diff --git a/src/test/utils/OltConfig.py b/src/test/utils/OltConfig.py
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+import os
+import json
+##load the olt config
+
+class OltConfig:
+    def __init__(self, olt_conf_file = ''):
+        if not olt_conf_file:
+            self.olt_conf_file = os.getenv('OLT_CONFIG')
+        else:
+            self.olt_conf_file = olt_conf_file
+        try:
+            self.olt_handle = open(self.olt_conf_file, 'r')
+            self.olt_conf = json.load(self.olt_handle)
+        except:
+            self.olt_handle = None
+            self.olt_conf = {}
+            self.olt_conf['olt'] = False
+            
+    def on_olt(self):
+        return self.olt_conf['olt'] is True
+
+    def olt_port_map(self):
+        if self.on_olt() and self.olt_conf.has_key('ports'):
+            port_map = {}
+            ##Build a rx/tx port number to interface map
+            port_map[1] = self.olt_conf['ports']['rx']
+            port_map[2] = self.olt_conf['ports']['tx']
+            port_map[port_map[1]] = 1
+            port_map[port_map[2]] = 2
+            return port_map
+        else:
+            return None