diff --git a/cvp_checks/tests/test_contrail.py b/cvp_checks/tests/test_contrail.py
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+import pytest
+import json
+
+def test_contrail_compute_status(local_salt_client):
+    cs = local_salt_client.cmd(
+        'nova:compute', 'cmd.run',
+        ['contrail-status | grep -Pv \'(==|^$)\''],
+        expr_form='pillar'
+    )
+    # TODO: what if compute lacks these service unintentionally?
+    if not cs:
+        pytest.skip("Contrail services were not found on compute nodes")
+    broken_services = []
+
+    for node in cs:
+        for line in cs[node].split('\n'):
+            line = line.strip()
+            name, status = line.split(None, 1)
+            if status not in {'active'}:
+                err_msg = "{node}:{service} - {status}".format(
+                    node=node, service=name, status=status)
+                broken_services.append(err_msg)
+
+    assert not broken_services, 'Broken services: {}'.format(json.dumps(
+                                                             broken_services,
+                                                             indent=4))
+
+
+def test_contrail_node_status(local_salt_client):
+    cs = local_salt_client.cmd(
+        'opencontrail:client:analytics_node', 'cmd.run',
+        ['contrail-status | grep -Pv \'(==|^$|Disk|unix|support)\''],
+        expr_form='pillar'
+    )
+    cs.update(local_salt_client.cmd(
+        'opencontrail:control', 'cmd.run',
+        ['contrail-status | grep -Pv \'(==|^$|Disk|unix|support)\''],
+        expr_form='pillar')
+    )
+    if not cs:
+        pytest.skip("Contrail nodes were not found on compute nodes")
+    broken_services = []
+    for node in cs:
+        for line in cs[node].split('\n'):
+            line = line.strip()
+            if 'crashes/core.java.' not in line:
+                name, status = line.split(None, 1)
+            else:
+                name, status = line,'FATAL'
+            if status not in {'active', 'backup'}:
+                err_msg = "{node}:{service} - {status}".format(
+                    node=node, service=name, status=status)
+                broken_services.append(err_msg)
+
+    assert not broken_services, 'Broken services: {}'.format(json.dumps(
+                                                             broken_services,
+                                                             indent=4))
+
+
+def test_contrail_vrouter_count(local_salt_client):
+    cs = local_salt_client.cmd(
+        'nova:compute', 'cmd.run', ['contrail-status | grep -Pv \'(==|^$)\''],
+        expr_form='pillar'
+    )
+    # TODO: what if compute lacks these service unintentionally?
+    if not cs:
+        pytest.skip("Contrail services were not found on compute nodes")
+
+    actual_vrouter_count = 0
+    for node in cs:
+        for line in cs[node].split('\n'):
+            if 'contrail-vrouter-nodemgr' in line:
+                actual_vrouter_count += 1
+
+    assert actual_vrouter_count == len(cs.keys()),\
+        'The length of vRouters {} differs' \
+        ' from the length of compute nodes {}'.format(actual_vrouter_count,
+                                                      len(cs.keys()))