diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/salt.yaml
index f97830a..74679f9 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/salt.yaml
@@ -72,3 +72,15 @@
 
 {{ VSWITCH.MACRO_ENABLE_L2GW(SHARED.CLUSTER_NAME, VSWITCH_IP) }}
 
+- description: Enable hugepages on cmp nodes
+  cmd: salt 'cmp*' cmd.run "apt-get install -y hugepages; echo 2048 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages";
+  node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
+  skip_fail: false
+
+- description: Workaround to avoid reboot cmp nodes bring OVS interfaces UP
+  cmd: |
+    salt 'cmp*' cmd.run "ifup br-mesh";
+  node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
+  skip_fail: false
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