diff --git a/tcp_tests/managers/runtestmanager.py b/tcp_tests/managers/runtestmanager.py
index 5abb84e..50f934e 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/managers/runtestmanager.py
+++ b/tcp_tests/managers/runtestmanager.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     container_name = 'run-tempest-ci'
     master_host = "cfg01"
     control_host = "ctl01"
+    compute_host = "cmp"
     class_name = "runtest"
     run_cmd = '/bin/bash -c "run-tempest"'
 
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@
             self.master_host)[0]
         self.control_name = self.underlay.get_target_node_names(
             self.control_host)[0]
+        self.compute_name = self.underlay.get_target_node_names(
+            self.compute_host)[0]
 
     @property
     def salt_api(self):
@@ -178,14 +181,22 @@
                                                indent=4, sort_keys=True)
                 f.write(container_inspect)
 
-    def prepare(self, dpdk=None):
+    def prepare(self):
         self.store_runtest_model()
         cirros_pillar = ("salt-call --out=newline_values_only "
                          "pillar.get "
                          "glance:client:identity:"
                          "admin_identity:image:cirros:location")
+        dpdk_pillar = "linux:network:dpdk:enabled"
         salt_cmd = "salt -l info --hard-crash --state-output=mixed "
         salt_call_cmd = "salt-call -l info --hard-crash --state-output=mixed "
+
+        result = self.__salt_api.get_pillar(tgt=self.compute_name,
+                                            pillar=dpdk_pillar)
+
+        dpdk = result[0].get(self.compute_name, False)
+        LOG.info("DPDK enabled: {}".format(bool(dpdk)))
+
         commands = [
             {
                 'description': "Sync salt objects for runtest model",
@@ -338,12 +349,12 @@
         return {'inspect': inspect,
                 'logs': logs}
 
-    def prepare_and_run_tempest(self, username='root', dpdk=None):
+    def prepare_and_run_tempest(self, username='root'):
         """
         Run tempest tests
         """
         tempest_timeout = settings.TEMPEST_TIMEOUT
-        self.prepare(dpdk=dpdk)
+        self.prepare()
         test_res = self.run_tempest(tempest_timeout)
         self.fetch_arficats(username=username)
         self.save_runtime_logs(**test_res)
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk/cookiecutter-context-pike-ovs-dpdk.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk/cookiecutter-context-pike-ovs-dpdk.yaml
index 8b0bd00..e4c5fbd 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk/cookiecutter-context-pike-ovs-dpdk.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk/cookiecutter-context-pike-ovs-dpdk.yaml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
   openstack_nfv_sriov_enabled: 'False'
   openstack_nova_compute_hugepages_count: '2048'
   openstack_nova_compute_nfv_req_enabled: 'False'
-  openstack_nova_cpu_pinning: '3'
+  openstack_nova_cpu_pinning: '4,5,8,9,10,11'
   openstack_ovs_dvr_enabled: 'False'
   openstack_ovs_encapsulation_type: vxlan
   openstack_proxy_address: 10.167.4.80
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk/environment-context.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk/environment-context.yaml
index cd95ec0..467680e 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk/environment-context.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk/environment-context.yaml
@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@
         ens4:
           role: single_ctl
         ens5:
-          role: single_ovs_br_prv
-          mtu: 1500
+          role: bond0_ab_ovs_vxlan_mesh_no_tag
+        ens6:
+          role: bond0_ab_ovs_vxlan_mesh_no_tag
         ens7:
-          role: bond1_ab_ovs_floating
+          role: single_ovs_br_floating
+          external_address: 10.90.0.110
+          external_network_netmask: 255.255.255.0
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-model-generator/salt_cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-model-generator/salt_cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk.yaml
index d2ed4e9..293980a 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-model-generator/salt_cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-model-generator/salt_cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
     sed -i '/system.reclass.storage.system.stacklight_log_cluster/d' /srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ SHARED.CLUSTER_NAME }}/infra/config.yml;
 
     # set wider cpu mask for DPDK
-    salt-call reclass.cluster_meta_set name='compute_ovs_dpdk_lcore_mask' value='"0xF"' file_name=/srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ SHARED.CLUSTER_NAME }}/openstack/init.yml
+    salt-call reclass.cluster_meta_set name='compute_ovs_dpdk_lcore_mask' value='"0x41"' file_name=/srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ SHARED.CLUSTER_NAME }}/openstack/init.yml
+    salt-call reclass.cluster_meta_set name='compute_ovs_pmd_cpu_mask' value='"0xe"' file_name=/srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ SHARED.CLUSTER_NAME }}/openstack/init.yml
+    salt-call reclass.cluster_meta_set name='compute_ovs_dpdk_socket_mem' value='"512,512"' file_name=/srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ SHARED.CLUSTER_NAME }}/openstack/init.yml
     salt-call reclass.cluster_meta_set name='compute_hugepages_size' value='"2M"' file_name=/srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ SHARED.CLUSTER_NAME }}/openstack/init.yml
     salt-call reclass.cluster_meta_set name='compute_hugepages_mount' value='"/mnt/hugepages_2M"' file_name=/srv/salt/reclass/classes/cluster/{{ SHARED.CLUSTER_NAME }}/openstack/init.yml
 
diff --git a/tcp_tests/tests/system/test_install_mcp_ovs_pike.py b/tcp_tests/tests/system/test_install_mcp_ovs_pike.py
index 98d9498..7e726cb 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/tests/system/test_install_mcp_ovs_pike.py
+++ b/tcp_tests/tests/system/test_install_mcp_ovs_pike.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
             args='service ntp stop; ntpd -gq; service ntp start')
 
         if settings.RUN_TEMPEST:
-            tempest_actions.prepare_and_run_tempest(dpdk=True)
+            tempest_actions.prepare_and_run_tempest()
         LOG.info("*************** DONE **************")
 
     @pytest.mark.grab_versions
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
             tgt='*', fun='cmd.run',
             args='service ntp stop; ntpd -gq; service ntp start')
         if settings.RUN_TEMPEST:
-            tempest_actions.prepare_and_run_tempest(dpdk=True)
+            tempest_actions.prepare_and_run_tempest()
 
         LOG.info("*************** DONE **************")