Router Advertisement Tests

-JIRA: CSIT-30

Change-Id: Iedb403d555284d36a81cc490a79e56b019ebeed0
Signed-off-by: Zdeno Olsovsky <zolsovsk@cisco.com>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/resources/libraries/python/IPv6Setup.py b/resources/libraries/python/IPv6Setup.py
index 6b5d8a5f66..12f6de7af9 100644
--- a/resources/libraries/python/IPv6Setup.py
+++ b/resources/libraries/python/IPv6Setup.py
@@ -246,6 +246,24 @@ class IPv6Setup(object):
                                       sw_if_id=sw_if_index,
                                       param='surpress')
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def vpp_ra_send_after_interval(node, interface, interval=2):
+        """Setup vpp router advertisement(RA) in such way it sends RA packet
+        after and every interval value.
+
+        :param node: VPP node.
+        :param interface: Interface name.
+        :param interval: Interval for RA resend
+        :type node: dict
+        :type interface: str
+        :type interval: int
+        """
+        sw_if_index = Topology.get_interface_sw_index(node, interface)
+        VatExecutor.cmd_from_template(node,
+                                      'sw_interface_ip6nd_ra_config.vat',
+                                      sw_if_id=sw_if_index,
+                                      param='interval {0}'.format(interval))
+
     def vpp_all_ra_suppress_link_layer(self, nodes):
         """Suppress ICMPv6 router advertisement message for link scope address
         on all VPP nodes in the topology.