir )  # pipe all output to a file
+                else:
+                    cmd += "&> {dev/null}" # Throw away all output
+                cmd += " &"
+                handle.sendline( cmd )
+                handle.expect( "\$" )
+                response = handle.before
+                # Return to home dir
+                handle.sendline( "cd " + component.home )
+                handle.expect( "\$" )
+                response += handle.before
+                if "Exit" in response:
+                    main.log.error( "Error starting server. Check server log for details" )
+                    main.log.debug( handle.before )
+                    retValue = main.FALSE
+                # capture PID for later use
+                # EX: [1] 67987
+                match = re.search( "\[\d\] (?P<PID>\d+)", response )
+                if match:
+                    self.PID = match.group( "PID" )
+                else:
+                    main.log.warn( "Could not find PID" )
+            else:
+                main.log.error( "Component handle is not set" )
+                retValue = main.FALSE
+        except Exception:
+            main.log.exception( "Error starting web server" )
+            retValue = main.FALSE
+        return retValue
+
+    def stop( self ):
+        """
+        Kills the process of the server. Note that this function must be run
+        from the same instance of the server class that the server was started
+        on.
+        """
+        retValue = main.TRUE
+        try:
+            main.log.info( "Stopping Server." )
+            assert self.component, "Component not specified"
+            assert self.PID, "PID not found"
+            if self.component.handle:
+                handle = self.component.handle
+                cmd = "sudo kill {}".format( self.PID )
+                handle.sendline( cmd )
+                handle.expect( "\$" )
+                # TODO: What is bad output? cannot sudo?
+            else:
+                main.log.error( "Component handle is not set" )
+                retValue = main.FALSE
+        except Exception:
+            main.log.exception( "Error stopping web server" )
+            retValue = main.FALSE
+        return retValue
+
+    def generateFile( self, nodes, equal=False, filename="cluster.json" ):
+        """
+        Generate custom metadata file in the root directory using the custom
+        onos-gen-partitions file which should also be located in the root
+        directory.
+
+        Note that this function needs to be run after the start function has
+        been called for this instance.
+
+        Arguments:
+        - nodes = The number of ONOS nodes to include in the cluster. Will
+                  include nodes in ascending order, I.E. OC1, OC2, etc
+
+        Optional Arguments:
+        - equal = Specifies whether all nodes should participate in every
+                  partition. Defaults to False.
+        - filename = The name of the file to save the cluster metadata to.
+                     Defaults to "cluster.json".
+        Returns:
+            main.TRUE if the command succedes or main.FALSE if there is an error.
+        """
+        retValue = main.TRUE
+        try:
+            if self.component.handle:
+                assert self.component, "Component not specified. Please start the server first"
+                assert self.rootDir, "Root directory not found"
+                handle = self.component.handle
+                # cd to rootDir
+                handle.sendline( "cd " + str( self.rootDir ) )
+                handle.expect( "\$" )
+                cmd = "./onos-gen-partitions {} {} ".format( filename, nodes )
+                if equal:
+                    cmd += "-e"
+                handle.sendline( cmd )
+                handle.expect( "\$" )
+                response = handle.before
+                # Return to home dir
+                handle.sendline( "cd " + self.component.home )
+                handle.expect( "\$" )
+                response += handle.before
+                if "Traceback" in response:
+                    main.log.error( handle.before )
+                    retValue = main.FALSE
+            else:
+                main.log.error( "Component handle is not set" )
+                retValue = main.FALSE
+        except Exception:
+            main.log.exception( "Error generating metadata file" )
+        return retValue
diff --git a/TestON/tests/HA/HAswapNodes/dependencies/__init__.py b/TestON/tests/HA/HAswapNodes/dependencies/__init__.py
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+++ b/TestON/tests/HA/HAswapNodes/dependencies/__init__.py
diff --git a/TestON/tests/HA/HAswapNodes/dependencies/onos-gen-partitions b/TestON/tests/HA/HAswapNodes/dependencies/onos-gen-partitions
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+++ b/TestON/tests/HA/HAswapNodes/dependencies/onos-gen-partitions
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+  Generate the partitions json file from the $OC* environment variables
+
+  Usage: onos-gen-partitions output_file [num_nodes] [-e]
+  If output file is not provided, the json is written to stdout.
+"""
+
+from os import environ
+from collections import deque, OrderedDict
+import re
+import json
+import sys
+import hashlib
+
+convert = lambda text: int(text) if text.isdigit() else text.lower()
+alphanum_key = lambda key: [convert(c) for c in re.split('([0-9]+)', key)]
+
+def get_OC_vars():
+  vars = []
+  for var in environ:
+    if re.match(r"OC[0-9]+", var):
+      vars.append(var)
+  return sorted(vars, key=alphanum_key)
+
+def get_nodes(vars, port=9876):
+  node = lambda k: { 'id': k, 'ip': k, 'port': port }
+  return [ node(environ[v]) for v in vars ]
+
+def generate_base_partition(nodes):
+  return {
+            'id': 0,
+            'members': nodes
+         }
+
+def generate_extended_partitions_scaling(nodes, k, partitions=3, equal=False):
+  l = deque(nodes)
+  perms = []
+  for i in range(1, partitions + 1):
+    if equal:
+      members = list(l)
+    else:
+      members = list(l)[:k]
+
+    part = {
+             'id': i,
+             'members': members
+           }
+    perms.append(part)
+    l.rotate(-2)
+  return perms
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  vars = get_OC_vars()
+  # NOTE: likely prone to errors
+  nodes = get_nodes(vars)
+  num = None
+  equal = False
+  if len(sys.argv) >= 3:
+      num = int(sys.argv[2])
+      try:
+          equal = "-e" in sys.argv[3]
+      except:
+          equal = False
+  if num:
+      nodes = nodes[:num]
+
+  base_partition = generate_base_partition([v.get('id') for v in nodes])
+  extended_partitions = generate_extended_partitions_scaling([v.get('id') for v in nodes],
+          3, equal=equal)
+  partitions = []
+  partitions.append(base_partition)
+  partitions.extend(extended_partitions)
+  name = hash("HAScaling")
+  data = {
+           'name': name,
+           'nodes': nodes,
+           'partitions': partitions
+         }
+  output = json.dumps(data, indent=4)
+
+  if len(sys.argv) >= 2:
+    filename = sys.argv[1]
+    with open(filename, 'w') as f:
+      f.write(output)
+  else:
+    print output