diff --git a/drivers/server/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/server/ServerHandshaker.java b/drivers/server/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/server/ServerHandshaker.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.drivers.server;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.MastershipRole;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceHandshaker;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.DriverHandler;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.FlowRuleService;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.TableStatisticsEntry;
+import org.onosproject.mastership.MastershipService;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.completedFuture;
+import static org.onosproject.drivers.server.Constants.JSON;
+import static org.onosproject.drivers.server.Constants.PARAM_CONNECTION_STATUS;
+import static org.onosproject.drivers.server.Constants.MSG_HANDLER_NULL;
+import static org.onosproject.drivers.server.Constants.MSG_DEVICE_NULL;
+import static org.onosproject.drivers.server.Constants.MSG_DEVICE_ID_NULL;
+import static org.onosproject.drivers.server.Constants.URL_SRV_PROBE_CONNECT;
+import static org.onosproject.drivers.server.Constants.URL_SRV_PROBE_DISCONNECT;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of device handshaker behaviour for server devices.
+ */
+public class ServerHandshaker
+        extends BasicServerDriver
+        implements DeviceHandshaker {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    public ServerHandshaker() {
+        super();
+        log.debug("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DriverHandler handler() {
+        return super.getHandler();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setHandler(DriverHandler handler) {
+        checkNotNull(handler, MSG_HANDLER_NULL);
+        this.handler = handler;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean connect() throws IllegalStateException {
+        // Retrieve the device ID from the handler
+        DeviceId deviceId = super.getDeviceId();
+        checkNotNull(deviceId, MSG_DEVICE_ID_NULL);
+
+        // Create an object node
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        ObjectNode sendObjNode = mapper.createObjectNode();
+        sendObjNode.put(PARAM_CONNECTION_STATUS, "connect");
+
+        // Post the connect message to the server
+        int response = getController().post(
+            deviceId, URL_SRV_PROBE_CONNECT,
+            new ByteArrayInputStream(sendObjNode.toString().getBytes()), JSON);
+
+        // Upon an error, return an empty set of rules
+        if (!checkStatusCode(response)) {
+            log.error("Failed to connect to device {}", deviceId);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        log.info("Successfully connected to device {}", deviceId);
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasConnection() {
+        return isReachable();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void disconnect() {
+        // Retrieve the device ID from the handler
+        DeviceId deviceId = super.getDeviceId();
+        checkNotNull(deviceId, MSG_DEVICE_ID_NULL);
+
+        // Create an object node
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        ObjectNode sendObjNode = mapper.createObjectNode();
+        sendObjNode.put(PARAM_CONNECTION_STATUS, "disconnect");
+
+        // Post the disconnect message to the server
+        int response = getController().post(
+            deviceId, URL_SRV_PROBE_DISCONNECT,
+            new ByteArrayInputStream(sendObjNode.toString().getBytes()), JSON);
+
+        if (!checkStatusCode(response)) {
+            log.error("Failed to disconnect from device {}", deviceId);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        log.info("Successfully disconnected from device {}", deviceId);
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isReachable() {
+        // Retrieve the device ID from the handler
+        DeviceId deviceId = super.getDeviceId();
+        checkNotNull(deviceId, MSG_DEVICE_ID_NULL);
+
+        // Get the device
+        RestSBDevice device = super.getDevice(deviceId);
+        checkNotNull(device, MSG_DEVICE_NULL);
+
+        return deviceIsActive(device);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAvailable() {
+        return isReachable();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Boolean> probeReachability() {
+        // Retrieve the device ID from the handler
+        DeviceId deviceId = super.getDeviceId();
+        checkNotNull(deviceId, MSG_DEVICE_ID_NULL);
+
+        // Probe the driver to ask for flow rule service
+        FlowRuleService flowService = getHandler().get(FlowRuleService.class);
+        List<TableStatisticsEntry> tableStats = Lists.newArrayList(
+            flowService.getFlowTableStatistics(deviceId));
+
+        // If no statistics fetched, the server is not reachable
+        return completedFuture(tableStats.isEmpty() ? false : true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Boolean> probeAvailability() {
+        return probeReachability();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void roleChanged(MastershipRole newRole) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Mastership operation not supported");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MastershipRole getRole() {
+        // Retrieve the device ID from the handler
+        DeviceId deviceId = super.getDeviceId();
+        checkNotNull(deviceId, MSG_DEVICE_ID_NULL);
+
+        // Probe the driver to ask for mastership service
+        MastershipService mastershipService = getHandler().get(MastershipService.class);
+        return mastershipService.getLocalRole(deviceId);
+    }
+
+}