diff --git a/etc/tempest.conf.sample b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
index ef5e217..23d4ebc 100644
--- a/etc/tempest.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 #
 
 # If false, skip all nova v3 tests. (boolean value)
-#api_v3=true
+#api_v3=false
 
 # If false, skip disk config tests (boolean value)
 #disk_config=true
diff --git a/tempest/api/database/base.py b/tempest/api/database/base.py
index cf70d11..b68c84a 100644
--- a/tempest/api/database/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/database/base.py
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@
         os = cls.get_client_manager()
         cls.os = os
         cls.database_flavors_client = cls.os.database_flavors_client
+        cls.os_flavors_client = cls.os.flavors_client
         cls.database_versions_client = cls.os.database_versions_client
diff --git a/tempest/api/database/flavors/test_flavors.py b/tempest/api/database/flavors/test_flavors.py
index a591e8e..64d71b9 100644
--- a/tempest/api/database/flavors/test_flavors.py
+++ b/tempest/api/database/flavors/test_flavors.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     def test_get_db_flavor(self):
         # The expected flavor details should be returned
         resp, flavor = self.client.get_db_flavor_details(self.db_flavor_ref)
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
         self.assertEqual(self.db_flavor_ref, str(flavor['id']))
         self.assertIn('ram', flavor)
         self.assertIn('links', flavor)
@@ -36,6 +37,36 @@
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     def test_list_db_flavors(self):
         resp, flavor = self.client.get_db_flavor_details(self.db_flavor_ref)
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
         # List of all flavors should contain the expected flavor
         resp, flavors = self.client.list_db_flavors()
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
         self.assertIn(flavor, flavors)
+
+    def _check_values(self, names, db_flavor, os_flavor, in_db=True):
+        for name in names:
+            self.assertIn(name, os_flavor)
+            if in_db:
+                self.assertIn(name, db_flavor)
+                self.assertEqual(str(db_flavor[name]), str(os_flavor[name]),
+                                 "DB flavor differs from OS on '%s' value"
+                                 % name)
+            else:
+                self.assertNotIn(name, db_flavor)
+
+    @test.attr(type='smoke')
+    def test_compare_db_flavors_with_os(self):
+        resp, db_flavors = self.client.list_db_flavors()
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        resp, os_flavors = self.os_flavors_client.list_flavors_with_detail()
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.assertEqual(len(os_flavors), len(db_flavors),
+                         "OS flavors %s do not match DB flavors %s" %
+                         (os_flavors, db_flavors))
+        for os_flavor in os_flavors:
+            resp, db_flavor =\
+                self.client.get_db_flavor_details(os_flavor['id'])
+            self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+            self._check_values(['id', 'name', 'ram'], db_flavor, os_flavor)
+            self._check_values(['disk', 'vcpus', 'swap'], db_flavor, os_flavor,
+                               in_db=False)
diff --git a/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py b/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
index 95b6833..57a14a2 100644
--- a/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
+++ b/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@
         actual_hostname = self.exec_command("hostname").rstrip()
         return expected_hostname == actual_hostname
 
-    def get_files(self, path):
-        # Return a list of comma separated files
-        command = "ls -m " + path
-        return self.exec_command(command).rstrip('\n').split(', ')
-
     def get_ram_size_in_mb(self):
         output = self.exec_command('free -m | grep Mem')
         if output:
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 6b17885..1366361 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 
 ComputeFeaturesGroup = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('api_v3',
-                default=True,
+                default=False,
                 help="If false, skip all nova v3 tests."),
     cfg.BoolOpt('disk_config',
                 default=True,
diff --git a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py
index 429f56f..d0140dd 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_verify_tempest_config.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import json
 
 import mock
+from oslo.config import cfg
 
 from tempest.cmd import verify_tempest_config
 from tempest import config
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@
                                            False, True)
 
     def test_verify_nova_versions(self):
+        cfg.CONF.set_default('api_v3', True, 'compute-feature-enabled')
         self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(
             verify_tempest_config, '_get_unversioned_endpoint',
             return_value='http://fake_endpoint:5000'))
diff --git a/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/__init__.py b/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/__init__.py
diff --git a/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py b/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0db4cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright 2014 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import time
+
+from oslo.config import cfg
+
+from tempest.common.utils.linux import remote_client
+from tempest import config
+from tempest.openstack.common.fixture import mockpatch
+from tempest.tests import base
+from tempest.tests import fake_config
+
+
+class TestRemoteClient(base.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestRemoteClient, self).setUp()
+        self.useFixture(fake_config.ConfigFixture())
+        self.stubs.Set(config, 'TempestConfigPrivate', fake_config.FakePrivate)
+        cfg.CONF.set_default('ip_version_for_ssh', 4, group='compute')
+        cfg.CONF.set_default('network_for_ssh', 'public', group='compute')
+        cfg.CONF.set_default('ssh_channel_timeout', 1, group='compute')
+
+        self.conn = remote_client.RemoteClient('127.0.0.1', 'user', 'pass')
+        self.ssh_mock = self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(self.conn,
+                                                              'ssh_client'))
+
+    def test_hostname_equals_servername_for_expected_names(self):
+        self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.return_value = 'fake_hostname'
+        self.assertTrue(self.conn.hostname_equals_servername('fake_hostname'))
+
+    def test_hostname_equals_servername_for_unexpected_names(self):
+        self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.return_value = 'fake_hostname'
+        self.assertFalse(
+            self.conn.hostname_equals_servername('unexpected_hostname'))
+
+    def test_get_ram_size(self):
+        free_output = "Mem:         48294      45738       2555          0" \
+                      "402      40346"
+        self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.return_value = free_output
+        self.assertEqual(self.conn.get_ram_size_in_mb(), '48294')
+
+    def test_write_to_console_regular_str(self):
+        self.conn.write_to_console('test')
+        self._assert_exec_called_with(
+            'sudo sh -c "echo \\"test\\" >/dev/console"')
+
+    def _test_write_to_console_helper(self, message, expected_call):
+        self.conn.write_to_console(message)
+        self._assert_exec_called_with(expected_call)
+
+    def test_write_to_console_special_chars(self):
+        self._test_write_to_console_helper(
+            '\`',
+            'sudo sh -c "echo \\"\\\\\\`\\" >/dev/console"')
+        self.conn.write_to_console('$')
+        self._assert_exec_called_with(
+            'sudo sh -c "echo \\"\\\\$\\" >/dev/console"')
+
+    # NOTE(maurosr): The tests below end up closer to an output format
+    # assurance than a test since it's basically using comand_exec to format
+    # the information using gnu/linux tools.
+
+    def _assert_exec_called_with(self, cmd):
+        self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.assert_called_with(cmd)
+
+    def test_get_number_of_vcpus(self):
+        self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.return_value = '16'
+        self.assertEqual(self.conn.get_number_of_vcpus(), 16)
+        self._assert_exec_called_with(
+            'cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l')
+
+    def test_get_partitions(self):
+        proc_partitions = """major minor  #blocks  name
+
+8        0  1048576 vda"""
+        self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.return_value = proc_partitions
+        self.assertEqual(self.conn.get_partitions(), proc_partitions)
+        self._assert_exec_called_with('cat /proc/partitions')
+
+    def test_get_boot_time(self):
+        booted_at = 10000
+        uptime_sec = 5000.02
+        self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.return_value = uptime_sec
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(
+            time, 'time', return_value=booted_at + uptime_sec))
+        self.assertEqual(self.conn.get_boot_time(),
+                         time.localtime(booted_at))
+        self._assert_exec_called_with('cut -f1 -d. /proc/uptime')
+
+    def test_ping_host(self):
+        ping_response = """PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
+64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.048 ms
+
+--- localhost ping statistics ---
+1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
+rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.048/0.048/0.048/0.000 ms"""
+        self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.return_value = ping_response
+        self.assertEqual(self.conn.ping_host('127.0.0.1'), ping_response)
+        self._assert_exec_called_with('ping -c1 -w1 127.0.0.1')
+
+    def test_get_mac_address(self):
+        macs = """0a:0b:0c:0d:0e:0f
+a0:b0:c0:d0:e0:f0"""
+        self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.return_value = macs
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.conn.get_mac_address(), macs)
+        self._assert_exec_called_with(
+            "/sbin/ifconfig | awk '/HWaddr/ {print $5}'")
+
+    def test_get_ip_list(self):
+        ips = """1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue
+    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
+    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
+    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
+       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
+2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
+    link/ether fa:16:3e:6e:26:3b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
+    inet 10.0.0.4/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global eth0
+    inet6 fd55:faaf:e1ab:3d9:f816:3eff:fe6e:263b/64 scope global dynamic
+       valid_lft 2591936sec preferred_lft 604736sec
+    inet6 fe80::f816:3eff:fe6e:263b/64 scope link
+       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever"""
+        self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.return_value = ips
+        self.assertEqual(self.conn.get_ip_list(), ips)
+        self._assert_exec_called_with('/bin/ip address')
+
+    def test_assign_static_ip(self):
+        self.ssh_mock.mock.exec_command.return_value = ''
+        ip = '10.0.0.2'
+        nic = 'eth0'
+        self.assertEqual(self.conn.assign_static_ip(nic, ip), '')
+        self._assert_exec_called_with(
+            "sudo /bin/ip addr add %s/%s dev %s" % (ip, '28', nic))
+
+    def test_turn_nic_on(self):
+        nic = 'eth0'
+        self.conn.turn_nic_on(nic)
+        self._assert_exec_called_with('sudo /bin/ip link set %s up' % nic)