diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-check-logs b/tools/test/bin/onos-check-logs
index ec1013a..40e3e10 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-check-logs
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-check-logs
@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@
 # Checks the logs of the remote ONOS instance and makes sure they are clean.
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+function __usage() {
+cat << _EOM_
+
+usage:
+ $(basename $0) [node] ['old']
+
+options:
+ - [node]  : The node whose logs to inspect. The default is \$OCI.
+ - ['old'] : If 'old' is specified, the logs are simply searched for errors
+             and exceptions, and they are displayed.
+
+summary:
+ Checks the logs of the remote ONOS instance and makes sure they are clean.
+
+_EOM_
+}
+
+[ "$1" = "-h" ] && __usage && exit 0
+
 [ ! -d "$ONOS_ROOT" ] && echo "ONOS_ROOT is not defined" >&2 && exit 1
 . $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults
 
@@ -17,6 +36,7 @@
 
 else
     ssh $remote "
+        [ "'`uname`'" != "'"Linux"'" ] && alias tac='tail -r'
         tac $LOG | awk '
             BEGIN { off = 0; fail = 0; }
             / org.apache.karaf.main.lock.SimpleFileLock lock/ {
diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-start-network b/tools/test/bin/onos-start-network
index 1e162fb..5412e09 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-start-network
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-start-network
@@ -1,17 +1,39 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Verifies connectivity to each node in ONOS cell.
+# Starts a Mininet network topology connected to all nodes in a cell.
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+function __usage() {
+cat << _EOM_
+
+usage:
+ $(basename $0) [file]
+
+options:
+ - [file] : a Mininet topology file. Default is *sol.py* .
+
+summary:
+ Starts a Mininet network topology connected to all nodes in a cell.
+
+ Currently, all topology files are assumed to be found in
+ \$OCN's ~/topos directory. Therefore [file] must be specified as
+ topos/filename.
+
+_EOM_
+}
+
+[ "$1" = "-h" ] && __usage && exit 0
+
 [ ! -d "$ONOS_ROOT" ] && echo "ONOS_ROOT is not defined" >&2 && exit 1
 . $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults
 
 SSHCMD="ssh -o PasswordAuthentication=no"
 SCPCMD="scp -q -o PasswordAuthentication=no"
+topo=${1:-topos/sol.py}
 
 echo "Copying topology files to mininet vm."
 $SSHCMD -n $ONOS_USER@$OCN mkdir -p topos
 $SCPCMD $ONOS_ROOT/tools/test/topos/* $ONOS_USER@$OCN:topos/
 
 echo "Starting Network."
-$SSHCMD -t $ONOS_USER@$OCN sudo python topos/sol.py $(env | sort | egrep "OC[0-9]+" | cut -d= -f2) 
+$SSHCMD -t $ONOS_USER@$OCN sudo python $topo $(env | sort | egrep "OC[0-9]+" | cut -d= -f2)