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+#! /bin/bash
+
+# This checks the overall status of Cassandra, onos, zookeeper, and the web server 
+# Checks status on all 8 onos nodes.
+# Built to run only on the hw testbed from ONOS1.
+# 
+
+echo 	""
+echo    "****************************"
+echo 	"***** CASSANDRA STATUS *****"
+echo    "****************************"
+dsh -w onos1 'cd ONOS; ./start-cassandra.sh status'
+
+echo 	""
+echo    "***********************"
+echo 	"***** ONOS STATUS *****"
+echo    "***********************"
+dsh -g onos 'cd ONOS; ./start-onos.sh status; echo "Open ports on 9160: "; netstat -nat | grep 9160 | wc -l'
+
+echo 	""
+echo    "****************************"
+echo 	"***** ZOOKEEPER STATUS *****"
+echo    "****************************"
+dsh -g onos '~/zookeeper-3.4.5/bin/zkServer.sh status'
+
+echo 	""
+echo    "**************************"
+echo 	"***** WEB GUI STATUS *****"
+echo    "**************************"
+~/ONOS/start-rest.sh status