diff --git a/neutron_tempest_plugin/bgpvpn/scenario/manager.py b/neutron_tempest_plugin/bgpvpn/scenario/manager.py
index 4ff1c0d..93d35bf 100644
--- a/neutron_tempest_plugin/bgpvpn/scenario/manager.py
+++ b/neutron_tempest_plugin/bgpvpn/scenario/manager.py
@@ -14,29 +14,23 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import subprocess
-
-import netaddr
 from oslo_log import log
 from oslo_utils import netutils
 
-from tempest.common import compute
 from tempest.common import utils
 from tempest.common.utils.linux import remote_client
-from tempest.common.utils import net_utils
-from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
-import tempest.test
+from tempest.scenario import manager
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class ScenarioTest(tempest.test.BaseTestCase):
+class ScenarioTest(manager.NetworkScenarioTest):
     """Base class for scenario tests. Uses tempest own clients. """
 
     credentials = ['primary']
@@ -62,128 +56,6 @@
     # The create_[resource] functions only return body and discard the
     # resp part which is not used in scenario tests
 
-    def _create_port(self, network_id, client=None, namestart='port-quotatest',
-                     **kwargs):
-        if not client:
-            client = self.ports_client
-        name = data_utils.rand_name(namestart)
-        result = client.create_port(
-            name=name,
-            network_id=network_id,
-            **kwargs)
-        self.assertIsNotNone(result, 'Unable to allocate port')
-        port = result['port']
-        self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-                        client.delete_port, port['id'])
-        return port
-
-    def create_keypair(self, client=None):
-        if not client:
-            client = self.keypairs_client
-        name = data_utils.rand_name(self.__class__.__name__)
-        # We don't need to create a keypair by pubkey in scenario
-        body = client.create_keypair(name=name)
-        self.addCleanup(client.delete_keypair, name)
-        return body['keypair']
-
-    def create_server(self, name=None, image_id=None, flavor=None,
-                      validatable=False, wait_until='ACTIVE',
-                      clients=None, **kwargs):
-        """Wrapper utility that returns a test server.
-
-        This wrapper utility calls the common create test server and
-        returns a test server. The purpose of this wrapper is to minimize
-        the impact on the code of the tests already using this
-        function.
-        """
-
-        # NOTE(jlanoux): As a first step, ssh checks in the scenario
-        # tests need to be run regardless of the run_validation and
-        # validatable parameters and thus until the ssh validation job
-        # becomes voting in CI. The test resources management and IP
-        # association are taken care of in the scenario tests.
-        # Therefore, the validatable parameter is set to false in all
-        # those tests. In this way create_server just return a standard
-        # server and the scenario tests always perform ssh checks.
-
-        # Needed for the cross_tenant_traffic test:
-        if clients is None:
-            clients = self.os_primary
-
-        if name is None:
-            name = data_utils.rand_name(self.__class__.__name__ + "-server")
-
-        vnic_type = CONF.network.port_vnic_type
-
-        # If vnic_type is configured create port for
-        # every network
-        if vnic_type:
-            ports = []
-
-            create_port_body = {'binding:vnic_type': vnic_type,
-                                'namestart': 'port-smoke'}
-            if kwargs:
-                # Convert security group names to security group ids
-                # to pass to create_port
-                if 'security_groups' in kwargs:
-                    security_groups = \
-                        clients.security_groups_client.list_security_groups(
-                        ).get('security_groups')
-                    sec_dict = dict([(s['name'], s['id'])
-                                    for s in security_groups])
-
-                    sec_groups_names = [s['name'] for s in kwargs.pop(
-                        'security_groups')]
-                    security_groups_ids = [sec_dict[s]
-                                           for s in sec_groups_names]
-
-                    if security_groups_ids:
-                        create_port_body[
-                            'security_groups'] = security_groups_ids
-                networks = kwargs.pop('networks', [])
-            else:
-                networks = []
-
-            # If there are no networks passed to us we look up
-            # for the project's private networks and create a port.
-            # The same behaviour as we would expect when passing
-            # the call to the clients with no networks
-            if not networks:
-                networks = clients.networks_client.list_networks(
-                    **{'router:external': False, 'fields': 'id'})['networks']
-
-            # It's net['uuid'] if networks come from kwargs
-            # and net['id'] if they come from
-            # clients.networks_client.list_networks
-            for net in networks:
-                net_id = net.get('uuid', net.get('id'))
-                if 'port' not in net:
-                    port = self._create_port(network_id=net_id,
-                                             client=clients.ports_client,
-                                             **create_port_body)
-                    ports.append({'port': port['id']})
-                else:
-                    ports.append({'port': net['port']})
-            if ports:
-                kwargs['networks'] = ports
-            self.ports = ports
-
-        tenant_network = self.get_tenant_network()
-
-        body, servers = compute.create_test_server(
-            clients,
-            tenant_network=tenant_network,
-            wait_until=wait_until,
-            name=name, flavor=flavor,
-            image_id=image_id, **kwargs)
-
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                        clients.servers_client, body['id'])
-        self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-                        clients.servers_client.delete_server, body['id'])
-        server = clients.servers_client.show_server(body['id'])['server']
-        return server
-
     def get_remote_client(self, ip_address, username=None, private_key=None):
         """Get a SSH client to a remote server
 
@@ -240,99 +112,6 @@
                 LOG.debug("Server %s disappeared(deleted) while looking "
                           "for the console log", server['id'])
 
-    def _log_net_info(self, exc):
-        # network debug is called as part of ssh init
-        if not isinstance(exc, lib_exc.SSHTimeout):
-            LOG.debug('Network information on a devstack host')
-
-    def ping_ip_address(self, ip_address, should_succeed=True,
-                        ping_timeout=None, mtu=None):
-        timeout = ping_timeout or CONF.validation.ping_timeout
-        cmd = ['ping', '-c1', '-w1']
-
-        if mtu:
-            cmd += [
-                # don't fragment
-                '-M', 'do',
-                # ping receives just the size of ICMP payload
-                '-s', str(net_utils.get_ping_payload_size(mtu, 4))
-            ]
-        cmd.append(ip_address)
-
-        def ping():
-            proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
-                                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                    stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-            proc.communicate()
-
-            return (proc.returncode == 0) == should_succeed
-
-        caller = test_utils.find_test_caller()
-        LOG.debug('%(caller)s begins to ping %(ip)s in %(timeout)s sec and the'
-                  ' expected result is %(should_succeed)s', {
-                      'caller': caller, 'ip': ip_address, 'timeout': timeout,
-                      'should_succeed':
-                      'reachable' if should_succeed else 'unreachable'
-                  })
-        result = test_utils.call_until_true(ping, timeout, 1)
-        LOG.debug('%(caller)s finishes ping %(ip)s in %(timeout)s sec and the '
-                  'ping result is %(result)s', {
-                      'caller': caller, 'ip': ip_address, 'timeout': timeout,
-                      'result': 'expected' if result else 'unexpected'
-                  })
-        return result
-
-    def check_vm_connectivity(self, ip_address,
-                              username=None,
-                              private_key=None,
-                              should_connect=True,
-                              mtu=None):
-        """Check server connectivity
-
-        :param ip_address: server to test against
-        :param username: server's ssh username
-        :param private_key: server's ssh private key to be used
-        :param should_connect: True/False indicates positive/negative test
-            positive - attempt ping and ssh
-            negative - attempt ping and fail if succeed
-        :param mtu: network MTU to use for connectivity validation
-
-        :raises: AssertError if the result of the connectivity check does
-            not match the value of the should_connect param
-        """
-        if should_connect:
-            msg = "Timed out waiting for %s to become reachable" % ip_address
-        else:
-            msg = "ip address %s is reachable" % ip_address
-        self.assertTrue(self.ping_ip_address(ip_address,
-                                             should_succeed=should_connect,
-                                             mtu=mtu),
-                        msg=msg)
-        if should_connect:
-            # no need to check ssh for negative connectivity
-            self.get_remote_client(ip_address, username, private_key)
-
-    def check_public_network_connectivity(self, ip_address, username,
-                                          private_key, should_connect=True,
-                                          msg=None, servers=None, mtu=None):
-        # The target login is assumed to have been configured for
-        # key-based authentication by cloud-init.
-        LOG.debug('checking network connections to IP %s with user: %s',
-                  ip_address, username)
-        try:
-            self.check_vm_connectivity(ip_address,
-                                       username,
-                                       private_key,
-                                       should_connect=should_connect,
-                                       mtu=mtu)
-        except Exception:
-            ex_msg = 'Public network connectivity check failed'
-            if msg:
-                ex_msg += ": " + msg
-            LOG.exception(ex_msg)
-            self._log_console_output(servers)
-            raise
-
 
 class NetworkScenarioTest(ScenarioTest):
     """Base class for network scenario tests.
@@ -380,72 +159,6 @@
                         network['id'])
         return network
 
-    def _create_subnet(self, network, subnets_client=None,
-                       routers_client=None, namestart='subnet-smoke',
-                       **kwargs):
-        """Create a subnet for the given network
-
-        within the cidr block configured for tenant networks.
-        """
-        if not subnets_client:
-            subnets_client = self.subnets_client
-        if not routers_client:
-            routers_client = self.routers_client
-
-        def cidr_in_use(cidr, tenant_id):
-            """Check cidr existence
-
-            :returns: True if subnet with cidr already exist in tenant
-                  False else
-            """
-            cidr_in_use = self.os_admin.subnets_client.list_subnets(
-                tenant_id=tenant_id, cidr=cidr)['subnets']
-            return len(cidr_in_use) != 0
-
-        ip_version = kwargs.pop('ip_version', 4)
-
-        if ip_version == 6:
-            tenant_cidr = netaddr.IPNetwork(
-                CONF.network.project_network_v6_cidr)
-            num_bits = CONF.network.project_network_v6_mask_bits
-        else:
-            tenant_cidr = netaddr.IPNetwork(CONF.network.project_network_cidr)
-            num_bits = CONF.network.project_network_mask_bits
-
-        result = None
-        str_cidr = None
-        # Repeatedly attempt subnet creation with sequential cidr
-        # blocks until an unallocated block is found.
-        for subnet_cidr in tenant_cidr.subnet(num_bits):
-            str_cidr = str(subnet_cidr)
-            if cidr_in_use(str_cidr, tenant_id=network['tenant_id']):
-                continue
-
-            subnet = dict(
-                name=data_utils.rand_name(namestart),
-                network_id=network['id'],
-                tenant_id=network['tenant_id'],
-                cidr=str_cidr,
-                ip_version=ip_version,
-                **kwargs
-            )
-            try:
-                result = subnets_client.create_subnet(**subnet)
-                break
-            except lib_exc.Conflict as e:
-                is_overlapping_cidr = 'overlaps with another subnet' in str(e)
-                if not is_overlapping_cidr:
-                    raise
-        self.assertIsNotNone(result, 'Unable to allocate tenant network')
-
-        subnet = result['subnet']
-        self.assertEqual(subnet['cidr'], str_cidr)
-
-        self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-                        subnets_client.delete_subnet, subnet['id'])
-
-        return subnet
-
     def _get_server_port_id_and_ip4(self, server, ip_addr=None):
         ports = self.os_admin.ports_client.list_ports(
             device_id=server['id'], fixed_ip=ip_addr)['ports']
@@ -476,13 +189,6 @@
                          % port_map)
         return port_map[0]
 
-    def _get_network_by_name(self, network_name):
-        net = self.os_admin.networks_client.list_networks(
-            name=network_name)['networks']
-        self.assertNotEqual(len(net), 0,
-                            "Unable to get network by name: %s" % network_name)
-        return net[0]
-
     def create_floating_ip(self, thing, external_network_id=None,
                            port_id=None, client=None):
         """Create a floating IP and associates to a resource/port on Neutron"""
@@ -506,73 +212,6 @@
                         floating_ip['id'])
         return floating_ip
 
-    def _associate_floating_ip(self, floating_ip, server):
-        port_id, _ = self._get_server_port_id_and_ip4(server)
-        kwargs = dict(port_id=port_id)
-        floating_ip = self.floating_ips_client.update_floatingip(
-            floating_ip['id'], **kwargs)['floatingip']
-        self.assertEqual(port_id, floating_ip['port_id'])
-        return floating_ip
-
-    def _disassociate_floating_ip(self, floating_ip):
-        """:param floating_ip: floating_ips_client.create_floatingip"""
-        kwargs = dict(port_id=None)
-        floating_ip = self.floating_ips_client.update_floatingip(
-            floating_ip['id'], **kwargs)['floatingip']
-        self.assertIsNone(floating_ip['port_id'])
-        return floating_ip
-
-    def check_floating_ip_status(self, floating_ip, status):
-        """Verifies floatingip reaches the given status
-
-        :param dict floating_ip: floating IP dict to check status
-        :param status: target status
-        :raises: AssertionError if status doesn't match
-        """
-        floatingip_id = floating_ip['id']
-
-        def refresh():
-            result = (self.floating_ips_client.
-                      show_floatingip(floatingip_id)['floatingip'])
-            return status == result['status']
-
-        test_utils.call_until_true(refresh,
-                                   CONF.network.build_timeout,
-                                   CONF.network.build_interval)
-        floating_ip = self.floating_ips_client.show_floatingip(
-            floatingip_id)['floatingip']
-        self.assertEqual(status, floating_ip['status'],
-                         message="FloatingIP: {fp} is at status: {cst}. "
-                                 "failed  to reach status: {st}"
-                         .format(fp=floating_ip, cst=floating_ip['status'],
-                                 st=status))
-        LOG.info("FloatingIP: {fp} is at status: {st}"
-                 .format(fp=floating_ip, st=status))
-
-    def _check_tenant_network_connectivity(self, server,
-                                           username,
-                                           private_key,
-                                           should_connect=True,
-                                           servers_for_debug=None):
-        if not CONF.network.project_networks_reachable:
-            msg = 'Tenant networks not configured to be reachable.'
-            LOG.info(msg)
-            return
-        # The target login is assumed to have been configured for
-        # key-based authentication by cloud-init.
-        try:
-            for net_name, ip_addresses in server['addresses'].items():
-                for ip_address in ip_addresses:
-                    self.check_vm_connectivity(ip_address['addr'],
-                                               username,
-                                               private_key,
-                                               should_connect=should_connect)
-        except Exception as e:
-            LOG.exception('Tenant network connectivity check failed')
-            self._log_console_output(servers_for_debug)
-            self._log_net_info(e)
-            raise
-
     def _check_remote_connectivity(self, source, dest, should_succeed=True,
                                    nic=None):
         """check ping server via source ssh connection
@@ -775,33 +414,6 @@
 
         return rules
 
-    def _get_router(self, client=None, tenant_id=None):
-        """Retrieve a router for the given tenant id.
-
-        If a public router has been configured, it will be returned.
-
-        If a public router has not been configured, but a public
-        network has, a tenant router will be created and returned that
-        routes traffic to the public network.
-        """
-        if not client:
-            client = self.routers_client
-        if not tenant_id:
-            tenant_id = client.tenant_id
-        router_id = CONF.network.public_router_id
-        network_id = CONF.network.public_network_id
-        if router_id:
-            body = client.show_router(router_id)
-            return body['router']
-        elif network_id:
-            router = self._create_router(client, tenant_id)
-            kwargs = {'external_gateway_info': dict(network_id=network_id)}
-            router = client.update_router(router['id'], **kwargs)['router']
-            return router
-        else:
-            raise Exception("Neither of 'public_router_id' or "
-                            "'public_network_id' has been defined.")
-
     def _create_router(self, client=None, tenant_id=None,
                        namestart='router-smoke'):
         if not client:
@@ -818,62 +430,3 @@
                         client.delete_router,
                         router['id'])
         return router
-
-    def _update_router_admin_state(self, router, admin_state_up):
-        kwargs = dict(admin_state_up=admin_state_up)
-        router = self.routers_client.update_router(
-            router['id'], **kwargs)['router']
-        self.assertEqual(admin_state_up, router['admin_state_up'])
-
-    def create_networks(self, networks_client=None,
-                        routers_client=None, subnets_client=None,
-                        tenant_id=None, dns_nameservers=None,
-                        port_security_enabled=True):
-        """Create a network with a subnet connected to a router.
-
-        The baremetal driver is a special case since all nodes are
-        on the same shared network.
-
-        :param tenant_id: id of tenant to create resources in.
-        :param dns_nameservers: list of dns servers to send to subnet.
-        :returns: network, subnet, router
-        """
-        if CONF.network.shared_physical_network:
-            # NOTE(Shrews): This exception is for environments where tenant
-            # credential isolation is available, but network separation is
-            # not (the current baremetal case). Likely can be removed when
-            # test account mgmt is reworked:
-            # https://blueprints.launchpad.net/tempest/+spec/test-accounts
-            if not CONF.compute.fixed_network_name:
-                m = 'fixed_network_name must be specified in config'
-                raise lib_exc.InvalidConfiguration(m)
-            network = self._get_network_by_name(
-                CONF.compute.fixed_network_name)
-            router = None
-            subnet = None
-        else:
-            network = self._create_network(
-                networks_client=networks_client,
-                tenant_id=tenant_id,
-                port_security_enabled=port_security_enabled)
-            router = self._get_router(client=routers_client,
-                                      tenant_id=tenant_id)
-            subnet_kwargs = dict(network=network,
-                                 subnets_client=subnets_client,
-                                 routers_client=routers_client)
-            # use explicit check because empty list is a valid option
-            if dns_nameservers is not None:
-                subnet_kwargs['dns_nameservers'] = dns_nameservers
-            subnet = self._create_subnet(**subnet_kwargs)
-            if not routers_client:
-                routers_client = self.routers_client
-            router_id = router['id']
-            routers_client.add_router_interface(router_id,
-                                                subnet_id=subnet['id'])
-
-            # save a cleanup job to remove this association between
-            # router and subnet
-            self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-                            routers_client.remove_router_interface, router_id,
-                            subnet_id=subnet['id'])
-        return network, subnet, router
diff --git a/neutron_tempest_plugin/bgpvpn/scenario/test_bgpvpn_basic.py b/neutron_tempest_plugin/bgpvpn/scenario/test_bgpvpn_basic.py
index 14b0572..f7c9e72 100644
--- a/neutron_tempest_plugin/bgpvpn/scenario/test_bgpvpn_basic.py
+++ b/neutron_tempest_plugin/bgpvpn/scenario/test_bgpvpn_basic.py
@@ -1181,9 +1181,12 @@
         create_port_body = {'fixed_ips': [{'ip_address': ip_address}],
                             'namestart': 'port-smoke',
                             'security_groups': security_groups}
-        port = self._create_port(network_id=network['id'],
-                                 client=clients.ports_client,
-                                 **create_port_body)
+
+        port = super(manager.NetworkScenarioTest,
+                    self).create_port(network_id=network['id'],
+                                    client=clients.ports_client,
+                                    **create_port_body)
+
         create_server_kwargs = {
             'key_name': keypair['name'],
             'networks': [{'uuid': network['id'], 'port': port['id']}]
diff --git a/neutron_tempest_plugin/fwaas/scenario/fwaas_v2_manager.py b/neutron_tempest_plugin/fwaas/scenario/fwaas_v2_manager.py
index 5ead2a7..decab10 100644
--- a/neutron_tempest_plugin/fwaas/scenario/fwaas_v2_manager.py
+++ b/neutron_tempest_plugin/fwaas/scenario/fwaas_v2_manager.py
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
-import tempest.test
+from tempest.scenario import manager
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class ScenarioTest(tempest.test.BaseTestCase):
+class ScenarioTest(manager.NetworkScenarioTest):
     """Base class for scenario tests. Uses tempest own clients. """
 
     credentials = ['primary']
@@ -71,30 +71,6 @@
     # The create_[resource] functions only return body and discard the
     # resp part which is not used in scenario tests
 
-    def _create_port(self, network_id, client=None, namestart='port-quotatest',
-                     **kwargs):
-        if not client:
-            client = self.ports_client
-        name = data_utils.rand_name(namestart)
-        result = client.create_port(
-            name=name,
-            network_id=network_id,
-            **kwargs)
-        self.assertIsNotNone(result, 'Unable to allocate port')
-        port = result['port']
-        self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-                        client.delete_port, port['id'])
-        return port
-
-    def create_keypair(self, client=None):
-        if not client:
-            client = self.keypairs_client
-        name = data_utils.rand_name(self.__class__.__name__)
-        # We don't need to create a keypair by pubkey in scenario
-        body = client.create_keypair(name=name)
-        self.addCleanup(client.delete_keypair, name)
-        return body['keypair']
-
     def create_server(self, name=None, image_id=None, flavor=None,
                       validatable=False, wait_until='ACTIVE',
                       clients=None, **kwargs):
@@ -167,9 +143,9 @@
             for net in networks:
                 net_id = net.get('uuid', net.get('id'))
                 if 'port' not in net:
-                    port = self._create_port(network_id=net_id,
-                                             client=clients.ports_client,
-                                             **create_port_body)
+                    port = self.create_port(network_id=net_id,
+                                            client=clients.ports_client,
+                                            **create_port_body)
                     ports.append({'port': port['id']})
                 else:
                     ports.append({'port': net['port']})
@@ -249,11 +225,6 @@
                 LOG.debug("Server %s disappeared(deleted) while looking "
                           "for the console log", server['id'])
 
-    def _log_net_info(self, exc):
-        # network debug is called as part of ssh init
-        if not isinstance(exc, lib_exc.SSHTimeout):
-            LOG.debug('Network information on a devstack host')
-
     def ping_ip_address(self, ip_address, should_succeed=True,
                         ping_timeout=None, mtu=None):
         timeout = ping_timeout or CONF.validation.ping_timeout
@@ -321,27 +292,6 @@
             # no need to check ssh for negative connectivity
             self.get_remote_client(ip_address, username, private_key)
 
-    def check_public_network_connectivity(self, ip_address, username,
-                                          private_key, should_connect=True,
-                                          msg=None, servers=None, mtu=None):
-        # The target login is assumed to have been configured for
-        # key-based authentication by cloud-init.
-        LOG.debug('checking network connections to IP %s with user: %s',
-                  ip_address, username)
-        try:
-            self.check_vm_connectivity(ip_address,
-                                       username,
-                                       private_key,
-                                       should_connect=should_connect,
-                                       mtu=mtu)
-        except Exception:
-            ex_msg = 'Public network connectivity check failed'
-            if msg:
-                ex_msg += ": " + msg
-            LOG.exception(ex_msg)
-            self._log_console_output(servers)
-            raise
-
 
 class NetworkScenarioTest(ScenarioTest):
     """Base class for network scenario tests.
@@ -482,13 +432,6 @@
                          % port_map)
         return port_map[0]
 
-    def _get_network_by_name(self, network_name):
-        net = self.os_admin.networks_client.list_networks(
-            name=network_name)['networks']
-        self.assertNotEqual(len(net), 0,
-                            "Unable to get network by name: %s" % network_name)
-        return net[0]
-
     def create_floating_ip(self, thing, external_network_id=None,
                            port_id=None, client=None):
         """Create a floating IP and associates to a resource/port on Neutron"""
@@ -512,294 +455,6 @@
                         floating_ip['id'])
         return floating_ip
 
-    def _associate_floating_ip(self, floating_ip, server):
-        port_id, _ = self._get_server_port_id_and_ip4(server)
-        kwargs = dict(port_id=port_id)
-        floating_ip = self.floating_ips_client.update_floatingip(
-            floating_ip['id'], **kwargs)['floatingip']
-        self.assertEqual(port_id, floating_ip['port_id'])
-        return floating_ip
-
-    def _disassociate_floating_ip(self, floating_ip):
-        """:param floating_ip: floating_ips_client.create_floatingip"""
-        kwargs = dict(port_id=None)
-        floating_ip = self.floating_ips_client.update_floatingip(
-            floating_ip['id'], **kwargs)['floatingip']
-        self.assertIsNone(floating_ip['port_id'])
-        return floating_ip
-
-    def check_floating_ip_status(self, floating_ip, status):
-        """Verifies floatingip reaches the given status
-
-        :param dict floating_ip: floating IP dict to check status
-        :param status: target status
-        :raises: AssertionError if status doesn't match
-        """
-        floatingip_id = floating_ip['id']
-
-        def refresh():
-            result = (self.floating_ips_client.
-                      show_floatingip(floatingip_id)['floatingip'])
-            return status == result['status']
-
-        test_utils.call_until_true(refresh,
-                                   CONF.network.build_timeout,
-                                   CONF.network.build_interval)
-        floating_ip = self.floating_ips_client.show_floatingip(
-            floatingip_id)['floatingip']
-        self.assertEqual(status, floating_ip['status'],
-                         message="FloatingIP: {fp} is at status: {cst}. "
-                                 "failed  to reach status: {st}"
-                         .format(fp=floating_ip, cst=floating_ip['status'],
-                                 st=status))
-        LOG.info("FloatingIP: {fp} is at status: {st}"
-                 .format(fp=floating_ip, st=status))
-
-    def _check_tenant_network_connectivity(self, server,
-                                           username,
-                                           private_key,
-                                           should_connect=True,
-                                           servers_for_debug=None):
-        if not CONF.network.project_networks_reachable:
-            msg = 'Tenant networks not configured to be reachable.'
-            LOG.info(msg)
-            return
-        # The target login is assumed to have been configured for
-        # key-based authentication by cloud-init.
-        try:
-            for net_name, ip_addresses in server['addresses'].items():
-                for ip_address in ip_addresses:
-                    self.check_vm_connectivity(ip_address['addr'],
-                                               username,
-                                               private_key,
-                                               should_connect=should_connect)
-        except Exception as e:
-            LOG.exception('Tenant network connectivity check failed')
-            self._log_console_output(servers_for_debug)
-            self._log_net_info(e)
-            raise
-
-    def _check_remote_connectivity(self, source, dest, should_succeed=True,
-                                   nic=None):
-        """check ping server via source ssh connection
-
-        :param source: RemoteClient: an ssh connection from which to ping
-        :param dest: and IP to ping against
-        :param should_succeed: boolean should ping succeed or not
-        :param nic: specific network interface to ping from
-        :returns: boolean -- should_succeed == ping
-        :returns: ping is false if ping failed
-        """
-        def ping_remote():
-            try:
-                source.ping_host(dest, nic=nic)
-            except lib_exc.SSHExecCommandFailed:
-                LOG.warning('Failed to ping IP: %s via a ssh connection '
-                            'from: %s.', dest, source.ssh_client.host)
-                return not should_succeed
-            return should_succeed
-
-        return test_utils.call_until_true(ping_remote,
-                                          CONF.validation.ping_timeout,
-                                          1)
-
-    def _create_security_group(self, security_group_rules_client=None,
-                               tenant_id=None,
-                               namestart='secgroup-smoke',
-                               security_groups_client=None):
-        if security_group_rules_client is None:
-            security_group_rules_client = self.security_group_rules_client
-        if security_groups_client is None:
-            security_groups_client = self.security_groups_client
-        if tenant_id is None:
-            tenant_id = security_groups_client.tenant_id
-        secgroup = self._create_empty_security_group(
-            namestart=namestart, client=security_groups_client,
-            tenant_id=tenant_id)
-
-        # Add rules to the security group
-        rules = self._create_loginable_secgroup_rule(
-            security_group_rules_client=security_group_rules_client,
-            secgroup=secgroup,
-            security_groups_client=security_groups_client)
-        for rule in rules:
-            self.assertEqual(tenant_id, rule['tenant_id'])
-            self.assertEqual(secgroup['id'], rule['security_group_id'])
-        return secgroup
-
-    def _create_empty_security_group(self, client=None, tenant_id=None,
-                                     namestart='secgroup-smoke'):
-        """Create a security group without rules.
-
-        Default rules will be created:
-         - IPv4 egress to any
-         - IPv6 egress to any
-
-        :param tenant_id: secgroup will be created in this tenant
-        :returns: the created security group
-        """
-        if client is None:
-            client = self.security_groups_client
-        if not tenant_id:
-            tenant_id = client.tenant_id
-        sg_name = data_utils.rand_name(namestart)
-        sg_desc = sg_name + " description"
-        sg_dict = dict(name=sg_name,
-                       description=sg_desc)
-        sg_dict['tenant_id'] = tenant_id
-        result = client.create_security_group(**sg_dict)
-
-        secgroup = result['security_group']
-        self.assertEqual(secgroup['name'], sg_name)
-        self.assertEqual(tenant_id, secgroup['tenant_id'])
-        self.assertEqual(secgroup['description'], sg_desc)
-
-        self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-                        client.delete_security_group, secgroup['id'])
-        return secgroup
-
-    def _default_security_group(self, client=None, tenant_id=None):
-        """Get default secgroup for given tenant_id.
-
-        :returns: default secgroup for given tenant
-        """
-        if client is None:
-            client = self.security_groups_client
-        if not tenant_id:
-            tenant_id = client.tenant_id
-        sgs = [
-            sg for sg in list(client.list_security_groups().values())[0]
-            if sg['tenant_id'] == tenant_id and sg['name'] == 'default'
-        ]
-        msg = "No default security group for tenant %s." % (tenant_id)
-        self.assertGreater(len(sgs), 0, msg)
-        return sgs[0]
-
-    def _create_security_group_rule(self, secgroup=None,
-                                    sec_group_rules_client=None,
-                                    tenant_id=None,
-                                    security_groups_client=None, **kwargs):
-        """Create a rule from a dictionary of rule parameters.
-
-        Create a rule in a secgroup. if secgroup not defined will search for
-        default secgroup in tenant_id.
-
-        :param secgroup: the security group.
-        :param tenant_id: if secgroup not passed -- the tenant in which to
-            search for default secgroup
-        :param kwargs: a dictionary containing rule parameters:
-            for example, to allow incoming ssh:
-            rule = {
-                    direction: 'ingress'
-                    protocol:'tcp',
-                    port_range_min: 22,
-                    port_range_max: 22
-                    }
-        """
-        if sec_group_rules_client is None:
-            sec_group_rules_client = self.security_group_rules_client
-        if security_groups_client is None:
-            security_groups_client = self.security_groups_client
-        if not tenant_id:
-            tenant_id = security_groups_client.tenant_id
-        if secgroup is None:
-            secgroup = self._default_security_group(
-                client=security_groups_client, tenant_id=tenant_id)
-
-        ruleset = dict(security_group_id=secgroup['id'],
-                       tenant_id=secgroup['tenant_id'])
-        ruleset.update(kwargs)
-
-        sg_rule = sec_group_rules_client.create_security_group_rule(**ruleset)
-        sg_rule = sg_rule['security_group_rule']
-
-        self.assertEqual(secgroup['tenant_id'], sg_rule['tenant_id'])
-        self.assertEqual(secgroup['id'], sg_rule['security_group_id'])
-
-        return sg_rule
-
-    def _create_loginable_secgroup_rule(self, security_group_rules_client=None,
-                                        secgroup=None,
-                                        security_groups_client=None):
-        """Create loginable security group rule
-
-        This function will create:
-        1. egress and ingress tcp port 22 allow rule in order to allow ssh
-        access for ipv4.
-        2. egress and ingress ipv6 icmp allow rule, in order to allow icmpv6.
-        3. egress and ingress ipv4 icmp allow rule, in order to allow icmpv4.
-        """
-
-        if security_group_rules_client is None:
-            security_group_rules_client = self.security_group_rules_client
-        if security_groups_client is None:
-            security_groups_client = self.security_groups_client
-        rules = []
-        rulesets = [
-            dict(
-                # ssh
-                protocol='tcp',
-                port_range_min=22,
-                port_range_max=22,
-            ),
-            dict(
-                # ping
-                protocol='icmp',
-            ),
-            dict(
-                # ipv6-icmp for ping6
-                protocol='icmp',
-                ethertype='IPv6',
-            )
-        ]
-        sec_group_rules_client = security_group_rules_client
-        for ruleset in rulesets:
-            for r_direction in ['ingress', 'egress']:
-                ruleset['direction'] = r_direction
-                try:
-                    sg_rule = self._create_security_group_rule(
-                        sec_group_rules_client=sec_group_rules_client,
-                        secgroup=secgroup,
-                        security_groups_client=security_groups_client,
-                        **ruleset)
-                except lib_exc.Conflict as ex:
-                    # if rule already exist - skip rule and continue
-                    msg = 'Security group rule already exists'
-                    if msg not in ex._error_string:
-                        raise ex
-                else:
-                    self.assertEqual(r_direction, sg_rule['direction'])
-                    rules.append(sg_rule)
-
-        return rules
-
-    def _get_router(self, client=None, tenant_id=None):
-        """Retrieve a router for the given tenant id.
-
-        If a public router has been configured, it will be returned.
-
-        If a public router has not been configured, but a public
-        network has, a tenant router will be created and returned that
-        routes traffic to the public network.
-        """
-        if not client:
-            client = self.routers_client
-        if not tenant_id:
-            tenant_id = client.tenant_id
-        router_id = CONF.network.public_router_id
-        network_id = CONF.network.public_network_id
-        if router_id:
-            body = client.show_router(router_id)
-            return body['router']
-        elif network_id:
-            router = self._create_router(client, tenant_id)
-            kwargs = {'external_gateway_info': dict(network_id=network_id)}
-            router = client.update_router(router['id'], **kwargs)['router']
-            return router
-        else:
-            raise Exception("Neither of 'public_router_id' or "
-                            "'public_network_id' has been defined.")
-
     def _create_router(self, client=None, tenant_id=None,
                        namestart='router-smoke'):
         if not client:
@@ -816,62 +471,3 @@
                         client.delete_router,
                         router['id'])
         return router
-
-    def _update_router_admin_state(self, router, admin_state_up):
-        kwargs = dict(admin_state_up=admin_state_up)
-        router = self.routers_client.update_router(
-            router['id'], **kwargs)['router']
-        self.assertEqual(admin_state_up, router['admin_state_up'])
-
-    def create_networks(self, networks_client=None,
-                        routers_client=None, subnets_client=None,
-                        tenant_id=None, dns_nameservers=None,
-                        port_security_enabled=True):
-        """Create a network with a subnet connected to a router.
-
-        The baremetal driver is a special case since all nodes are
-        on the same shared network.
-
-        :param tenant_id: id of tenant to create resources in.
-        :param dns_nameservers: list of dns servers to send to subnet.
-        :returns: network, subnet, router
-        """
-        if CONF.network.shared_physical_network:
-            # NOTE(Shrews): This exception is for environments where tenant
-            # credential isolation is available, but network separation is
-            # not (the current baremetal case). Likely can be removed when
-            # test account mgmt is reworked:
-            # https://blueprints.launchpad.net/tempest/+spec/test-accounts
-            if not CONF.compute.fixed_network_name:
-                m = 'fixed_network_name must be specified in config'
-                raise lib_exc.InvalidConfiguration(m)
-            network = self._get_network_by_name(
-                CONF.compute.fixed_network_name)
-            router = None
-            subnet = None
-        else:
-            network = self._create_network(
-                networks_client=networks_client,
-                tenant_id=tenant_id,
-                port_security_enabled=port_security_enabled)
-            router = self._get_router(client=routers_client,
-                                      tenant_id=tenant_id)
-            subnet_kwargs = dict(network=network,
-                                 subnets_client=subnets_client,
-                                 routers_client=routers_client)
-            # use explicit check because empty list is a valid option
-            if dns_nameservers is not None:
-                subnet_kwargs['dns_nameservers'] = dns_nameservers
-            subnet = self._create_subnet(**subnet_kwargs)
-            if not routers_client:
-                routers_client = self.routers_client
-            router_id = router['id']
-            routers_client.add_router_interface(router_id,
-                                                subnet_id=subnet['id'])
-
-            # save a cleanup job to remove this association between
-            # router and subnet
-            self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-                            routers_client.remove_router_interface, router_id,
-                            subnet_id=subnet['id'])
-        return network, subnet, router
diff --git a/neutron_tempest_plugin/fwaas/scenario/test_fwaas_v2.py b/neutron_tempest_plugin/fwaas/scenario/test_fwaas_v2.py
index 4681b88..8f0c0d5 100644
--- a/neutron_tempest_plugin/fwaas/scenario/test_fwaas_v2.py
+++ b/neutron_tempest_plugin/fwaas/scenario/test_fwaas_v2.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
         resp['router_portid_2'] = router_portid_2
 
         # Create a VM on each of the network and assign it a floating IP.
-        security_group = self._create_security_group()
+        security_group = self.create_security_group()
         server1, private_key1, server_fixed_ip_1, server_floating_ip_1 = (
             self._create_test_server(network1, security_group))
         server2, private_key2, server_fixed_ip_2, server_floating_ip_2 = (
diff --git a/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/base.py b/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/base.py
index de3d8fa..cf68224 100644
--- a/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/base.py
+++ b/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/base.py
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@
 from neutron_tempest_plugin.scenario import constants
 
 CONF = config.CONF
-
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
+SSH_EXC_TUPLE = (lib_exc.SSHTimeout,
+                 ssh_exc.AuthenticationException,
+                 ssh_exc.NoValidConnectionsError,
+                 ConnectionResetError)
 
 
 def get_ncat_version(ssh_client=None):
@@ -308,7 +311,7 @@
                                     pkey=ssh_key, timeout=ssh_timeout)
         try:
             ssh_client.test_connection_auth()
-        except (lib_exc.SSHTimeout, ssh_exc.AuthenticationException) as ssh_e:
+        except SSH_EXC_TUPLE as ssh_e:
             LOG.debug(ssh_e)
             self._log_console_output(servers)
             self._log_local_network_status()
@@ -448,7 +451,7 @@
                 timeout=timeout, pattern=pattern,
                 forbid_packet_loss=forbid_packet_loss,
                 check_response_ip=check_response_ip))
-        except (lib_exc.SSHTimeout, ssh_exc.AuthenticationException) as ssh_e:
+        except SSH_EXC_TUPLE as ssh_e:
             LOG.debug(ssh_e)
             self._log_console_output(servers)
             self._log_local_network_status()
@@ -565,7 +568,7 @@
                     **kwargs)
                 self.assertIn(server['name'],
                               ssh_client.get_hostname())
-        except (lib_exc.SSHTimeout, ssh_exc.AuthenticationException) as ssh_e:
+        except SSH_EXC_TUPLE as ssh_e:
             LOG.debug(ssh_e)
             if log_errors:
                 self._log_console_output(servers)
@@ -600,7 +603,7 @@
             return ssh_client.execute_script(
                 get_ncat_server_cmd(port, protocol, echo_msg),
                 become_root=True, combine_stderr=True)
-        except (lib_exc.SSHTimeout, ssh_exc.AuthenticationException) as ssh_e:
+        except SSH_EXC_TUPLE as ssh_e:
             LOG.debug(ssh_e)
             self._log_console_output(servers)
             self._log_local_network_status()
diff --git a/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_dns_integration.py b/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_dns_integration.py
index 240a5a8..6f2756c 100644
--- a/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_dns_integration.py
+++ b/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_dns_integration.py
@@ -147,11 +147,16 @@
                 provider_segmentation_id=12345)
         cls.subnet2 = cls.create_subnet(cls.network2)
 
+    def _verify_dns_assignment(self, port):
+        expected_fqdn = '%s.%s' % (port['dns_name'], self.zone['name'])
+        self.assertEqual(expected_fqdn, port['dns_assignment'][0]['fqdn'])
+
     @decorators.idempotent_id('fa6477ce-a12b-41da-b671-5a3bbdafab07')
     def test_port_on_special_network(self):
         name = data_utils.rand_name('port-test')
         port = self.create_port(self.network2,
                                 dns_name=name)
+        self._verify_dns_assignment(port)
         addr = port['fixed_ips'][0]['ip_address']
         self._verify_dns_records(addr, name)
         self.client.delete_port(port['id'])
diff --git a/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_mac_learning.py b/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_mac_learning.py
index 6cd894f..409a6d8 100644
--- a/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_mac_learning.py
+++ b/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_mac_learning.py
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from oslo_log import log
-from paramiko import ssh_exception as ssh_exc
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
-from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
 
 from neutron_tempest_plugin.common import ssh
 from neutron_tempest_plugin.common import utils
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@
     def _check_cmd_installed_on_server(self, ssh_client, server, cmd):
         try:
             ssh_client.execute_script('which %s' % cmd)
-        except (lib_exc.SSHTimeout, ssh_exc.AuthenticationException) as ssh_e:
+        except base.SSH_EXC_TUPLE as ssh_e:
             LOG.debug(ssh_e)
             self._log_console_output([server])
             self._log_local_network_status()
diff --git a/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_metadata.py b/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_metadata.py
index 05f0f04..af6bd09 100644
--- a/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_metadata.py
+++ b/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_metadata.py
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 from tempest.common import utils
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
+from tempest.lib import exceptions
 import testtools
 
 from neutron_tempest_plugin.common import ssh
 from neutron_tempest_plugin import config
-from neutron_tempest_plugin import exceptions
 from neutron_tempest_plugin.scenario import base
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_multicast.py b/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_multicast.py
index acfb75c..4fd41cf 100644
--- a/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_multicast.py
+++ b/neutron_tempest_plugin/scenario/test_multicast.py
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
 import netaddr
 from neutron_lib import constants
 from oslo_log import log
-from paramiko import ssh_exception as ssh_exc
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
-from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
 
 from neutron_tempest_plugin.common import ip
 from neutron_tempest_plugin.common import ssh
@@ -218,7 +216,7 @@
     def _check_cmd_installed_on_server(self, ssh_client, server, cmd):
         try:
             ssh_client.execute_script('which %s' % cmd)
-        except (lib_exc.SSHTimeout, ssh_exc.AuthenticationException) as ssh_e:
+        except base.SSH_EXC_TUPLE as ssh_e:
             LOG.debug(ssh_e)
             self._log_console_output([server])
             self._log_local_network_status()
diff --git a/neutron_tempest_plugin/sfc/tests/scenario/manager.py b/neutron_tempest_plugin/sfc/tests/scenario/manager.py
index 96a0044..e466ec3 100644
--- a/neutron_tempest_plugin/sfc/tests/scenario/manager.py
+++ b/neutron_tempest_plugin/sfc/tests/scenario/manager.py
@@ -14,16 +14,10 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import subprocess
-
 import netaddr
 from oslo_log import log
 from oslo_utils import netutils
 
-from tempest.common import compute
-from tempest.common.utils.linux import remote_client
-from tempest.common.utils import net_utils
-from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
@@ -61,217 +55,11 @@
     # The create_[resource] functions only return body and discard the
     # resp part which is not used in scenario tests
 
-    def _create_port(self, network_id, client=None, namestart='port-quotatest',
-                     **kwargs):
-        if not client:
-            client = self.ports_client
-        name = data_utils.rand_name(namestart)
-        result = client.create_port(
-            name=name,
-            network_id=network_id,
-            **kwargs)
-        self.assertIsNotNone(result, 'Unable to allocate port')
-        port = result['port']
-        self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-                        client.delete_port, port['id'])
-        return port
-
-    def create_keypair(self, client=None):
-        if not client:
-            client = self.keypairs_client
-        name = data_utils.rand_name(self.__class__.__name__)
-        # We don't need to create a keypair by pubkey in scenario
-        body = client.create_keypair(name=name)
-        self.addCleanup(client.delete_keypair, name)
-        return body['keypair']
-
-    def create_server(self, name=None, image_id=None, flavor=None,
-                      validatable=False, wait_until='ACTIVE',
-                      clients=None, **kwargs):
-        """Wrapper utility that returns a test server.
-
-        This wrapper utility calls the common create test server and
-        returns a test server. The purpose of this wrapper is to minimize
-        the impact on the code of the tests already using this
-        function.
-        """
-
-        # NOTE(jlanoux): As a first step, ssh checks in the scenario
-        # tests need to be run regardless of the run_validation and
-        # validatable parameters and thus until the ssh validation job
-        # becomes voting in CI. The test resources management and IP
-        # association are taken care of in the scenario tests.
-        # Therefore, the validatable parameter is set to false in all
-        # those tests. In this way create_server just return a standard
-        # server and the scenario tests always perform ssh checks.
-
-        # Needed for the cross_tenant_traffic test:
-        if clients is None:
-            clients = self.os_primary
-
-        if name is None:
-            name = data_utils.rand_name(self.__class__.__name__ + "-server")
-
-        vnic_type = CONF.network.port_vnic_type
-
-        # If vnic_type is configured create port for
-        # every network
-        if vnic_type:
-            ports = []
-
-            create_port_body = {'binding:vnic_type': vnic_type,
-                                'namestart': 'port-smoke'}
-            if kwargs:
-                # Convert security group names to security group ids
-                # to pass to create_port
-                if 'security_groups' in kwargs:
-                    security_groups = \
-                        clients.security_groups_client.list_security_groups(
-                        ).get('security_groups')
-                    sec_dict = dict([(s['name'], s['id'])
-                                    for s in security_groups])
-
-                    sec_groups_names = [s['name'] for s in kwargs.pop(
-                        'security_groups')]
-                    security_groups_ids = [sec_dict[s]
-                                           for s in sec_groups_names]
-
-                    if security_groups_ids:
-                        create_port_body[
-                            'security_groups'] = security_groups_ids
-                networks = kwargs.pop('networks', [])
-            else:
-                networks = []
-
-            # If there are no networks passed to us we look up
-            # for the project's private networks and create a port.
-            # The same behaviour as we would expect when passing
-            # the call to the clients with no networks
-            if not networks:
-                networks = clients.networks_client.list_networks(
-                    **{'router:external': False, 'fields': 'id'})['networks']
-
-            # It's net['uuid'] if networks come from kwargs
-            # and net['id'] if they come from
-            # clients.networks_client.list_networks
-            for net in networks:
-                net_id = net.get('uuid', net.get('id'))
-                if 'port' not in net:
-                    port = self._create_port(network_id=net_id,
-                                             client=clients.ports_client,
-                                             **create_port_body)
-                    ports.append({'port': port['id']})
-                else:
-                    ports.append({'port': net['port']})
-            if ports:
-                kwargs['networks'] = ports
-            self.ports = ports
-
-        tenant_network = self.get_tenant_network()
-
-        body, _ = compute.create_test_server(
-            clients,
-            tenant_network=tenant_network,
-            wait_until=wait_until,
-            name=name, flavor=flavor,
-            image_id=image_id, **kwargs)
-
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                        clients.servers_client, body['id'])
-        self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-                        clients.servers_client.delete_server, body['id'])
-        server = clients.servers_client.show_server(body['id'])['server']
-        return server
-
-    def get_remote_client(self, ip_address, username=None, private_key=None,
-                          server=None):
-        """Get a SSH client to a remote server
-
-        @param ip_address the server floating or fixed IP address to use
-                          for ssh validation
-        @param username name of the Linux account on the remote server
-        @param private_key the SSH private key to use
-        @param server: server dict, used for debugging purposes
-        @return a RemoteClient object
-        """
-
-        if username is None:
-            username = CONF.validation.image_ssh_user
-        # Set this with 'keypair' or others to log in with keypair or
-        # username/password.
-        if CONF.validation.auth_method == 'keypair':
-            password = None
-            if private_key is None:
-                private_key = self.keypair['private_key']
-        else:
-            password = CONF.validation.image_ssh_password
-            private_key = None
-        linux_client = remote_client.RemoteClient(
-            ip_address, username, pkey=private_key, password=password,
-            server=server, servers_client=self.servers_client)
-        linux_client.validate_authentication()
-        return linux_client
-
-    def _log_console_output(self, servers=None, client=None):
-        if not CONF.compute_feature_enabled.console_output:
-            LOG.debug('Console output not supported, cannot log')
-            return
-        client = client or self.servers_client
-        if not servers:
-            servers = client.list_servers()
-            servers = servers['servers']
-        for server in servers:
-            try:
-                console_output = client.get_console_output(
-                    server['id'])['output']
-                LOG.debug('Console output for %s\nbody=\n%s',
-                          server['id'], console_output)
-            except lib_exc.NotFound:
-                LOG.debug("Server %s disappeared(deleted) while looking "
-                          "for the console log", server['id'])
-
     def _log_net_info(self, exc):
         # network debug is called as part of ssh init
         if not isinstance(exc, lib_exc.SSHTimeout):
             LOG.debug('Network information on a devstack host')
 
-    def ping_ip_address(self, ip_address, should_succeed=True,
-                        ping_timeout=None, mtu=None):
-        timeout = ping_timeout or CONF.validation.ping_timeout
-        cmd = ['ping', '-c1', '-w1']
-
-        if mtu:
-            cmd += [
-                # don't fragment
-                '-M', 'do',
-                # ping receives just the size of ICMP payload
-                '-s', str(net_utils.get_ping_payload_size(mtu, 4))
-            ]
-        cmd.append(ip_address)
-
-        def ping():
-            proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
-                                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                    stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-            proc.communicate()
-
-            return (proc.returncode == 0) == should_succeed
-
-        caller = test_utils.find_test_caller()
-        LOG.debug('%(caller)s begins to ping %(ip)s in %(timeout)s sec and the'
-                  ' expected result is %(should_succeed)s', {
-                      'caller': caller, 'ip': ip_address, 'timeout': timeout,
-                      'should_succeed':
-                      'reachable' if should_succeed else 'unreachable'
-                  })
-        result = test_utils.call_until_true(ping, timeout, 1)
-        LOG.debug('%(caller)s finishes ping %(ip)s in %(timeout)s sec and the '
-                  'ping result is %(result)s', {
-                      'caller': caller, 'ip': ip_address, 'timeout': timeout,
-                      'result': 'expected' if result else 'unexpected'
-                  })
-        return result
-
     def check_vm_connectivity(self, ip_address,
                               username=None,
                               private_key=None,
@@ -320,7 +108,7 @@
             if msg:
                 ex_msg += ": " + msg
             LOG.exception(ex_msg)
-            self._log_console_output(servers)
+            self.log_console_output(servers)
             raise
 
 
@@ -537,7 +325,7 @@
                                                should_connect=should_connect)
         except Exception as e:
             LOG.exception('Tenant network connectivity check failed')
-            self._log_console_output(servers_for_debug)
+            self.log_console_output(servers_for_debug)
             self._log_net_info(e)
             raise
 
@@ -550,6 +338,7 @@
         network has, a tenant router will be created and returned that
         routes traffic to the public network.
         """
+
         if not client:
             client = self.routers_client
         if not tenant_id:
@@ -585,12 +374,6 @@
                         router['id'])
         return router
 
-    def _update_router_admin_state(self, router, admin_state_up):
-        kwargs = dict(admin_state_up=admin_state_up)
-        router = self.routers_client.update_router(
-            router['id'], **kwargs)['router']
-        self.assertEqual(admin_state_up, router['admin_state_up'])
-
     def create_networks(self, networks_client=None,
                         routers_client=None, subnets_client=None,
                         tenant_id=None, dns_nameservers=None,
diff --git a/neutron_tempest_plugin/sfc/tests/scenario/test_sfc.py b/neutron_tempest_plugin/sfc/tests/scenario/test_sfc.py
index 2f091e0..a009c54 100644
--- a/neutron_tempest_plugin/sfc/tests/scenario/test_sfc.py
+++ b/neutron_tempest_plugin/sfc/tests/scenario/test_sfc.py
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@
             port_security_enabled=False)
         self.router2 = self._create_router()
         self.router3 = self._create_router()
-        self.router2_net1 = self._create_port(self.net1['id'])
+        self.router2_net1 = self.create_port(self.net1['id'])
         self._add_router_interface(
             self.router2['id'], self.router2_net1['id'])
-        self.router3_net1 = self._create_port(self.net1['id'])
+        self.router3_net1 = self.create_port(self.net1['id'])
         self._add_router_interface(
             self.router3['id'], self.router3_net1['id'])
         self.router2_net1_fixed_ip = self.router2_net1[
@@ -1063,13 +1063,13 @@
         self
     ):
         self.router4 = self._create_router()
-        self.router4_net1 = self._create_port(self.net1['id'])
+        self.router4_net1 = self.create_port(self.net1['id'])
         self._add_router_interface(
             self.router4['id'], self.router4_net1['id'])
         self.router4_net1_fixed_ip = self.router4_net1[
             'fixed_ips'][0]['ip_address']
         self.router5 = self._create_router()
-        self.router5_net1 = self._create_port(self.net1['id'])
+        self.router5_net1 = self.create_port(self.net1['id'])
         self._add_router_interface(
             self.router5['id'], self.router5_net1['id'])
         self.router5_net1_fixed_ip = self.router5_net1[