diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/ClusterEvent.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/ClusterEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6737f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/ClusterEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package org.onlab.onos.cluster;
+
+import org.onlab.onos.event.AbstractEvent;
+
+/**
+ * Describes cluster-related event.
+ */
+public class ClusterEvent extends AbstractEvent<ClusterEvent.Type, ControllerInstance> {
+
+    /**
+     * Type of device events.
+     */
+    public enum Type {
+        /**
+         * Signifies that a new cluster instance has been administratively added.
+         */
+        INSTANCE_ADDED,
+
+        /**
+         * Signifies that a cluster instance has been administratively removed.
+         */
+        INSTANCE_REMOVED,
+
+        /**
+         * Signifies that a cluster instance became active.
+         */
+        INSTANCE_ACTIVE,
+
+        /**
+         * Signifies that a cluster instance became inactive.
+         */
+        INSTANCE_INACTIVE
+    }
+    // TODO: do we need to fix the verv/adjective mix? discuss
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an event of a given type and for the specified instance and the
+     * current time.
+     *
+     * @param type     cluster event type
+     * @param instance cluster device subject
+     */
+    public ClusterEvent(Type type, ControllerInstance instance) {
+        super(type, instance);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an event of a given type and for the specified device and time.
+     *
+     * @param type     device event type
+     * @param instance event device subject
+     * @param time     occurrence time
+     */
+    public ClusterEvent(Type type, ControllerInstance instance, long time) {
+        super(type, instance, time);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/ClusterService.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/ClusterService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afbf0d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/ClusterService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package org.onlab.onos.cluster;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Service for obtaining information about the individual instances within
+ * the controller cluster.
+ */
+public interface ClusterService {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the set of current cluster members.
+     *
+     * @return set of cluster members
+     */
+    Set<ControllerInstance> getInstances();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the availability state of the specified controller instance.
+     *
+     * @return availability state
+     */
+    ControllerInstance.State getState(ControllerInstance instance);
+    // TODO: determine if this would be better attached to ControllerInstance directly
+
+
+    // addListener, removeListener
+
+}
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/ControllerInstance.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/ControllerInstance.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66d753e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/ControllerInstance.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package org.onlab.onos.cluster;
+
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a controller instance as a member in a cluster.
+ */
+public interface ControllerInstance {
+
+    /** Represents the operational state of the instance. */
+    public enum State {
+        /**
+         * Signifies that the instance is active and operating normally.
+         */
+        ACTIVE,
+
+        /**
+         * Signifies that the instance is inactive, which means either down or
+         * up, but not operational.
+         */
+        INACTIVE
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the instance identifier.
+     *
+     * @return instance identifier
+     */
+    InstanceId id();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the IP address of the controller instance.
+     *
+     * @return IP address
+     */
+    IpAddress ip();
+
+}
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/InstanceId.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/InstanceId.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7292a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/InstanceId.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package org.onlab.onos.cluster;
+
+/**
+ * Controller cluster identity.
+ */
+public interface InstanceId {
+}
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/package-info.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cb37c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cluster/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/**
+ * Set of abstractions for dealing with controller cluster related topics.
+ */
+package org.onlab.onos.cluster;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/DefaultFlowEntry.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/DefaultFlowEntry.java
index 3f86697..295517b 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/DefaultFlowEntry.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/DefaultFlowEntry.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.onlab.onos.net.flow;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.MoreObjects.toStringHelper;
+
 import org.onlab.onos.net.DeviceId;
 
 public class DefaultFlowEntry extends DefaultFlowRule implements FlowEntry {
@@ -63,7 +65,9 @@
     public int hashCode() {
         final int prime = 31;
         int result = prime * this.deviceId().hashCode();
-        result = prime * result + Long.valueOf(this.created).hashCode();
+        result = prime * result + this.priority;
+        result = prime * result + this.selector().hashCode();
+        result = prime * result + this.treatment().hashCode();
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -77,7 +81,10 @@
     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
         if (obj instanceof DefaultFlowEntry) {
             DefaultFlowEntry that = (DefaultFlowEntry) obj;
-            if (!this.id.equals(that.id())) {
+            if (!this.deviceId().equals(that.deviceId())) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (!(this.priority == that.priority)) {
                 return false;
             }
             return super.equals(obj);
@@ -85,4 +92,15 @@
         return false;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return toStringHelper(this)
+                .add("id", id)
+                .add("deviceId", deviceId())
+                .add("priority", priority)
+                .add("selector", selector())
+                .add("treatment", treatment())
+                .toString();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/DefaultFlowRule.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/DefaultFlowRule.java
index 9a24091..d20e79e 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/DefaultFlowRule.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/DefaultFlowRule.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public int priority() {
+        // is this supposed to be 0?
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -63,8 +64,9 @@
             if (!this.selector().equals(that.selector())) {
                 return false;
             }
+            return true;
         }
-        return true;
+        return false;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/FlowRuleEvent.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/FlowRuleEvent.java
index 566c2b4..ce8e700 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/FlowRuleEvent.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/FlowRuleEvent.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         /**
          * Signifies that a flow rule has been removed.
          */
-        RULE_REMOVED,
+        RULE_REMOVED
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/FlowRuleService.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/FlowRuleService.java
index 71434c7..ba75ae9 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/FlowRuleService.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/FlowRuleService.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
      */
     Iterable<FlowEntry> getFlowEntries(DeviceId deviceId);
 
+    // TODO: add createFlowRule factory method and execute operations method
+
     /**
      * Applies the specified flow rules onto their respective devices. These
      * flow rules will be retained by the system and re-applied anytime the
@@ -46,9 +48,6 @@
     void removeFlowRules(FlowRule... flowRules);
 
 
-    // void addInitialFlowContributor(InitialFlowContributor contributor);
-    // void removeInitialFlowContributor(InitialFlowContributor contributor);
-
     /**
      * Adds the specified flow rule listener.
      *
diff --git a/core/trivial/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/flow/impl/SimpleFlowRuleManager.java b/core/trivial/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/flow/impl/SimpleFlowRuleManager.java
index 30238c4..b7c5b15 100644
--- a/core/trivial/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/flow/impl/SimpleFlowRuleManager.java
+++ b/core/trivial/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/flow/impl/SimpleFlowRuleManager.java
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
     private final SimpleFlowRuleStore store = new SimpleFlowRuleStore();
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    private EventDeliveryService eventDispatcher;
+    protected EventDeliveryService eventDispatcher;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    private DeviceService deviceService;
+    protected DeviceService deviceService;
 
     @Activate
     public void activate() {
diff --git a/core/trivial/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/flow/impl/SimpleFlowRuleStore.java b/core/trivial/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/flow/impl/SimpleFlowRuleStore.java
index f839396..4f23ff4 100644
--- a/core/trivial/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/flow/impl/SimpleFlowRuleStore.java
+++ b/core/trivial/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/flow/impl/SimpleFlowRuleStore.java
@@ -53,17 +53,20 @@
     FlowRuleEvent addOrUpdateFlowRule(FlowRule rule) {
         DeviceId did = rule.deviceId();
 
+        FlowEntry entry = new DefaultFlowEntry(
+                did,
+                rule.selector(),
+                rule.treatment(),
+                rule.priority());
+
         // check if this new rule is an update to an existing entry
         for (FlowEntry fe : flowEntries.get(did)) {
-            if (rule.equals(fe)) {
+            if (entry.equals(fe)) {
                 // TODO update the stats on this flowEntry?
                 return null;
             }
         }
-
-        FlowEntry newfe = new DefaultFlowEntry(did,
-                rule.selector(), rule.treatment(), rule.priority());
-        flowEntries.put(did, newfe);
+        flowEntries.put(did, entry);
         return new FlowRuleEvent(RULE_ADDED, rule);
     }
 
@@ -73,8 +76,11 @@
      * @return flow_removed event, or null if nothing removed
      */
     FlowRuleEvent removeFlowRule(FlowRule rule) {
+
+        FlowEntry rem = new DefaultFlowEntry(rule.deviceId(),
+                rule.selector(), rule.treatment(), rule.priority());
         synchronized (this) {
-            if (flowEntries.remove(rule.deviceId(), rule)) {
+            if (flowEntries.remove(rem.deviceId(), rem)) {
                 return new FlowRuleEvent(RULE_REMOVED, rule);
             } else {
                 return null;
diff --git a/core/trivial/src/test/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/flow/impl/SimpleFlowRuleManagerTest.java b/core/trivial/src/test/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/flow/impl/SimpleFlowRuleManagerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb0a496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/trivial/src/test/java/org/onlab/onos/net/trivial/flow/impl/SimpleFlowRuleManagerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+package org.onlab.onos.net.trivial.flow.impl;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.onos.event.impl.TestEventDispatcher;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.DefaultDevice;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.Device;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.Device.Type;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.MastershipRole;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.Port;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.PortNumber;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.device.DeviceListener;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.device.DeviceService;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.DefaultFlowEntry;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.DefaultFlowRule;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.FlowEntry;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.FlowRule;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.FlowRuleEvent;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.FlowRuleListener;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.FlowRuleProvider;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.FlowRuleProviderRegistry;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.FlowRuleProviderService;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.FlowRuleService;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.TrafficSelector;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.TrafficTreatment;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.criteria.Criterion;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.instructions.Instruction;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.provider.AbstractProvider;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.provider.ProviderId;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+
+import static org.onlab.onos.net.flow.FlowRuleEvent.Type.*;
+
+/**
+ * Test codifying the flow rule service & flow rule provider service contracts.
+ */
+public class SimpleFlowRuleManagerTest {
+
+    private static final ProviderId PID = new ProviderId("foo");
+    private static final DeviceId DID = DeviceId.deviceId("of:001");
+    private static final Device DEV = new DefaultDevice(
+            PID, DID, Type.SWITCH, "", "", "", "");
+
+    private SimpleFlowRuleManager mgr;
+
+    protected FlowRuleService service;
+    protected FlowRuleProviderRegistry registry;
+    protected FlowRuleProviderService providerSerivce;
+    protected TestProvider provider;
+    protected TestListener listener = new TestListener();
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        mgr = new SimpleFlowRuleManager();
+        mgr.eventDispatcher = new TestEventDispatcher();
+        mgr.deviceService = new TestDeviceService();
+        service = mgr;
+        registry = mgr;
+
+        mgr.activate();
+        mgr.addListener(listener);
+        provider = new TestProvider(PID);
+        providerSerivce = registry.register(provider);
+        assertTrue("provider should be registered",
+                registry.getProviders().contains(provider.id()));
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() {
+        registry.unregister(provider);
+        assertFalse("provider should not be registered",
+                    registry.getProviders().contains(provider.id()));
+        service.removeListener(listener);
+        mgr.deactivate();
+        mgr.eventDispatcher = null;
+        mgr.deviceService = null;
+    }
+
+    private FlowRule flowRule(int tsval, int trval) {
+        TestSelector ts = new TestSelector(tsval);
+        TestTreatment tr = new TestTreatment(trval);
+        return new DefaultFlowRule(DID, ts, tr);
+    }
+
+    private void addFlowRule(int hval) {
+        FlowRule rule = flowRule(hval, hval);
+        providerSerivce.flowAdded(rule);
+        assertNotNull("rule should be found", service.getFlowEntries(DID));
+    }
+
+    private void validateEvents(FlowRuleEvent.Type ... events) {
+        if (events == null) {
+            assertTrue("events generated", listener.events.isEmpty());
+        }
+
+        int i = 0;
+        for (FlowRuleEvent e : listener.events) {
+            assertTrue("unexpected event", e.type().equals(events[i]));
+            i++;
+        }
+
+        assertEquals("mispredicted number of events",
+                events.length, listener.events.size());
+
+        listener.events.clear();
+    }
+
+    private int flowCount() {
+        return Sets.newHashSet(service.getFlowEntries(DID)).size();
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void getFlowEntries() {
+        assertTrue("store should be empty",
+                Sets.newHashSet(service.getFlowEntries(DID)).isEmpty());
+        addFlowRule(1);
+        addFlowRule(2);
+        assertEquals("2 rules should exist", 2, flowCount());
+        validateEvents(RULE_ADDED, RULE_ADDED);
+
+        addFlowRule(1);
+        assertEquals("should still be 2 rules", 2, flowCount());
+        validateEvents();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void applyFlowRules() {
+        TestSelector ts = new TestSelector(1);
+        FlowRule r1 = flowRule(1, 1);
+        FlowRule r2 = flowRule(1, 2);
+        FlowRule r3 = flowRule(1, 3);
+
+        //current FlowRules always return 0. FlowEntries inherit the value
+        FlowEntry e1 = new DefaultFlowEntry(DID, ts, r1.treatment(), 0);
+        FlowEntry e2 = new DefaultFlowEntry(DID, ts, r2.treatment(), 0);
+        FlowEntry e3 = new DefaultFlowEntry(DID, ts, r3.treatment(), 0);
+        List<FlowEntry> fel = Lists.newArrayList(e1, e2, e3);
+
+        assertTrue("store should be empty",
+                Sets.newHashSet(service.getFlowEntries(DID)).isEmpty());
+        List<FlowEntry> ret = mgr.applyFlowRules(r1, r2, r3);
+        assertEquals("3 rules should exist", 3, flowCount());
+        assertTrue("3 entries should result", fel.containsAll(ret));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void removeFlowRules() {
+        addFlowRule(1);
+        addFlowRule(2);
+        addFlowRule(3);
+        assertEquals("3 rules should exist", 3, flowCount());
+        validateEvents(RULE_ADDED, RULE_ADDED, RULE_ADDED);
+
+        FlowRule rem1 = flowRule(1, 1);
+        FlowRule rem2 = flowRule(2, 2);
+        mgr.removeFlowRules(rem1, rem2);
+        //removing from north, so no events generated
+        validateEvents();
+        assertEquals("1 rule should exist", 1, flowCount());
+
+        mgr.removeFlowRules(rem1);
+        assertEquals("1 rule should still exist", 1, flowCount());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void flowRemoved() {
+        addFlowRule(1);
+        addFlowRule(2);
+        FlowRule rem1 = flowRule(1, 1);
+        providerSerivce.flowRemoved(rem1);
+        validateEvents(RULE_ADDED, RULE_ADDED, RULE_REMOVED);
+
+        providerSerivce.flowRemoved(rem1);
+        validateEvents();
+    }
+
+    private static class TestListener implements FlowRuleListener {
+        final List<FlowRuleEvent> events = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        @Override
+        public void event(FlowRuleEvent event) {
+            events.add(event);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class TestDeviceService implements DeviceService {
+
+        @Override
+        public int getDeviceCount() {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Iterable<Device> getDevices() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Device getDevice(DeviceId deviceId) {
+            return DEV;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MastershipRole getRole(DeviceId deviceId) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<Port> getPorts(DeviceId deviceId) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Port getPort(DeviceId deviceId, PortNumber portNumber) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isAvailable(DeviceId deviceId) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void addListener(DeviceListener listener) {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void removeListener(DeviceListener listener) {
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private class TestProvider extends AbstractProvider implements FlowRuleProvider {
+
+        protected TestProvider(ProviderId id) {
+            super(PID);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void applyFlowRule(FlowRule... flowRules) {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void removeFlowRule(FlowRule... flowRules) {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Iterable<FlowEntry> getFlowMetrics(DeviceId deviceId) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private class TestSelector implements TrafficSelector {
+
+        //for controlling hashcode uniqueness;
+        private int testval;
+
+        public TestSelector(int val) {
+            testval = val;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<Criterion> criteria() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return testval;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (o instanceof TestSelector) {
+                return this.testval == ((TestSelector) o).testval;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class TestTreatment implements TrafficTreatment {
+
+        //for controlling hashcode uniqueness;
+        private int testval;
+
+        public TestTreatment(int val) {
+            testval = val;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<Instruction> instructions() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return testval;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (o instanceof TestTreatment) {
+                return this.testval == ((TestTreatment) o).testval;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/features/features.xml b/features/features.xml
index 6d981a8..92c0511 100644
--- a/features/features.xml
+++ b/features/features.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
              description="ONOS 3rd party dependencies">
         <bundle>mvn:commons-lang/commons-lang/2.6</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:com.google.guava/guava/18.0</bundle>
-        
         <bundle>mvn:io.netty/netty/3.9.2.Final</bundle>
     </feature>
 
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@
     <feature name="onos-openflow" version="1.0.0"
             description="ONOS OpenFlow API, Controller &amp; Providers">
         <feature>onos-api</feature>
-
+        <bundle>mvn:io.netty/netty/3.9.2.Final</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:org.onlab.onos/onos-of-api/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:org.onlab.onos/onos-of-ctl/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</bundle>
 
@@ -77,8 +76,9 @@
 
     <feature name="onos-app-tvue" version="1.0.0"
              description="ONOS sample topology viewer application">
-        <feature>onos-api</feature>
         <feature>onos-thirdparty-web</feature>
+        <feature>onos-api</feature>
+        <feature>onos-core</feature>
         <bundle>mvn:org.onlab.onos/onos-app-tvue/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</bundle>
     </feature>
     
diff --git a/openflow/ctl/pom.xml b/openflow/ctl/pom.xml
index 88bdcd9..4bd7619 100644
--- a/openflow/ctl/pom.xml
+++ b/openflow/ctl/pom.xml
@@ -15,107 +15,27 @@
 
     <description>ONOS OpenFlow controller subsystem API</description>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <powermock.version>1.5.5</powermock.version>
-        <restlet.version>2.1.4</restlet.version>
-        <cobertura-maven-plugin.version>2.6</cobertura-maven-plugin.version>
-        <!-- Following 2 findbugs version needs to be updated in sync to match the
-             findbugs version used in findbugs-plugin -->
-        <findbugs.version>3.0.0</findbugs.version>
-        <findbugs-plugin.version>3.0.0</findbugs-plugin.version>
-        <findbugs.effort>Max</findbugs.effort>
-        <findbugs.excludeFilterFile>${project.basedir}/conf/findbugs/exclude.xml
-        </findbugs.excludeFilterFile>
-        <checkstyle-plugin.version>2.12</checkstyle-plugin.version>
-        <!-- To publish javadoc to github,
-         uncomment com.github.github site-maven-plugin and
-         see https://github.com/OPENNETWORKINGLAB/ONOS/pull/425
-        <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
-         -->
-        <metrics.version>3.0.2</metrics.version>
-        <maven.surefire.plugin.version>2.16</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onlab.onos</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-of-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- ONOS's direct dependencies -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.6</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.5</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <!-- findbugs suppression annotation and @GuardedBy, etc. -->
-            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>${findbugs.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.projectfloodlight</groupId>
-            <artifactId>openflowj</artifactId>
-            <version>0.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- Floodlight's dependencies -->
-        <dependency>
-            <!-- dependency to old version of netty? -->
-            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9.2.Final</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- Dependency for libraries used for testing -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
-            <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
-            <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
-            <version>${powermock.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
-            <artifactId>powermock-api-easymock</artifactId>
-            <version>${powermock.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/tools/build/envDefaults b/tools/build/envDefaults
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71d4cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/envDefaults
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Environmental defaults for ONOS build, package and test
+
+# Root of the ONOS source tree
+export ONOS_ROOT=${ONOS_ROOT:-~/onos-next}
+
+# M2 repository and Karaf gold bits
+export M2_REPO=${M2_REPO:-~/.m2/repository}
+export KARAF_ZIP=${KARAF_ZIP:-~/Downloads/apache-karaf-3.0.1.zip}
+export KARAF_DIST=$(basename $KARAF_ZIP .zip)
+
+# ONOS Version and onos.tar.gz staging environment
+export ONOS_VERSION=${ONOS_VERSION:-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT}
+export ONOS_STAGE_ROOT=${ONOS_STAGE_ROOT:-/tmp}
+export ONOS_BITS=onos-$ONOS_VERSION
+export ONOS_STAGE=$ONOS_STAGE_ROOT/$ONOS_BITS
+export ONOS_TAR=$ONOS_STAGE.tar.gz
+
+# Defaults for ONOS testing using remote machines.
+export ONOS_INSTALL_DIR="/opt/onos"     # Installation directory on remote
+export OCI="${OCI:-192.168.56.101}"     # ONOS Controller Instance
+export ONOS_USER="sdn"                  # ONOS user on remote system
+export ONOS_PWD="rocks"                 # ONOS user password on remote system
diff --git a/tools/package/package b/tools/build/onos-package
similarity index 61%
rename from tools/package/package
rename to tools/build/onos-package
index 0bf8a39..5918306 100755
--- a/tools/package/package
+++ b/tools/build/onos-package
@@ -3,14 +3,8 @@
 # Packages ONOS distributable into onos.tar.gz
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-export M2_REPO=${M2_REPO:-~/.m2/repository}
-export KARAF_ZIP=${KARAF_ZIP:-~/Downloads/apache-karaf-3.0.1.zip}
-export KARAF_DIST=$(basename $KARAF_ZIP .zip)
-
-export ONOS_VERSION=${ONOS_VERSION:-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT}
-export ONOS_STAGE_ROOT=${ONOS_STAGE_ROOT:-/tmp}
-export ONOS_BITS=onos-$ONOS_VERSION
-export ONOS_STAGE=$ONOS_STAGE_ROOT/$ONOS_BITS
+[ ! -d "$ONOS_ROOT" ] && echo "ONOS_ROOT is not defined" >&2 && exit 1
+. $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults
 
 # Bail on any errors
 set -e
@@ -26,29 +20,31 @@
 mkdir -p $ONOS_STAGE
 cd $ONOS_STAGE
 
-# Unroll the Apache Karaf bits and make the ONOS top-level directories.
-unzip $KARAF_ZIP
+# Unroll the Apache Karaf bits, prune them and make ONOS top-level directories.
+unzip -q $KARAF_ZIP && rm -rf $KARAF_DIST/demos
 mkdir bin
 
-# Stage the ONOS admin scripts
+# Stage the ONOS admin scripts and patch in Karaf service wrapper extras
 cp -r $ONOS_ROOT/tools/package/bin .
+cp -r $ONOS_ROOT/tools/package/wrapper/* $KARAF_DIST
 
 # Stage the ONOS bundles
-mkdir -p system/org/onlab 
-cp -r $M2_REPO/org/onlab system/org/
+mkdir -p $KARAF_DIST/system/org/onlab 
+cp -r $M2_REPO/org/onlab $KARAF_DIST/system/org/
 
 # Patch the Apache Karaf distribution file to add ONOS features repository
 perl -pi.old -e "s|^(featuresRepositories=.*)|\1,mvn:org.onlab.onos/onos-features/$ONOS_VERSION/xml/features|" \
     $ONOS_STAGE/$KARAF_DIST/etc/org.apache.karaf.features.cfg 
 
 # Patch the Apache Karaf distribution file to load ONOS features
-perl -pi.old -e 's|^(featuresBoot=.*)|\1,onos-api,onos-core,onos-cli,onos-rest,onos-gui,onos-openflow,onos-app-tvue|' \
-    /tmp/onos-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/apache-karaf-3.0.1/etc/org.apache.karaf.features.cfg 
+perl -pi.old -e 's|^(featuresBoot=.*)|\1,wrapper,onos-api,onos-core,onos-cli,onos-rest,onos-gui,onos-openflow,onos-app-tvue|' \
+    $ONOS_STAGE/$KARAF_DIST/etc/org.apache.karaf.features.cfg 
 
 # Patch the Apache Karaf distribution with ONOS branding bundle
 cp $M2_REPO/org/onlab/onos/onos-branding/$ONOS_VERSION/onos-branding-*.jar \
-    $ONOS_STAGE/apache-karaf-*/lib
+    $ONOS_STAGE/$KARAF_DIST/lib
 
 # Now package up the ONOS tar file
 cd $ONOS_STAGE_ROOT
-tar zcf $ONOS_BITS.tar.gz $ONOS_BITS
+COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 tar zcf $ONOS_TAR $ONOS_BITS
+ls -l $ONOS_TAR >&2
diff --git a/tools/dev/bash_profile b/tools/dev/bash_profile
index a9852ba..cc19a4d 100644
--- a/tools/dev/bash_profile
+++ b/tools/dev/bash_profile
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 # Setup a path
 export PS=":"
-export PATH="$PATH:$ONOS_ROOT/tools/dev:$ONOS_ROOT/tools/package"
+export PATH="$PATH:$ONOS_ROOT/tools/dev:$ONOS_ROOT/tools/build"
+export PATH="$PATH:$ONOS_ROOT/tools/test/bin"
 export PATH="$PATH:$MAVEN/bin:$KARAF/bin"
 export PATH="$PATH:."
 
@@ -39,3 +40,13 @@
 # Short-hand to launch API docs and sample topology viewer GUI
 alias docs='open $ONOS_ROOT/target/site/apidocs/index.html'
 alias gui='open http://localhost:8181/onos/tvue'
+
+
+# Miscellaneous
+function spy {
+    ps -ef | egrep "$@" | grep -v egrep
+}
+
+function nuke {
+    spy | cut -c7-11 | xargs kill
+}
diff --git a/tools/package/README b/tools/package/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a2e4ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/package/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Artifacts for packaging onos.tar.gz.
diff --git a/tools/package/bin/onos b/tools/package/bin/onos
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a59ada2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/package/bin/onos
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ONOS command-line client
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/
+
+cd $(dirname $0)/../apache-karaf-*/bin
+./client -h localhost "$@"
+
diff --git a/tools/package/bin/onos-ctl b/tools/package/bin/onos-ctl
index 2c6097d..e5ffe87 100755
--- a/tools/package/bin/onos-ctl
+++ b/tools/package/bin/onos-ctl
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Starts ONOS Apache Karaf container
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/
+
 cd $(dirname $0)/../apache-karaf-*/bin
 ./karaf "$@"
 
diff --git a/tools/package/wrapper/bin/onos-service b/tools/package/wrapper/bin/onos-service
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..27da7a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/package/wrapper/bin/onos-service
@@ -0,0 +1,557 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# If require, set the JAVA_HOME to launch the wrapper
+#
+#JAVA_HOME=
+#
+
+# Application
+APP_NAME="onos"
+APP_LONG_NAME="onos"
+
+# Wrapper
+WRAPPER_CMD="/opt/onos/apache-karaf-3.0.1/bin/${APP_NAME}-wrapper"
+WRAPPER_CONF="/opt/onos/apache-karaf-3.0.1/etc/${APP_NAME}-wrapper.conf"
+
+# Priority at which to run the wrapper.  See "man nice" for valid priorities.
+#  nice is only used if a priority is specified.
+PRIORITY=
+
+# Location of the data folder.
+DATADIR="/opt/onos/apache-karaf-3.0.1/data"
+
+# Location of the pid file.
+PIDDIR="/opt/onos/apache-karaf-3.0.1/data"
+
+# If uncommented, causes the Wrapper to be shutdown using an anchor file.
+#  When launched with the 'start' command, it will also ignore all INT and
+#  TERM signals.
+#IGNORE_SIGNALS=true
+
+# If specified, the Wrapper will be run as the specified user.
+# IMPORTANT - Make sure that the user has the required privileges to write
+#  the PID file and wrapper.log files.  Failure to be able to write the log
+#  file will cause the Wrapper to exit without any way to write out an error
+#  message.
+# NOTE - This will set the user which is used to run the Wrapper as well as
+#  the JVM and is not useful in situations where a privileged resource or
+#  port needs to be allocated prior to the user being changed.
+#RUN_AS_USER=
+
+# The following two lines are used by the chkconfig command. Change as is
+#  appropriate for your application.  They should remain commented.
+# chkconfig: 2345 20 80
+# description: onos
+
+# Do not modify anything beyond this point
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Get the fully qualified path to the script
+case $0 in
+    /*)
+        SCRIPT="$0"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        PWD=`pwd`
+        SCRIPT="$PWD/$0"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+# Resolve the true real path without any sym links.
+CHANGED=true
+while [ "X$CHANGED" != "X" ]
+do
+    # Change spaces to ":" so the tokens can be parsed.
+    SCRIPT=`echo $SCRIPT | sed -e 's; ;:;g'`
+    # Get the real path to this script, resolving any symbolic links
+    TOKENS=`echo $SCRIPT | sed -e 's;/; ;g'`
+    REALPATH=
+    for C in $TOKENS; do
+        REALPATH="$REALPATH/$C"
+        while [ -h "$REALPATH" ] ; do
+            LS="`ls -ld "$REALPATH"`"
+            LINK="`expr "$LS" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`"
+            if expr "$LINK" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+                REALPATH="$LINK"
+            else
+                REALPATH="`dirname "$REALPATH"`""/$LINK"
+            fi
+        done
+    done
+    # Change ":" chars back to spaces.
+    REALPATH=`echo $REALPATH | sed -e 's;:; ;g'`
+
+    if [ "$REALPATH" = "$SCRIPT" ]
+    then
+        CHANGED=""
+    else
+        SCRIPT="$REALPATH"
+    fi
+done
+
+# Change the current directory to the location of the script
+cd "`dirname "$REALPATH"`"
+REALDIR=`pwd`
+
+# If the PIDDIR is relative, set its value relative to the full REALPATH to avoid problems if
+#  the working directory is later changed.
+FIRST_CHAR=`echo $PIDDIR | cut -c1,1`
+if [ "$FIRST_CHAR" != "/" ]
+then
+    PIDDIR=$REALDIR/$PIDDIR
+fi
+# Same test for WRAPPER_CMD
+FIRST_CHAR=`echo $WRAPPER_CMD | cut -c1,1`
+if [ "$FIRST_CHAR" != "/" ]
+then
+    WRAPPER_CMD=$REALDIR/$WRAPPER_CMD
+fi
+# Same test for WRAPPER_CONF
+FIRST_CHAR=`echo $WRAPPER_CONF | cut -c1,1`
+if [ "$FIRST_CHAR" != "/" ]
+then
+    WRAPPER_CONF=$REALDIR/$WRAPPER_CONF
+fi
+
+# Process ID
+ANCHORFILE="$PIDDIR/$APP_NAME.anchor"
+PIDFILE="$PIDDIR/$APP_NAME.pid"
+LOCKDIR="/var/lock/subsys"
+LOCKFILE="$LOCKDIR/$APP_NAME"
+pid=""
+
+# Resolve the location of the 'ps' command
+PSEXE="/usr/bin/ps"
+if [ ! -x $PSEXE ]
+then
+    PSEXE="/bin/ps"
+    if [ ! -x $PSEXE ]
+    then
+        echo "Unable to locate 'ps'."
+        echo "Please report this message along with the location of the command on your system."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Resolve the os
+DIST_OS=`uname -s | tr [:upper:] [:lower:] | tr -d [:blank:]`
+case "$DIST_OS" in
+    'sunos')
+        DIST_OS="solaris"
+        ;;
+    'hp-ux' | 'hp-ux64')
+        DIST_OS="hpux"
+        ;;
+    'darwin')
+        DIST_OS="macosx"
+        ;;
+    'unix_sv')
+        DIST_OS="unixware"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+# Resolve the architecture
+DIST_ARCH=`uname -p | tr [:upper:] [:lower:] | tr -d [:blank:]`
+if [ "$DIST_ARCH" = "unknown" ]
+then
+    DIST_ARCH=`uname -m | tr [:upper:] [:lower:] | tr -d [:blank:]`
+fi
+case "$DIST_ARCH" in
+    'amd64' | 'ia32' | 'ia64' | 'i386' | 'i486' | 'i586' | 'i686' | 'x86_64')
+        DIST_ARCH="x86"
+        ;;
+    'ip27')
+        DIST_ARCH="mips"
+        ;;
+    'power' | 'powerpc' | 'power_pc' | 'ppc64')
+        DIST_ARCH="ppc"
+        ;;
+    'pa_risc' | 'pa-risc')
+        DIST_ARCH="parisc"
+        ;;
+    'sun4u' | 'sparcv9')
+        DIST_ARCH="sparc"
+        ;;
+    '9000/800')
+        DIST_ARCH="parisc"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+# Decide on the wrapper binary to use.
+# If a 32-bit wrapper binary exists then it will work on 32 or 64 bit
+#  platforms, if the 64-bit binary exists then the distribution most
+#  likely wants to use long names.  Otherwise, look for the default.
+# For macosx, we also want to look for universal binaries.
+WRAPPER_TEST_CMD="$WRAPPER_CMD-$DIST_OS-$DIST_ARCH-32"
+if [ -x $WRAPPER_TEST_CMD ]
+then
+    WRAPPER_CMD="$WRAPPER_TEST_CMD"
+else
+    if [ "$DIST_OS" = "macosx" ]
+    then
+        WRAPPER_TEST_CMD="$WRAPPER_CMD-$DIST_OS-universal-32"
+        if [ -x $WRAPPER_TEST_CMD ]
+        then
+            WRAPPER_CMD="$WRAPPER_TEST_CMD"
+        else
+            WRAPPER_TEST_CMD="$WRAPPER_CMD-$DIST_OS-$DIST_ARCH-64"
+            if [ -x $WRAPPER_TEST_CMD ]
+            then
+                WRAPPER_CMD="$WRAPPER_TEST_CMD"
+            else
+                WRAPPER_TEST_CMD="$WRAPPER_CMD-$DIST_OS-universal-64"
+                if [ -x $WRAPPER_TEST_CMD ]
+                then
+                    WRAPPER_CMD="$WRAPPER_TEST_CMD"
+                else
+                    if [ ! -x $WRAPPER_CMD ]
+                    then
+                        echo "Unable to locate any of the following binaries:"
+                        echo "  $WRAPPER_CMD-$DIST_OS-$DIST_ARCH-32"
+                        echo "  $WRAPPER_CMD-$DIST_OS-universal-32"
+                        echo "  $WRAPPER_CMD-$DIST_OS-$DIST_ARCH-64"
+                        echo "  $WRAPPER_CMD-$DIST_OS-universal-64"
+                        echo "  $WRAPPER_CMD"
+                        exit 1
+                    fi
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+    else
+        WRAPPER_TEST_CMD="$WRAPPER_CMD-$DIST_OS-$DIST_ARCH-64"
+        if [ -x $WRAPPER_TEST_CMD ]
+        then
+            WRAPPER_CMD="$WRAPPER_TEST_CMD"
+        else
+            if [ ! -x $WRAPPER_CMD ]
+            then
+                echo "Unable to locate any of the following binaries:"
+                echo "  $WRAPPER_CMD-$DIST_OS-$DIST_ARCH-32"
+                echo "  $WRAPPER_CMD-$DIST_OS-$DIST_ARCH-64"
+                echo "  $WRAPPER_CMD"
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Build the nice clause
+if [ "X$PRIORITY" = "X" ]
+then
+    CMDNICE=""
+else
+    CMDNICE="nice -$PRIORITY"
+fi
+
+# Build the anchor file clause.
+if [ "X$IGNORE_SIGNALS" = "X" ]
+then
+   ANCHORPROP=
+   IGNOREPROP=
+else
+   ANCHORPROP=wrapper.anchorfile=$ANCHORFILE
+   IGNOREPROP=wrapper.ignore_signals=TRUE
+fi
+
+# Build the lock file clause.  Only create a lock file if the lock directory exists on this platform.
+if [ -d $LOCKDIR ]
+then
+    LOCKPROP=wrapper.lockfile=$LOCKFILE
+else
+    LOCKPROP=
+fi
+
+checkUser() {
+    # Check the configured user.  If necessary rerun this script as the desired user.
+    if [ "X$RUN_AS_USER" != "X" ]
+    then
+        # Resolve the location of the 'id' command
+        IDEXE="/usr/xpg4/bin/id"
+        if [ ! -x $IDEXE ]
+        then
+            IDEXE="/usr/bin/id"
+            if [ ! -x $IDEXE ]
+            then
+                echo "Unable to locate 'id'."
+                echo "Please report this message along with the location of the command on your system."
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        if [ "`$IDEXE -u -n`" = "$RUN_AS_USER" ]
+        then
+            # Already running as the configured user.  Avoid password prompts by not calling su.
+            RUN_AS_USER=""
+        fi
+    fi
+    if [ "X$RUN_AS_USER" != "X" ]
+    then
+        # If LOCKPROP and $RUN_AS_USER are defined then the new user will most likely not be
+        # able to create the lock file.  The Wrapper will be able to update this file once it
+        # is created but will not be able to delete it on shutdown.  If $2 is defined then
+        # the lock file should be created for the current command
+        if [ "X$LOCKPROP" != "X" ]
+        then
+            if [ "X$2" != "X" ]
+            then
+                # Resolve the primary group
+                RUN_AS_GROUP=`groups $RUN_AS_USER | awk '{print $3}' | tail -1`
+                if [ "X$RUN_AS_GROUP" = "X" ]
+                then
+                    RUN_AS_GROUP=$RUN_AS_USER
+                fi
+                touch $LOCKFILE
+                chown $RUN_AS_USER:$RUN_AS_GROUP $LOCKFILE
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        # Still want to change users, recurse.  This means that the user will only be
+        #  prompted for a password once.
+        su -m $RUN_AS_USER -s /bin/sh -c "$REALPATH $1"
+        RETVAL=$?
+
+        # Now that we are the original user again, we may need to clean up the lock file.
+        if [ "X$LOCKPROP" != "X" ]
+        then
+            getpid
+            if [ "X$pid" = "X" ]
+            then
+                # Wrapper is not running so make sure the lock file is deleted.
+                if [ -f $LOCKFILE ]
+                then
+                    rm $LOCKFILE
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        exit $RETVAL
+    fi
+}
+
+getpid() {
+    if [ -f $PIDFILE ]
+    then
+        if [ -r $PIDFILE ]
+        then
+            pid=`cat $PIDFILE`
+            if [ "X$pid" != "X" ]
+            then
+                # It is possible that 'a' process with the pid exists but that it is not the
+                #  correct process.  This can happen in a number of cases, but the most
+                #  common is during system startup after an unclean shutdown.
+                # The ps statement below looks for the specific wrapper command running as
+                #  the pid.  If it is not found then the pid file is considered to be stale.
+                if [ "$DIST_OS" = "solaris" ]
+                then
+                    pidtest=`$PSEXE -p $pid -o comm | grep $WRAPPER_CMD | tail -1`
+                else
+                    pidtest=`$PSEXE -p $pid -o command | grep $WRAPPER_CMD | tail -1`
+                fi
+                if [ "X$pidtest" = "X" ]
+                then
+                    # This is a stale pid file.
+                    rm -f $PIDFILE
+                    echo "Removed stale pid file: $PIDFILE"
+                    pid=""
+                fi
+            fi
+        else
+            echo "Cannot read $PIDFILE."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+testpid() {
+    pid=`$PSEXE -p $pid | grep $pid | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' | tail -1`
+    if [ "X$pid" = "X" ]
+    then
+        # Process is gone so remove the pid file.
+        rm -f $PIDFILE
+        pid=""
+    fi
+}
+
+console() {
+    echo "Running $APP_LONG_NAME..."
+    getpid
+    if [ "X$pid" = "X" ]
+    then
+        COMMAND_LINE="$CMDNICE $WRAPPER_CMD $WRAPPER_CONF wrapper.syslog.ident=$APP_NAME wrapper.pidfile=$PIDFILE $ANCHORPROP $LOCKPROP"
+        exec $COMMAND_LINE
+    else
+        echo "$APP_LONG_NAME is already running."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+start() {
+    echo "Starting $APP_LONG_NAME..."
+    getpid
+    if [ "X$pid" = "X" ]
+    then
+        if [ ! -d $DATADIR ]; then
+            mkdir $DATADIR
+        fi
+        if [ ! -d $DATADIR/log ]; then
+            mkdir $DATADIR/log
+        fi
+        COMMAND_LINE="$CMDNICE $WRAPPER_CMD $WRAPPER_CONF wrapper.syslog.ident=$APP_NAME wrapper.pidfile=$PIDFILE wrapper.daemonize=TRUE $ANCHORPROP $IGNOREPROP $LOCKPROP"
+        exec $COMMAND_LINE
+    else
+        echo "$APP_LONG_NAME is already running."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+stopit() {
+    echo "Stopping $APP_LONG_NAME..."
+    getpid
+    if [ "X$pid" = "X" ]
+    then
+        echo "$APP_LONG_NAME was not running."
+    else
+        if [ "X$IGNORE_SIGNALS" = "X" ]
+        then
+            # Running so try to stop it.
+            kill $pid
+            if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+            then
+                # An explanation for the failure should have been given
+                echo "Unable to stop $APP_LONG_NAME."
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        else
+            rm -f $ANCHORFILE
+            if [ -f $ANCHORFILE ]
+            then
+                # An explanation for the failure should have been given
+                echo "Unable to stop $APP_LONG_NAME."
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        # We can not predict how long it will take for the wrapper to
+        #  actually stop as it depends on settings in wrapper.conf.
+        #  Loop until it does.
+        savepid=$pid
+        CNT=0
+        TOTCNT=0
+        while [ "X$pid" != "X" ]
+        do
+            # Show a waiting message every 5 seconds.
+            if [ "$CNT" -lt "5" ]
+            then
+                CNT=`expr $CNT + 1`
+            else
+                echo "Waiting for $APP_LONG_NAME to exit..."
+                CNT=0
+            fi
+            TOTCNT=`expr $TOTCNT + 1`
+
+            sleep 1
+
+            testpid
+        done
+
+        pid=$savepid
+        testpid
+        if [ "X$pid" != "X" ]
+        then
+            echo "Failed to stop $APP_LONG_NAME."
+            exit 1
+        else
+            echo "Stopped $APP_LONG_NAME."
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+status() {
+    getpid
+    if [ "X$pid" = "X" ]
+    then
+        echo "$APP_LONG_NAME is not running."
+        exit 1
+    else
+        echo "$APP_LONG_NAME is running ($pid)."
+        exit 0
+    fi
+}
+
+dump() {
+    echo "Dumping $APP_LONG_NAME..."
+    getpid
+    if [ "X$pid" = "X" ]
+    then
+        echo "$APP_LONG_NAME was not running."
+
+    else
+        kill -3 $pid
+
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+        then
+            echo "Failed to dump $APP_LONG_NAME."
+            exit 1
+        else
+            echo "Dumped $APP_LONG_NAME."
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+
+    'console')
+        checkUser $1 touchlock
+        console
+        ;;
+
+    'start')
+        checkUser $1 touchlock
+        start
+        ;;
+
+    'stop')
+        checkUser $1
+        stopit
+        ;;
+
+    'restart')
+        checkUser $1 touchlock
+        stopit
+        start
+        ;;
+
+    'status')
+        checkUser $1
+        status
+        ;;
+
+    'dump')
+        checkUser $1
+        dump
+        ;;
+
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 { console | start | stop | restart | status | dump }"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/tools/package/wrapper/bin/onos-wrapper b/tools/package/wrapper/bin/onos-wrapper
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3128b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/package/wrapper/bin/onos-wrapper
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diff --git a/tools/package/wrapper/etc/onos-wrapper.conf b/tools/package/wrapper/etc/onos-wrapper.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c6777b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/package/wrapper/etc/onos-wrapper.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#********************************************************************
+# Wrapper Properties
+#********************************************************************
+set.default.JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/
+set.default.KARAF_HOME=/opt/onos/apache-karaf-3.0.1
+set.default.KARAF_BASE=/opt/onos/apache-karaf-3.0.1
+set.default.KARAF_DATA=/opt/onos/apache-karaf-3.0.1/data
+set.default.KARAF_ETC=/opt/onos/apache-karaf-3.0.1/etc
+
+# Java Application
+wrapper.working.dir=%KARAF_BASE%
+wrapper.java.command=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java
+wrapper.java.mainclass=org.apache.karaf.wrapper.internal.Main
+wrapper.java.classpath.1=%KARAF_HOME%/lib/karaf-wrapper.jar
+wrapper.java.classpath.2=%KARAF_HOME%/lib/karaf.jar
+wrapper.java.classpath.3=%KARAF_HOME%/lib/karaf-jmx-boot.jar
+wrapper.java.classpath.4=%KARAF_HOME%/lib/karaf-jaas-boot.jar
+wrapper.java.classpath.5=%KARAF_HOME%/lib/karaf-wrapper-main.jar
+wrapper.java.classpath.6=%KARAF_HOME%/lib/karaf-org.osgi.core.jar
+wrapper.java.library.path.1=%KARAF_HOME%/lib/
+
+# Application Parameters.  Add parameters as needed starting from 1
+#wrapper.app.parameter.1=
+
+# JVM Parameters            
+# note that n is the parameter number starting from 1.
+wrapper.java.additional.1=-Dkaraf.home=%KARAF_HOME%
+wrapper.java.additional.2=-Dkaraf.base=%KARAF_BASE%
+wrapper.java.additional.3=-Dkaraf.data=%KARAF_DATA%
+wrapper.java.additional.4=-Dkaraf.etc=%KARAF_ETC%
+wrapper.java.additional.5=-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
+wrapper.java.additional.6=-Djavax.management.builder.initial=org.apache.karaf.management.boot.KarafMBeanServerBuilder
+wrapper.java.additional.7=-Dkaraf.startLocalConsole=false
+wrapper.java.additional.8=-Dkaraf.startRemoteShell=true
+wrapper.java.additional.9=-Djava.endorsed.dirs=%JAVA_HOME%/jre/lib/endorsed:%JAVA_HOME%/lib/endorsed:%KARAF_HOME%/lib/endorsed
+wrapper.java.additional.10=-Djava.ext.dirs=%JAVA_HOME%/jre/lib/ext:%JAVA_HOME%/lib/ext:%KARAF_HOME%/lib/ext
+
+# Uncomment to enable jmx
+#wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=1616
+#wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
+#wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
+
+# Uncomment to enable YourKit profiling
+#wrapper.java.additional.n=-Xrunyjpagent
+
+# Uncomment to enable remote debugging
+#wrapper.java.additional.n=-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE
+#wrapper.java.additional.n=-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005
+
+# Initial Java Heap Size (in MB)
+#wrapper.java.initmemory=3
+
+# Maximum Java Heap Size (in MB)
+wrapper.java.maxmemory=512
+
+
+#********************************************************************
+# Wrapper Logging Properties
+#********************************************************************
+# Format of output for the console.  (See docs for formats)
+wrapper.console.format=PM
+
+# Log Level for console output.  (See docs for log levels)
+wrapper.console.loglevel=INFO
+
+# Log file to use for wrapper output logging.
+wrapper.logfile=%KARAF_DATA%/log/wrapper.log
+
+# Format of output for the log file.  (See docs for formats)
+wrapper.logfile.format=LPTM
+
+# Log Level for log file output.  (See docs for log levels)
+wrapper.logfile.loglevel=INFO
+
+# Maximum size that the log file will be allowed to grow to before
+#  the log is rolled. Size is specified in bytes.  The default value
+#  of 0, disables log rolling.  May abbreviate with the 'k' (kb) or
+#  'm' (mb) suffix.  For example: 10m = 10 megabytes.
+wrapper.logfile.maxsize=10m
+
+# Maximum number of rolled log files which will be allowed before old
+#  files are deleted.  The default value of 0 implies no limit.
+wrapper.logfile.maxfiles=5
+
+# Log Level for sys/event log output.  (See docs for log levels)
+wrapper.syslog.loglevel=NONE
+
+#********************************************************************
+# Wrapper Windows Properties
+#********************************************************************
+# Title to use when running as a console
+wrapper.console.title=onos
+
+#********************************************************************
+# Wrapper Windows NT/2000/XP Service Properties
+#********************************************************************
+# WARNING - Do not modify any of these properties when an application
+#  using this configuration file has been installed as a service.
+#  Please uninstall the service before modifying this section.  The
+#  service can then be reinstalled.
+
+# Name of the service
+wrapper.ntservice.name=onos
+
+# Display name of the service
+wrapper.ntservice.displayname=onos
+
+# Description of the service
+wrapper.ntservice.description=ONOS
+
+# Service dependencies.  Add dependencies as needed starting from 1
+wrapper.ntservice.dependency.1=
+
+# Mode in which the service is installed.  AUTO_START or DEMAND_START
+wrapper.ntservice.starttype=AUTO_START
+
+# Allow the service to interact with the desktop.
+wrapper.ntservice.interactive=false
diff --git a/tools/package/wrapper/lib/karaf-wrapper.jar b/tools/package/wrapper/lib/karaf-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4db355b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/package/wrapper/lib/karaf-wrapper.jar
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diff --git a/tools/package/wrapper/lib/libwrapper.so b/tools/package/wrapper/lib/libwrapper.so
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24197bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/package/wrapper/lib/libwrapper.so
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diff --git a/tools/test/README b/tools/test/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d6b1eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Artifacts for system testing onos.
diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-install b/tools/test/bin/onos-install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..babfdef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-install
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Remotely pushes bits to a remote machine and install & starts ONOS.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[ ! -d "$ONOS_ROOT" ] && echo "ONOS_ROOT is not defined" >&2 && exit 1
+. $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults
+
+# If the first option is -f attempt uninstall first.
+[ "$1" = "-f" ] && shift && onos-uninstall ${1:-$OCI}
+
+remote=$ONOS_USER@${1:-$OCI}
+
+scp -q $ONOS_TAR $remote:/tmp
+
+ssh $remote "
+    [ -d $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR/bin ] && echo \"ONOS is already installed\" && exit 1
+
+    sudo mkdir -p $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR && sudo chown sdn:sdn $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR
+    tar zxmf /tmp/$ONOS_BITS.tar.gz -C $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR --strip-components=1
+
+    ln -s /opt/onos/$KARAF_DIST/data/log /opt/onos/log
+
+"
diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-uninstall b/tools/test/bin/onos-uninstall
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a535c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-uninstall
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Remotely stops & uninstalls ONOS.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[ ! -d "$ONOS_ROOT" ] && echo "ONOS_ROOT is not defined" >&2 && exit 1
+. $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults
+
+remote=$ONOS_USER@${1:-$OCI}
+
+ssh $remote "
+    [ -f $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR/bin/onos ] && \
+        $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR/bin/onos halt 2>/dev/null
+    sudo rm -fr $ONOS_INSTALL_DIR
+"
diff --git a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/packet/IpAddress.java b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/packet/IpAddress.java
index 02ed37a..a10e710 100644
--- a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/packet/IpAddress.java
+++ b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/packet/IpAddress.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
     //maximum CIDR value
     public static final int MAX_INET_MASK = 32;
+    //no mask (no network), e.g. a simple address
     public static final int DEFAULT_MASK = 0;
 
     /**
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@
         final String [] parts = address.split("\\/");
         if (parts.length > 2) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Malformed IP address string; "
-                    + "Addres must take form \"x.x.x.x\" or \"x.x.x.x/y\"");
+                    + "Address must take form \"x.x.x.x\" or \"x.x.x.x/y\"");
         }
 
         int mask = DEFAULT_MASK;
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@
         final String [] net = parts[0].split("\\.");
         if (net.length != INET_LEN) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Malformed IP address string; "
-                    + "Addres must have four decimal values separated by dots (.)");
+                    + "Address must have four decimal values separated by dots (.)");
         }
         final byte [] bytes = new byte[INET_LEN];
         for (int i = 0; i < INET_LEN; i++) {