diff --git a/utils/__init__.py b/utils/__init__.py
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+++ b/utils/__init__.py
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+import os
+import yaml
+import logging
+
+from utils import os_client
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def compile_pairs(nodes):
+    result = {}
+    if len(nodes) %2 != 0:
+        nodes.pop(1)
+    pairs = list(zip(*[iter(nodes)] * 2))
+    for pair in pairs:
+        result[pair[0]+'<>'+pair[1]] = pair
+    return result
+
+
+def get_pairs():
+    config = get_configuration()
+    cmp_hosts = config.get('CMP_HOSTS') or []
+    skipped_nodes = config.get('skipped_nodes') or []
+    if skipped_nodes:
+        print(("\nNotice: {} nodes will be skipped for vm2vm test".format(
+            ",".join(skipped_nodes))))
+        logger.info("Skipping nodes {}".format(",".join(skipped_nodes)))
+    if not cmp_hosts:
+        openstack_clients = os_client.OfficialClientManager(
+            username=os.environ['OS_USERNAME'],
+            password=os.environ['OS_PASSWORD'],
+            tenant_name=os.environ['OS_PROJECT_NAME'],
+            auth_url=os.environ['OS_AUTH_URL'],
+            cert=False,
+            domain=os.environ['OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME']
+        )
+        os_actions = os_client.OSCliActions(openstack_clients)
+        nova_computes = os_actions.list_nova_computes()
+        if len(nova_computes) < 2:
+            raise BaseException(
+                "At least 2 compute hosts are needed for VM2VM test, "
+                "now: {}.".format(len(nova_computes)))
+        cmp_hosts = [n.host_name for n in nova_computes
+                     if n.host_name not in skipped_nodes]
+        if len(cmp_hosts) < 2:
+            raise BaseException(
+                "At least 2 compute hosts are needed for VM2VM test. "
+                "Cannot create a pair from {}. Please check skip list, at "
+                "least 2 computes should be tested.".format(cmp_hosts))
+        logger.info("CMP_HOSTS option is not set, using host pair from "
+                    "Nova compute list. Pair generated: {}".format(cmp_hosts))
+
+    return compile_pairs(cmp_hosts)
+
+
+def get_configuration():
+    """function returns configuration for environment
+    and for test if it's specified"""
+
+    global_config_file = os.path.join(
+        os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "../global_config.yaml")
+    with open(global_config_file, 'r') as file:
+        global_config = yaml.load(file, Loader=yaml.SafeLoader)
+    for param in list(global_config.keys()):
+        if param in list(os.environ.keys()):
+            if ',' in os.environ[param]:
+                global_config[param] = []
+                for item in os.environ[param].split(','):
+                    global_config[param].append(item)
+            else:
+                global_config[param] = os.environ[param]
+
+    return global_config
diff --git a/utils/helpers.py b/utils/helpers.py
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index 0000000..800a9fe
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+++ b/utils/helpers.py
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+import texttable as tt
+
+
+class helpers(object):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    def draw_table_with_results(self, global_results):
+        tab = tt.Texttable()
+        header = [
+            'node name 1',
+            'node name 2',
+            'network',
+            'bandwidth >',
+            'bandwidth <',
+        ]
+        tab.set_cols_align(['l', 'l', 'l', 'l', 'l'])
+        tab.set_cols_width([27, 27, 15, 20, '20'])
+        tab.header(header)
+        for row in global_results:
+            tab.add_row(row)
+        s = tab.draw()
+        print(s)
diff --git a/utils/os_client.py b/utils/os_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12aad1b
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+++ b/utils/os_client.py
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+from cinderclient import client as cinder_client
+from glanceclient import client as glance_client
+from keystoneauth1 import identity as keystone_identity
+from keystoneauth1 import session as keystone_session
+from keystoneclient.v3 import client as keystone_client
+from neutronclient.v2_0 import client as neutron_client
+from novaclient import client as novaclient
+
+import logging
+import os
+import random
+import time
+
+import utils
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class OfficialClientManager(object):
+    """Manager that provides access to the official python clients for
+    calling various OpenStack APIs.
+    """
+
+    CINDERCLIENT_VERSION = 3
+    GLANCECLIENT_VERSION = 2
+    KEYSTONECLIENT_VERSION = 3
+    NEUTRONCLIENT_VERSION = 2
+    NOVACLIENT_VERSION = 2
+    INTERFACE = 'admin'
+    if "OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE" in list(os.environ.keys()):
+        INTERFACE = os.environ["OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE"]
+
+    def __init__(self, username=None, password=None,
+                 tenant_name=None, auth_url=None, endpoint_type="internalURL",
+                 cert=False, domain="Default", **kwargs):
+        self.traceback = ""
+
+        self.client_attr_names = [
+            "auth",
+            "compute",
+            "network",
+            "volume",
+            "image",
+        ]
+        self.username = username
+        self.password = password
+        self.tenant_name = tenant_name
+        self.project_name = tenant_name
+        self.auth_url = auth_url
+        self.endpoint_type = endpoint_type
+        self.cert = cert
+        self.domain = domain
+        self.kwargs = kwargs
+
+        # Lazy clients
+        self._auth = None
+        self._compute = None
+        self._network = None
+        self._volume = None
+        self._image = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_auth_session(cls, username=None, password=None,
+                          tenant_name=None, auth_url=None, cert=None,
+                          domain='Default'):
+        if None in (username, password, tenant_name):
+            print((username, password, tenant_name))
+            msg = ("Missing required credentials for identity client. "
+                   "username: {username}, password: {password}, "
+                   "tenant_name: {tenant_name}").format(
+                username=username,
+                password=password,
+                tenant_name=tenant_name
+            )
+            raise msg
+
+        if cert and "https" not in auth_url:
+            auth_url = auth_url.replace("http", "https")
+
+        if "v2" in auth_url:
+            raise BaseException("Keystone v2 is deprecated since OpenStack"
+                                "Queens release. So current OS_AUTH_URL {} "
+                                "is not valid. Please use Keystone v3."
+                                "".format(auth_url))
+        else:
+            auth_url = auth_url if ("v3" in auth_url) else "{}{}".format(
+                auth_url, "/v3")
+            auth = keystone_identity.v3.Password(
+                auth_url=auth_url,
+                user_domain_name=domain,
+                username=username,
+                password=password,
+                project_domain_name=domain,
+                project_name=tenant_name)
+
+        auth_session = keystone_session.Session(auth=auth, verify=cert)
+        # auth_session.get_auth_headers()
+        return auth_session
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_auth_client(cls, username=None, password=None,
+                        tenant_name=None, auth_url=None, cert=None,
+                        domain='Default', **kwargs):
+        session = cls._get_auth_session(
+            username=username,
+            password=password,
+            tenant_name=tenant_name,
+            auth_url=auth_url,
+            cert=cert,
+            domain=domain)
+        keystone = keystone_client.Client(version=cls.KEYSTONECLIENT_VERSION,
+                                          session=session, **kwargs)
+        keystone.management_url = auth_url
+        return keystone
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_compute_client(cls, username=None, password=None,
+                           tenant_name=None, auth_url=None, cert=None,
+                           domain='Default', **kwargs):
+        session = cls._get_auth_session(
+            username=username, password=password, tenant_name=tenant_name,
+            auth_url=auth_url, cert=cert, domain=domain)
+        service_type = 'compute'
+        compute_client = novaclient.Client(
+            version=cls.NOVACLIENT_VERSION, session=session,
+            service_type=service_type, os_cache=False, **kwargs)
+        return compute_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_network_client(cls, username=None, password=None,
+                           tenant_name=None, auth_url=None, cert=None,
+                           domain='Default', **kwargs):
+        session = cls._get_auth_session(
+            username=username, password=password, tenant_name=tenant_name,
+            auth_url=auth_url, cert=cert, domain=domain)
+        service_type = 'network'
+        return neutron_client.Client(
+            service_type=service_type, session=session,
+            interface=cls.INTERFACE, **kwargs)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_volume_client(cls, username=None, password=None,
+                          tenant_name=None, auth_url=None, cert=None,
+                          domain='Default', **kwargs):
+        session = cls._get_auth_session(
+            username=username, password=password, tenant_name=tenant_name,
+            auth_url=auth_url, cert=cert, domain=domain)
+        service_type = 'volume'
+        return cinder_client.Client(
+            version=cls.CINDERCLIENT_VERSION,
+            service_type=service_type,
+            interface=cls.INTERFACE,
+            session=session, **kwargs)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_image_client(cls, username=None, password=None,
+                         tenant_name=None, auth_url=None, cert=None,
+                         domain='Default', **kwargs):
+        session = cls._get_auth_session(
+            username=username, password=password, tenant_name=tenant_name,
+            auth_url=auth_url, cert=cert, domain=domain)
+        service_type = 'image'
+        return glance_client.Client(
+            version=cls.GLANCECLIENT_VERSION,
+            service_type=service_type,
+            session=session, interface=cls.INTERFACE,
+            **kwargs)
+
+    @property
+    def auth(self):
+        if self._auth is None:
+            self._auth = self.get_auth_client(
+                self.username, self.password, self.tenant_name, self.auth_url,
+                self.cert, self.domain, endpoint_type=self.endpoint_type
+            )
+        return self._auth
+
+    @property
+    def compute(self):
+        if self._compute is None:
+            self._compute = self.get_compute_client(
+                self.username, self.password, self.tenant_name, self.auth_url,
+                self.cert, self.domain, endpoint_type=self.endpoint_type
+            )
+        return self._compute
+
+    @property
+    def network(self):
+        if self._network is None:
+            self._network = self.get_network_client(
+                self.username, self.password, self.tenant_name, self.auth_url,
+                self.cert, self.domain, endpoint_type=self.endpoint_type
+            )
+        return self._network
+
+    @property
+    def volume(self):
+        if self._volume is None:
+            self._volume = self.get_volume_client(
+                self.username, self.password, self.tenant_name, self.auth_url,
+                self.cert, self.domain, endpoint_type=self.endpoint_type
+            )
+        return self._volume
+
+    @property
+    def image(self):
+
+        if self._image is None:
+            self._image = self.get_image_client(
+                self.username, self.password, self.tenant_name, self.auth_url,
+                self.cert, self.domain
+            )
+        return self._image
+
+
+class OSCliActions(object):
+    def __init__(self, os_clients):
+        self.os_clients = os_clients
+        self.create_fake_ext_net = False
+
+    def get_admin_tenant(self):
+        # TODO Keystone v3 doesnt have tenants attribute
+        return self.os_clients.auth.projects.find(name="admin")
+
+    def get_internal_network(self):
+        networks = [
+            net for net in self.os_clients.network.list_networks()["networks"]
+            if net["admin_state_up"] and not net["router:external"] and
+            len(net["subnets"])
+            ]
+        if networks:
+            net = networks[0]
+        else:
+            net = self.create_network_resources()
+        return net
+
+    def create_fake_external_network(self):
+        logger.info(
+            "Could not find any external network, creating a fake one...")
+        net_name = "spt-ext-net-{}".format(random.randrange(100, 999))
+        net_body = {"network": {"name": net_name,
+                                "router:external": True,
+                                "provider:network_type": "local"}}
+        try:
+            ext_net = \
+                self.os_clients.network.create_network(net_body)['network']
+            logger.info("Created a fake external net {}".format(net_name))
+        except Exception as e:
+            # in case 'local' net type is absent, create with default type
+            net_body["network"].pop('provider:network_type', None)
+            ext_net = \
+                self.os_clients.network.create_network(net_body)['network']
+        subnet_name = "spt-ext-subnet-{}".format(random.randrange(100, 999))
+        subnet_body = {
+            "subnet": {
+                "name": subnet_name,
+                "network_id": ext_net["id"],
+                "ip_version": 4,
+                "cidr": "10.255.255.0/24",
+                "allocation_pools": [{"start": "10.255.255.100",
+                                      "end": "10.255.255.200"}]
+            }
+        }
+        self.os_clients.network.create_subnet(subnet_body)
+        self.create_fake_ext_net = True
+        return ext_net
+
+    def get_external_network(self):
+        config = utils.get_configuration()
+        ext_net = config.get('external_network') or ''
+        if not ext_net:
+            networks = [
+                net for net in
+                self.os_clients.network.list_networks()["networks"]
+                if net["admin_state_up"] and net["router:external"] and
+                len(net["subnets"])
+                ]
+        else:
+            networks = [net for net in
+                        self.os_clients.network.list_networks()["networks"]
+                        if net["name"] == ext_net]
+
+        if networks:
+            ext_net = networks[0]
+            logger.info("Using external net '{}'.".format(ext_net["name"]))
+        else:
+            ext_net = self.create_fake_external_network()
+        return ext_net
+
+    def create_flavor(self, name, ram=256, vcpus=1, disk=2):
+        logger.info("Creating a flavor {}".format(name))
+        return self.os_clients.compute.flavors.create(name, ram, vcpus, disk)
+
+    def create_sec_group(self, rulesets=None):
+        if rulesets is None:
+            rulesets = [
+                {
+                    # ssh
+                    'ip_protocol': 'tcp',
+                    'from_port': 22,
+                    'to_port': 22,
+                    'cidr': '0.0.0.0/0',
+                },
+                {
+                    # iperf3
+                    'ip_protocol': 'tcp',
+                    'from_port': 5201,
+                    'to_port': 5201,
+                    'cidr': '0.0.0.0/0',
+                },
+                {
+                    # ping
+                    'ip_protocol': 'icmp',
+                    'from_port': -1,
+                    'to_port': -1,
+                    'cidr': '0.0.0.0/0',
+                }
+            ]
+        sg_name = "spt-test-secgroup-{}".format(random.randrange(100, 999))
+        sg_desc = sg_name + " SPT"
+        secgroup = self.os_clients.compute.security_groups.create(
+            sg_name, sg_desc)
+        for ruleset in rulesets:
+            self.os_clients.compute.security_group_rules.create(
+                secgroup.id, **ruleset)
+        logger.info("Created a security group {}".format(sg_name))
+        return secgroup
+
+    def create_basic_server(self, image=None, flavor=None, net=None,
+                            availability_zone=None, sec_groups=(),
+                            keypair=None):
+        os_conn = self.os_clients
+        net = net or self.get_internal_network()
+        kwargs = {}
+        if sec_groups:
+            kwargs['security_groups'] = sec_groups
+        server = os_conn.compute.servers.create(
+            "spt-test-server-{}".format(random.randrange(100, 999)),
+            image, flavor, nics=[{"net-id": net["id"]}],
+            availability_zone=availability_zone, key_name=keypair, **kwargs)
+
+        return server
+
+    def get_vm(self, vm_id):
+        os_conn = self.os_clients
+        try:
+            vm = os_conn.compute.servers.find(id=vm_id)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise Exception(
+                "{}. Could not get the VM \"{}\": {}".format(
+                    vm_id, e))
+        return vm
+
+    def check_vm_is_active(self, vm_uuid, retry_delay=5, timeout=500):
+        vm = None
+        timeout_reached = False
+        start_time = time.time()
+        expected_state = 'ACTIVE'
+        while not timeout_reached:
+            vm = self.get_vm(vm_uuid)
+            if vm.status == expected_state:
+                logger.info(
+                    "VM {} is in {} status.".format(vm_uuid, vm.status))
+                break
+            if vm.status == 'ERROR':
+                break
+            time.sleep(retry_delay)
+            timeout_reached = (time.time() - start_time) > timeout
+        if vm.status != expected_state:
+            logger.info("VM {} is in {} status.".format(vm_uuid, vm.status))
+            raise TimeoutError(
+                "VM {vm_uuid} on is expected to be in '{expected_state}' "
+                "state, but is in '{actual}' state instead.".format(
+                    vm_uuid=vm_uuid, expected_state=expected_state,
+                    actual=vm.status))
+
+    def create_network(self, tenant_id):
+        net_name = "spt-test-net-{}".format(random.randrange(100, 999))
+        net_body = {
+            'network': {
+                'name': net_name,
+                'tenant_id': tenant_id
+            }
+        }
+        net = self.os_clients.network.create_network(net_body)['network']
+        logger.info("Created internal network {}".format(net_name))
+        return net
+
+    def create_subnet(self, net, tenant_id, cidr=None):
+        subnet_name = "spt-test-subnet-{}".format(random.randrange(100, 999))
+        subnet_body = {
+            'subnet': {
+                "name": subnet_name,
+                'network_id': net['id'],
+                'ip_version': 4,
+                'cidr': cidr if cidr else '10.1.7.0/24',
+                'tenant_id': tenant_id
+            }
+        }
+        subnet = self.os_clients.network.create_subnet(subnet_body)['subnet']
+        logger.info("Created subnet {}".format(subnet_name))
+        return subnet
+
+    def create_router(self, ext_net, tenant_id):
+        name = 'spt-test-router-{}'.format(random.randrange(100, 999))
+        router_body = {
+            'router': {
+                'name': name,
+                'external_gateway_info': {
+                    'network_id': ext_net['id']
+                },
+                'tenant_id': tenant_id
+            }
+        }
+        logger.info("Created a router {}".format(name))
+        router = self.os_clients.network.create_router(router_body)['router']
+        return router
+
+    def create_network_resources(self):
+        tenant_id = self.get_admin_tenant().id
+        self.get_external_network()
+        net = self.create_network(tenant_id)
+        self.create_subnet(net, tenant_id)
+        return net
+
+    def list_nova_computes(self):
+        nova_services = self.os_clients.compute.hosts.list()
+        computes_list = [h for h in nova_services if h.service == "compute"]
+        return computes_list
diff --git a/utils/ssh.py b/utils/ssh.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29a56f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/ssh.py
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+from io import StringIO
+import logging
+import select
+import utils
+import paramiko
+import time
+import os
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# Suppress paramiko logging
+logging.getLogger("paramiko").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+
+class SSHTransport(object):
+    def __init__(self, address, username, password=None,
+                 private_key=None, look_for_keys=False, *args, **kwargs):
+
+        self.address = address
+        self.username = username
+        self.password = password
+        if private_key is not None:
+            self.private_key = paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key(
+                StringIO(private_key))
+        else:
+            self.private_key = None
+
+        self.look_for_keys = look_for_keys
+        self.buf_size = 1024
+        self.channel_timeout = 10.0
+
+    def _get_ssh_connection(self):
+        ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
+        ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(
+            paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+        ssh.connect(self.address, username=self.username,
+                    password=self.password, pkey=self.private_key,
+                    timeout=self.channel_timeout)
+        logger.debug("Successfully connected to: {0}".format(self.address))
+        return ssh
+
+    def _get_sftp_connection(self):
+        transport = paramiko.Transport((self.address, 22))
+        transport.connect(username=self.username,
+                          password=self.password,
+                          pkey=self.private_key)
+
+        return paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(transport)
+
+    def exec_sync(self, cmd):
+        logger.debug("Executing {0} on host {1}".format(cmd, self.address))
+        ssh = self._get_ssh_connection()
+        transport = ssh.get_transport()
+        channel = transport.open_session()
+        channel.fileno()
+        channel.exec_command(cmd)
+        channel.shutdown_write()
+        out_data = []
+        err_data = []
+        poll = select.poll()
+        poll.register(channel, select.POLLIN)
+
+        while True:
+            ready = poll.poll(self.channel_timeout)
+            if not any(ready):
+                continue
+            if not ready[0]:
+                continue
+            out_chunk = err_chunk = None
+            if channel.recv_ready():
+                out_chunk = channel.recv(self.buf_size)
+                out_data += out_chunk,
+            if channel.recv_stderr_ready():
+                err_chunk = channel.recv_stderr(self.buf_size)
+                err_data += err_chunk,
+            if channel.closed and not err_chunk and not out_chunk:
+                break
+        exit_status = channel.recv_exit_status()
+        logger.debug("Command {0} executed with status: {1}"
+                     .format(cmd, exit_status))
+        return (exit_status, b" ".join(out_data).strip(),
+                b" ".join(err_data).strip())
+
+    def exec_command(self, cmd):
+        exit_status, stdout, stderr = self.exec_sync(cmd)
+        return stdout
+
+    def check_call(self, command, error_info=None, expected=None,
+                   raise_on_err=True):
+        """Execute command and check for return code
+        :type command: str
+        :type error_info: str
+        :type expected: list
+        :type raise_on_err: bool
+        :rtype: ExecResult
+        :raises: DevopsCalledProcessError
+        """
+        if expected is None:
+            expected = [0]
+        ret = self.exec_sync(command)
+        exit_code, stdout_str, stderr_str = ret
+        if exit_code not in expected:
+            message = (
+                "{append}Command '{cmd}' returned exit code {code} while "
+                "expected {expected}\n"
+                "\tSTDOUT:\n"
+                "{stdout}"
+                "\n\tSTDERR:\n"
+                "{stderr}".format(
+                    append=error_info + '\n' if error_info else '',
+                    cmd=command,
+                    code=exit_code,
+                    expected=expected,
+                    stdout=stdout_str,
+                    stderr=stderr_str
+                ))
+            logger.error(message)
+            if raise_on_err:
+                exit()
+        return ret
+
+    def put_file(self, source_path, destination_path):
+        sftp = self._get_sftp_connection()
+        sftp.put(source_path, destination_path)
+        sftp.close()
+
+    def put_iperf3_deb_packages_at_vms(self, source_directory,
+                                       destination_directory):
+        iperf_deb_files = [f for f in os.listdir(source_directory)
+                           if "deb" in f]
+        if not iperf_deb_files:
+            raise BaseException(
+                "iperf3 *.deb packages are not found locally at path {}. "
+                "Please recheck 'iperf_deb_package_dir_path' variable in "
+                "global_config.yaml and check *.deb packages are manually "
+                "copied there.".format(source_directory))
+        for f in iperf_deb_files:
+            source_abs_path = "{}/{}".format(source_directory, f)
+            dest_abs_path = "{}/{}".format(destination_directory, f)
+            self.put_file(source_abs_path, dest_abs_path)
+
+    def get_file(self, source_path, destination_path):
+        sftp = self._get_sftp_connection()
+        sftp.get(source_path, destination_path)
+        sftp.close()
+
+    def _is_timed_out(self, start_time, timeout):
+        return (time.time() - timeout) > start_time
+
+    def check_vm_is_reachable_ssh(self, floating_ip, timeout=500, sleep=5):
+        bsleep = sleep
+        ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
+        ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+        _start_time = time.time()
+        attempts = 0
+        while True:
+            try:
+                ssh.connect(floating_ip, username=self.username,
+                            password=self.password, pkey=self.private_key,
+                            timeout=self.channel_timeout)
+                logger.info("VM with FIP {} is reachable via SSH. Success!"
+                            "".format(floating_ip))
+                return True
+            except Exception as e:
+                ssh.close()
+                if self._is_timed_out(_start_time, timeout):
+                    logger.info("VM with FIP {} is not reachable via SSH. "
+                                "See details: {}".format(floating_ip, e))
+                    raise TimeoutError(
+                        "\nFailed to establish authenticated ssh connection "
+                        "to {} after {} attempts during {} seconds.\n{}"
+                        "".format(floating_ip, attempts, timeout, e))
+                attempts += 1
+                logger.info("Failed to establish authenticated ssh connection "
+                            "to {}. Number attempts: {}. Retry after {} "
+                            "seconds.".format(floating_ip, attempts, bsleep))
+                time.sleep(bsleep)
+
+
+class prepare_iperf(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, fip, user='ubuntu', password='password',
+                 private_key=None):
+
+        transport = SSHTransport(fip, user, password, private_key)
+        config = utils.get_configuration()
+
+        # Install iperf3 using apt or downloaded deb package
+        internet_at_vms = utils.get_configuration().get("internet_at_vms")
+        if internet_at_vms.lower() == 'false':
+            logger.info("Copying offline iperf3 deb packages, installing...")
+            path_to_iperf_deb = (config.get('iperf_deb_package_dir_path') or
+                                 "/artifacts/mos-spt/")
+            home_ubuntu = "/home/ubuntu/"
+            transport.put_iperf3_deb_packages_at_vms(path_to_iperf_deb,
+                                                     home_ubuntu)
+            transport.exec_command('sudo dpkg -i {}*.deb'.format(home_ubuntu))
+        else:
+            logger.info("Installing iperf3 using apt")
+            preparation_cmd = config.get('iperf_prep_string') or ['']
+            transport.exec_command(preparation_cmd)
+            transport.exec_command('sudo apt-get update;'
+                                   'sudo apt-get install -y iperf3')
+
+        # Log whether iperf is installed with version
+        check = transport.exec_command('dpkg -l | grep iperf3')
+        logger.debug(check.decode('utf-8'))
+
+        # Staring iperf server
+        transport.exec_command('nohup iperf3 -s > file 2>&1 &')