diff --git a/cluster-mgmt/bin/check_status_failover.py b/cluster-mgmt/bin/check_status_failover.py
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+++ b/cluster-mgmt/bin/check_status_failover.py
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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+import json
+import os
+from check_status import *
+
+cluster_basename=os.environ.get("ONOS_CLUSTER_BASENAME")
+nr_nodes=os.environ.get("ONOS_CLUSTER_NR_NODES")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  print "%s" % check_switch()[1]
+  print "%s" % check_link()[1]
+  print "%s" % check_controllers(8)[1]
+  print "%s" % check_switch_all(8)[1]