diff --git a/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/LICENSE b/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index 13cc28c..0000000
--- a/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-The MIT License (MIT)
-
-Copyright (c) 2015 Bol Christophe
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/README.md b/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ff5eba..0000000
--- a/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Bitmap (Go)
-
-Package bitmap implements (thread-safe) bitmap functions and abstractions
-
-## Install
-
-    go get github.com/boljen/go-bitmap
-
-## Documentation
-
-See [godoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap)
-
-## Example
-
-    package main
-
-    import (
-        "fmt"
-        "github.com/boljen/go-bitmap"
-    )
-
-    func main() {
-        bm := bitmap.New(100)
-        bm.Set(0, true)
-        fmt.Println(bm.Get(0))
-    }
-
-## License
-
-MIT
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/atomic.go b/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/atomic.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f04d76e..0000000
--- a/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/atomic.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-package bitmap
-
-import (
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"unsafe"
-)
-
-var oobPanic = "SetAtomic not allowed on a bitmapSlice of cap() < 4"
-
-// SetAtomic is similar to Set except that it performs the operation atomically.
-func SetAtomic(bitmap []byte, targetBit int, targetValue bool) {
-	ov := (*[1]uint32)(unsafe.Pointer(&bitmap[targetBit/32]))[:]
-	SetAtomicUint32(ov, targetBit%32, targetValue)
-}
-
-// SetAtomic is similar to Set except that it performs the operation atomically.
-// It needs a bitmapSlice where the capacity is at least 4 bytes.
-func _SetAtomic(bitmapSlice []byte, targetBit int, targetValue bool) {
-	targetByteIndex := targetBit / 8
-	targetBitIndex := targetBit % 8
-	targetOffset := 0
-
-	// SetAtomic needs to modify 4 bytes of data so we panic when the slice
-	// doesn't have a capacity of at least 4 bytes.
-	if cap(bitmapSlice) < 4 {
-		panic(oobPanic)
-	}
-
-	// Calculate the Offset of the targetByte inside the 4-byte atomic batch.
-	// This is needed to ensure that atomic operations can happen as long as
-	// the bitmapSlice equals 4 bytes or more.
-	if cap(bitmapSlice) < targetByteIndex+3 {
-		targetOffset = cap(bitmapSlice) - targetByteIndex
-	}
-
-	// This gets a pointer to the memory of 4 bytes inside the bitmapSlice.
-	// It stores this pointer as an *uint32 so that it can be used to
-	// execute sync.atomic operations.
-	targetBytePointer := (*uint32)(unsafe.Pointer(&bitmapSlice[targetByteIndex-targetOffset]))
-
-	for {
-		// localValue is a copy of the uint32 value at *targetBytePointer.
-		// It's used to check whether the targetBit must be updated,
-		// and if so, to construct the new value for targetBytePointer.
-		localValue := atomic.LoadUint32(targetBytePointer)
-
-		// This "neutralizes" the uint32 conversion by getting a pointer to the
-		// 4-byte array stored undereneath the uint32.
-		targetByteCopyPointer := (*[4]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&localValue))
-
-		// Work is done when targetBit is already set to targetValue.
-		if GetBit(targetByteCopyPointer[targetOffset], targetBitIndex) == targetValue {
-			return
-		}
-
-		// Modify the targetBit and update memory so that the targetBit is the only bit
-		// that has been modified in the batch.
-		referenceValue := localValue
-		SetBitRef(&targetByteCopyPointer[targetOffset], targetBitIndex, targetValue)
-		if atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(targetBytePointer, referenceValue, localValue) {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/bitmap.go b/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/bitmap.go
deleted file mode 100644
index dfe5cc2..0000000
--- a/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/bitmap.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,200 +0,0 @@
-// Package bitmap implements (thread-safe) bitmap functions and abstractions.
-//
-// Installation
-//
-// 	  go get github.com/boljen/go-bitmap
-package bitmap
-
-import "sync"
-
-var (
-	tA = [8]byte{1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128}
-	tB = [8]byte{254, 253, 251, 247, 239, 223, 191, 127}
-)
-
-func dataOrCopy(d []byte, c bool) []byte {
-	if !c {
-		return d
-	}
-	ndata := make([]byte, len(d))
-	copy(ndata, d)
-	return ndata
-}
-
-// NewSlice creates a new byteslice with length l (in bits).
-// The actual size in bits might be up to 7 bits larger because
-// they are stored in a byteslice.
-func NewSlice(l int) []byte {
-	remainder := l % 8
-	if remainder != 0 {
-		remainder = 1
-	}
-	return make([]byte, l/8+remainder)
-}
-
-// Get returns the value of bit i from map m.
-// It doesn't check the bounds of the slice.
-func Get(m []byte, i int) bool {
-	return m[i/8]&tA[i%8] != 0
-}
-
-// Set sets bit i of map m to value v.
-// It doesn't check the bounds of the slice.
-func Set(m []byte, i int, v bool) {
-	index := i / 8
-	bit := i % 8
-	if v {
-		m[index] = m[index] | tA[bit]
-	} else {
-		m[index] = m[index] & tB[bit]
-	}
-}
-
-// GetBit returns the value of bit i of byte b.
-// The bit index must be between 0 and 7.
-func GetBit(b byte, i int) bool {
-	return b&tA[i] != 0
-}
-
-// SetBit sets bit i of byte b to value v.
-// The bit index must be between 0 and 7.
-func SetBit(b byte, i int, v bool) byte {
-	if v {
-		return b | tA[i]
-	}
-	return b & tB[i]
-}
-
-// SetBitRef sets bit i of byte *b to value v.
-func SetBitRef(b *byte, i int, v bool) {
-	if v {
-		*b = *b | tA[i]
-	} else {
-		*b = *b & tB[i]
-	}
-}
-
-// Len returns the length (in bits) of the provided byteslice.
-// It will always be a multipile of 8 bits.
-func Len(m []byte) int {
-	return len(m) * 8
-}
-
-// Bitmap is a byteslice with bitmap functions.
-// Creating one form existing data is as simple as bitmap := Bitmap(data).
-type Bitmap []byte
-
-// New creates a new Bitmap instance with length l (in bits).
-func New(l int) Bitmap {
-	return NewSlice(l)
-}
-
-// Len wraps around the Len function.
-func (b Bitmap) Len() int {
-	return Len(b)
-}
-
-// Get wraps around the Get function.
-func (b Bitmap) Get(i int) bool {
-	return Get(b, i)
-}
-
-// Set wraps around the Set function.
-func (b Bitmap) Set(i int, v bool) {
-	Set(b, i, v)
-}
-
-// Data returns the data of the bitmap.
-// If copy is false the actual underlying slice will be returned.
-func (b Bitmap) Data(copy bool) []byte {
-	return dataOrCopy(b, copy)
-}
-
-// Threadsafe implements thread-safe read- and write locking for the bitmap.
-type Threadsafe struct {
-	bm Bitmap
-	mu sync.RWMutex
-}
-
-// TSFromData creates a new Threadsafe using the provided data.
-// If copy is true the actual slice will be used.
-func TSFromData(data []byte, copy bool) *Threadsafe {
-	return &Threadsafe{
-		bm: Bitmap(dataOrCopy(data, copy)),
-	}
-}
-
-// NewTS creates a new Threadsafe instance.
-func NewTS(length int) *Threadsafe {
-	return &Threadsafe{
-		bm: New(length),
-	}
-}
-
-// Data returns the data of the bitmap.
-// If copy is false the actual underlying slice will be returned.
-func (b *Threadsafe) Data(copy bool) []byte {
-	b.mu.RLock()
-	data := dataOrCopy(b.bm, copy)
-	b.mu.RUnlock()
-	return data
-}
-
-// Len wraps around the Len function.
-func (b Threadsafe) Len() int {
-	b.mu.RLock()
-	l := b.bm.Len()
-	b.mu.RUnlock()
-	return l
-}
-
-// Get wraps around the Get function.
-func (b Threadsafe) Get(i int) bool {
-	b.mu.RLock()
-	v := b.bm.Get(i)
-	b.mu.RUnlock()
-	return v
-}
-
-// Set wraps around the Set function.
-func (b Threadsafe) Set(i int, v bool) {
-	b.mu.Lock()
-	b.bm.Set(i, v)
-	b.mu.Unlock()
-}
-
-// Concurrent is a bitmap implementation that achieves thread-safety
-// using atomic operations along with some unsafe.
-// It performs atomic operations on 32bits of data.
-type Concurrent []byte
-
-// NewConcurrent returns a concurrent bitmap.
-// It will create a bitmap
-func NewConcurrent(l int) Concurrent {
-	remainder := l % 8
-	if remainder != 0 {
-		remainder = 1
-	}
-	return make([]byte, l/8+remainder, l/8+remainder+3)
-}
-
-// Get wraps around the Get function.
-func (c Concurrent) Get(b int) bool {
-	return Get(c, b)
-}
-
-// Set wraps around the SetAtomic function.
-func (c Concurrent) Set(b int, v bool) {
-	SetAtomic(c, b, v)
-}
-
-// Len wraps around the Len function.
-func (c Concurrent) Len() int {
-	return Len(c)
-}
-
-// Data returns the data of the bitmap.
-// If copy is false the actual underlying slice will be returned.
-func (c Concurrent) Data(copy bool) []byte {
-	return dataOrCopy(c, copy)
-}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/uintmap.go b/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/uintmap.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 72cbf4a..0000000
--- a/vendor/github.com/boljen/go-bitmap/uintmap.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-package bitmap
-
-import (
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"unsafe"
-)
-
-// SetAtomicUint32 sets the target bit to the target value inside the uint32
-// encded bitmap.
-func SetAtomicUint32(bitmap []uint32, targetBit int, targetValue bool) {
-	targetIndex := targetBit / 32
-	BitOffset := targetBit % 32
-
-	for {
-		localValue := atomic.LoadUint32(&bitmap[targetIndex])
-		targetBytes := (*[4]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&localValue))[:]
-		if Get(targetBytes, BitOffset) == targetValue {
-			return
-		}
-		referenceValue := localValue
-		Set(targetBytes, BitOffset, targetValue)
-		if atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&bitmap[targetIndex], referenceValue, localValue) {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// GetAtomicUint32 gets the target bit from an uint32 encoded bitmap.
-func GetAtomicUint32(bitmap []uint32, targetBit int) bool {
-	data := (*[4]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&bitmap[targetBit/32]))[:]
-	return Get(data, targetBit%32)
-}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/README.md b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13479f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+## How to Build and Run a Voltha Go language Adapter
+
+This directory is a repo for all voltha adapters written in Go language.  At this time, the simulated_olt and 
+simulated_onu adapters are the only adapters using the Go language.  These adapters provide basic capabilities
+which will be used for high availability and capacity testing.
+
+### Building and running the Simulated OLT and ONU Adapters
+
+Please refer to the ```BUILD.md``` file under the voltha-go repo
+
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/adapterif/adapter_proxy_if.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/adapterif/adapter_proxy_if.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26b1448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/adapterif/adapter_proxy_if.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package adapterif
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/inter_container"
+)
+
+// AdapterProxy interface for AdapterProxy implementation.
+type AdapterProxy interface {
+	SendInterAdapterMessage(ctx context.Context,
+		msg proto.Message,
+		msgType ic.InterAdapterMessageType_Types,
+		fromAdapter string,
+		toAdapter string,
+		toDeviceID string,
+		proxyDeviceID string,
+		messageID string) error
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/adapterif/core_proxy_if.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/adapterif/core_proxy_if.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26d021f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/adapterif/core_proxy_if.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package adapterif
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha"
+)
+
+// CoreProxy interface for voltha-go coreproxy.
+type CoreProxy interface {
+	UpdateCoreReference(deviceID string, coreReference string)
+	DeleteCoreReference(deviceID string)
+	// getCoreTopic(deviceID string) kafka.Topic
+	//GetAdapterTopic(args ...string) kafka.Topic
+	// getAdapterTopic(args ...string) kafka.Topic
+	RegisterAdapter(ctx context.Context, adapter *voltha.Adapter, deviceTypes *voltha.DeviceTypes) error
+	DeviceUpdate(ctx context.Context, device *voltha.Device) error
+	PortCreated(ctx context.Context, deviceID string, port *voltha.Port) error
+	PortsStateUpdate(ctx context.Context, deviceID string, operStatus voltha.OperStatus_OperStatus) error
+	DeleteAllPorts(ctx context.Context, deviceID string) error
+	DeviceStateUpdate(ctx context.Context, deviceID string,
+		connStatus voltha.ConnectStatus_ConnectStatus, operStatus voltha.OperStatus_OperStatus) error
+
+	ChildDeviceDetected(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceID string, parentPortNo int,
+		childDeviceType string, channelID int, vendorID string, serialNumber string, onuID int64) (*voltha.Device, error)
+
+	ChildDevicesLost(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceID string) error
+	ChildDevicesDetected(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceID string) error
+	GetDevice(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceID string, deviceID string) (*voltha.Device, error)
+	GetChildDevice(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceID string, kwargs map[string]interface{}) (*voltha.Device, error)
+	GetChildDevices(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceID string) (*voltha.Devices, error)
+	SendPacketIn(ctx context.Context, deviceID string, port uint32, pktPayload []byte) error
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/adapterif/events_proxy_if.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/adapterif/events_proxy_if.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00a86a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/adapterif/events_proxy_if.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package adapterif
+
+import (
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha"
+)
+
+// EventProxy interface for eventproxy
+type EventProxy interface {
+	SendDeviceEvent(deviceEvent *voltha.DeviceEvent, category EventCategory,
+		subCategory EventSubCategory, raisedTs int64) error
+}
+
+const (
+	EventTypeVersion = "0.1"
+)
+
+type (
+	EventType        = voltha.EventType_EventType
+	EventCategory    = voltha.EventCategory_EventCategory
+	EventSubCategory = voltha.EventSubCategory_EventSubCategory
+)
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/adapter_proxy.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/adapter_proxy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fee70c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/adapter_proxy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package common
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/inter_container"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type AdapterProxy struct {
+	kafkaICProxy *kafka.InterContainerProxy
+	adapterTopic string
+	coreTopic    string
+}
+
+func NewAdapterProxy(kafkaProxy *kafka.InterContainerProxy, adapterTopic string, coreTopic string) *AdapterProxy {
+	var proxy AdapterProxy
+	proxy.kafkaICProxy = kafkaProxy
+	proxy.adapterTopic = adapterTopic
+	proxy.coreTopic = coreTopic
+	log.Debugw("TOPICS", log.Fields{"core": proxy.coreTopic, "adapter": proxy.adapterTopic})
+	return &proxy
+}
+
+func (ap *AdapterProxy) SendInterAdapterMessage(ctx context.Context,
+	msg proto.Message,
+	msgType ic.InterAdapterMessageType_Types,
+	fromAdapter string,
+	toAdapter string,
+	toDeviceId string,
+	proxyDeviceId string,
+	messageId string) error {
+	log.Debugw("sending-inter-adapter-message", log.Fields{"type": msgType, "from": fromAdapter,
+		"to": toAdapter, "toDevice": toDeviceId, "proxyDevice": proxyDeviceId})
+
+	//Marshal the message
+	var marshalledMsg *any.Any
+	var err error
+	if marshalledMsg, err = ptypes.MarshalAny(msg); err != nil {
+		log.Warnw("cannot-marshal-msg", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return err
+	}
+
+	//Build the inter adapter message
+	header := &ic.InterAdapterHeader{
+		Type:          msgType,
+		FromTopic:     fromAdapter,
+		ToTopic:       toAdapter,
+		ToDeviceId:    toDeviceId,
+		ProxyDeviceId: proxyDeviceId,
+	}
+	if messageId != "" {
+		header.Id = messageId
+	} else {
+		header.Id = uuid.New().String()
+	}
+	header.Timestamp = time.Now().Unix()
+	iaMsg := &ic.InterAdapterMessage{
+		Header: header,
+		Body:   marshalledMsg,
+	}
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 1)
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "msg",
+		Value: iaMsg,
+	}
+
+	// Set up the required rpc arguments
+	topic := kafka.Topic{Name: toAdapter}
+	replyToTopic := kafka.Topic{Name: fromAdapter}
+	rpc := "process_inter_adapter_message"
+
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(ctx, rpc, &topic, &replyToTopic, true, proxyDeviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("inter-adapter-msg-response", log.Fields{"replyTopic": replyToTopic, "success": success})
+	return unPackResponse(rpc, "", success, result)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/core_proxy.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/core_proxy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30117ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/core_proxy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,536 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package common
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"
+	a "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/inter_container"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+type CoreProxy struct {
+	kafkaICProxy        *kafka.InterContainerProxy
+	adapterTopic        string
+	coreTopic           string
+	deviceIdCoreMap     map[string]string
+	lockDeviceIdCoreMap sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+func NewCoreProxy(kafkaProxy *kafka.InterContainerProxy, adapterTopic string, coreTopic string) *CoreProxy {
+	var proxy CoreProxy
+	proxy.kafkaICProxy = kafkaProxy
+	proxy.adapterTopic = adapterTopic
+	proxy.coreTopic = coreTopic
+	proxy.deviceIdCoreMap = make(map[string]string)
+	proxy.lockDeviceIdCoreMap = sync.RWMutex{}
+	log.Debugw("TOPICS", log.Fields{"core": proxy.coreTopic, "adapter": proxy.adapterTopic})
+
+	return &proxy
+}
+
+func unPackResponse(rpc string, deviceId string, success bool, response *a.Any) error {
+	if success {
+		return nil
+	} else {
+		unpackResult := &ic.Error{}
+		var err error
+		if err = ptypes.UnmarshalAny(response, unpackResult); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-response", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		}
+		log.Debugw("response", log.Fields{"rpc": rpc, "deviceId": deviceId, "success": success, "error": err})
+		// TODO:  Need to get the real error code
+		return status.Errorf(codes.Canceled, "%s", unpackResult.Reason)
+	}
+}
+
+// UpdateCoreReference adds or update a core reference (really the topic name) for a given device Id
+func (ap *CoreProxy) UpdateCoreReference(deviceId string, coreReference string) {
+	ap.lockDeviceIdCoreMap.Lock()
+	defer ap.lockDeviceIdCoreMap.Unlock()
+	ap.deviceIdCoreMap[deviceId] = coreReference
+}
+
+// DeleteCoreReference removes a core reference (really the topic name) for a given device Id
+func (ap *CoreProxy) DeleteCoreReference(deviceId string) {
+	ap.lockDeviceIdCoreMap.Lock()
+	defer ap.lockDeviceIdCoreMap.Unlock()
+	delete(ap.deviceIdCoreMap, deviceId)
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) getCoreTopic(deviceId string) kafka.Topic {
+	ap.lockDeviceIdCoreMap.Lock()
+	defer ap.lockDeviceIdCoreMap.Unlock()
+
+	if t, exist := ap.deviceIdCoreMap[deviceId]; exist {
+		return kafka.Topic{Name: t}
+	}
+
+	return kafka.Topic{Name: ap.coreTopic}
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) getAdapterTopic(args ...string) kafka.Topic {
+	return kafka.Topic{Name: ap.adapterTopic}
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) RegisterAdapter(ctx context.Context, adapter *voltha.Adapter, deviceTypes *voltha.DeviceTypes) error {
+	log.Debugw("registering-adapter", log.Fields{"coreTopic": ap.coreTopic, "adapterTopic": ap.adapterTopic})
+	rpc := "Register"
+	topic := kafka.Topic{Name: ap.coreTopic}
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 2)
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "adapter",
+		Value: adapter,
+	}
+	args[1] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "deviceTypes",
+		Value: deviceTypes,
+	}
+
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(ctx, rpc, &topic, &replyToTopic, true, "", args...)
+	log.Debugw("Register-Adapter-response", log.Fields{"replyTopic": replyToTopic, "success": success})
+	return unPackResponse(rpc, "", success, result)
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) DeviceUpdate(ctx context.Context, device *voltha.Device) error {
+	log.Debugw("DeviceUpdate", log.Fields{"deviceId": device.Id})
+	rpc := "DeviceUpdate"
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(device.Id)
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 1)
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "device",
+		Value: device,
+	}
+	// Use a device specific topic as we are the only adaptercore handling requests for this device
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, device.Id, args...)
+	log.Debugw("DeviceUpdate-response", log.Fields{"deviceId": device.Id, "success": success})
+	return unPackResponse(rpc, device.Id, success, result)
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) PortCreated(ctx context.Context, deviceId string, port *voltha.Port) error {
+	log.Debugw("PortCreated", log.Fields{"portNo": port.PortNo})
+	rpc := "PortCreated"
+	// Use a device specific topic to send the request.  The adapter handling the device creates a device
+	// specific topic
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(deviceId)
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 2)
+	id := &voltha.ID{Id: deviceId}
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "device_id",
+		Value: id,
+	}
+	args[1] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "port",
+		Value: port,
+	}
+
+	// Use a device specific topic as we are the only adaptercore handling requests for this device
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, deviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("PortCreated-response", log.Fields{"deviceId": deviceId, "success": success})
+	return unPackResponse(rpc, deviceId, success, result)
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) PortsStateUpdate(ctx context.Context, deviceId string, operStatus voltha.OperStatus_OperStatus) error {
+	log.Debugw("PortsStateUpdate", log.Fields{"deviceId": deviceId})
+	rpc := "PortsStateUpdate"
+	// Use a device specific topic to send the request.  The adapter handling the device creates a device
+	// specific topic
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(deviceId)
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 2)
+	id := &voltha.ID{Id: deviceId}
+	oStatus := &ic.IntType{Val: int64(operStatus)}
+
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "device_id",
+		Value: id,
+	}
+	args[1] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "oper_status",
+		Value: oStatus,
+	}
+
+	// Use a device specific topic as we are the only adaptercore handling requests for this device
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, deviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("PortsStateUpdate-response", log.Fields{"deviceId": deviceId, "success": success})
+	return unPackResponse(rpc, deviceId, success, result)
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) DeleteAllPorts(ctx context.Context, deviceId string) error {
+	log.Debugw("DeleteAllPorts", log.Fields{"deviceId": deviceId})
+	rpc := "DeleteAllPorts"
+	// Use a device specific topic to send the request.  The adapter handling the device creates a device
+	// specific topic
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(deviceId)
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 2)
+	id := &voltha.ID{Id: deviceId}
+
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "device_id",
+		Value: id,
+	}
+
+	// Use a device specific topic as we are the only adaptercore handling requests for this device
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, deviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("DeleteAllPorts-response", log.Fields{"deviceId": deviceId, "success": success})
+	return unPackResponse(rpc, deviceId, success, result)
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) DeviceStateUpdate(ctx context.Context, deviceId string,
+	connStatus voltha.ConnectStatus_ConnectStatus, operStatus voltha.OperStatus_OperStatus) error {
+	log.Debugw("DeviceStateUpdate", log.Fields{"deviceId": deviceId})
+	rpc := "DeviceStateUpdate"
+	// Use a device specific topic to send the request.  The adapter handling the device creates a device
+	// specific topic
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(deviceId)
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 3)
+	id := &voltha.ID{Id: deviceId}
+	oStatus := &ic.IntType{Val: int64(operStatus)}
+	cStatus := &ic.IntType{Val: int64(connStatus)}
+
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "device_id",
+		Value: id,
+	}
+	args[1] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "oper_status",
+		Value: oStatus,
+	}
+	args[2] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "connect_status",
+		Value: cStatus,
+	}
+	// Use a device specific topic as we are the only adaptercore handling requests for this device
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, deviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("DeviceStateUpdate-response", log.Fields{"deviceId": deviceId, "success": success})
+	return unPackResponse(rpc, deviceId, success, result)
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) ChildDeviceDetected(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceId string, parentPortNo int,
+	childDeviceType string, channelId int, vendorId string, serialNumber string, onuId int64) (*voltha.Device, error) {
+	log.Debugw("ChildDeviceDetected", log.Fields{"pDeviceId": parentDeviceId, "channelId": channelId})
+	rpc := "ChildDeviceDetected"
+	// Use a device specific topic to send the request.  The adapter handling the device creates a device
+	// specific topic
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(parentDeviceId)
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 7)
+	id := &voltha.ID{Id: parentDeviceId}
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "parent_device_id",
+		Value: id,
+	}
+	ppn := &ic.IntType{Val: int64(parentPortNo)}
+	args[1] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "parent_port_no",
+		Value: ppn,
+	}
+	cdt := &ic.StrType{Val: childDeviceType}
+	args[2] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "child_device_type",
+		Value: cdt,
+	}
+	channel := &ic.IntType{Val: int64(channelId)}
+	args[3] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "channel_id",
+		Value: channel,
+	}
+	vId := &ic.StrType{Val: vendorId}
+	args[4] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "vendor_id",
+		Value: vId,
+	}
+	sNo := &ic.StrType{Val: serialNumber}
+	args[5] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "serial_number",
+		Value: sNo,
+	}
+	oId := &ic.IntType{Val: int64(onuId)}
+	args[6] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "onu_id",
+		Value: oId,
+	}
+
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, parentDeviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("ChildDeviceDetected-response", log.Fields{"pDeviceId": parentDeviceId, "success": success})
+
+	if success {
+		volthaDevice := &voltha.Device{}
+		if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(result, volthaDevice); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-response", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "%s", err.Error())
+		}
+		return volthaDevice, nil
+	} else {
+		unpackResult := &ic.Error{}
+		var err error
+		if err = ptypes.UnmarshalAny(result, unpackResult); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-response", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		}
+		log.Debugw("ChildDeviceDetected-return", log.Fields{"deviceid": parentDeviceId, "success": success, "error": err})
+		// TODO: Need to get the real error code
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "%s", unpackResult.Reason)
+	}
+
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) ChildDevicesLost(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceId string) error {
+	log.Debugw("ChildDevicesLost", log.Fields{"pDeviceId": parentDeviceId})
+	rpc := "ChildDevicesLost"
+	// Use a device specific topic to send the request.  The adapter handling the device creates a device
+	// specific topic
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(parentDeviceId)
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 1)
+	id := &voltha.ID{Id: parentDeviceId}
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "parent_device_id",
+		Value: id,
+	}
+
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, parentDeviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("ChildDevicesLost-response", log.Fields{"pDeviceId": parentDeviceId, "success": success})
+	return unPackResponse(rpc, parentDeviceId, success, result)
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) ChildDevicesDetected(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceId string) error {
+	log.Debugw("ChildDevicesDetected", log.Fields{"pDeviceId": parentDeviceId})
+	rpc := "ChildDevicesDetected"
+	// Use a device specific topic to send the request.  The adapter handling the device creates a device
+	// specific topic
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(parentDeviceId)
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 1)
+	id := &voltha.ID{Id: parentDeviceId}
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "parent_device_id",
+		Value: id,
+	}
+
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, parentDeviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("ChildDevicesDetected-response", log.Fields{"pDeviceId": parentDeviceId, "success": success})
+	return unPackResponse(rpc, parentDeviceId, success, result)
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) GetDevice(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceId string, deviceId string) (*voltha.Device, error) {
+	log.Debugw("GetDevice", log.Fields{"deviceId": deviceId})
+	rpc := "GetDevice"
+
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(parentDeviceId)
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 1)
+	id := &voltha.ID{Id: deviceId}
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "device_id",
+		Value: id,
+	}
+
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, parentDeviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("GetDevice-response", log.Fields{"pDeviceId": parentDeviceId, "success": success})
+
+	if success {
+		volthaDevice := &voltha.Device{}
+		if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(result, volthaDevice); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-response", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "%s", err.Error())
+		}
+		return volthaDevice, nil
+	} else {
+		unpackResult := &ic.Error{}
+		var err error
+		if err = ptypes.UnmarshalAny(result, unpackResult); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-response", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		}
+		log.Debugw("GetDevice-return", log.Fields{"deviceid": parentDeviceId, "success": success, "error": err})
+		// TODO:  Need to get the real error code
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "%s", unpackResult.Reason)
+	}
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) GetChildDevice(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceId string, kwargs map[string]interface{}) (*voltha.Device, error) {
+	log.Debugw("GetChildDevice", log.Fields{"parentDeviceId": parentDeviceId, "kwargs": kwargs})
+	rpc := "GetChildDevice"
+
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(parentDeviceId)
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 4)
+	id := &voltha.ID{Id: parentDeviceId}
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "device_id",
+		Value: id,
+	}
+
+	var cnt uint8 = 0
+	for k, v := range kwargs {
+		cnt += 1
+		if k == "serial_number" {
+			val := &ic.StrType{Val: v.(string)}
+			args[cnt] = &kafka.KVArg{
+				Key:   k,
+				Value: val,
+			}
+		} else if k == "onu_id" {
+			val := &ic.IntType{Val: int64(v.(uint32))}
+			args[cnt] = &kafka.KVArg{
+				Key:   k,
+				Value: val,
+			}
+		} else if k == "parent_port_no" {
+			val := &ic.IntType{Val: int64(v.(uint32))}
+			args[cnt] = &kafka.KVArg{
+				Key:   k,
+				Value: val,
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, parentDeviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("GetChildDevice-response", log.Fields{"pDeviceId": parentDeviceId, "success": success})
+
+	if success {
+		volthaDevice := &voltha.Device{}
+		if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(result, volthaDevice); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-response", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "%s", err.Error())
+		}
+		return volthaDevice, nil
+	} else {
+		unpackResult := &ic.Error{}
+		var err error
+		if err = ptypes.UnmarshalAny(result, unpackResult); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-response", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		}
+		log.Debugw("GetChildDevice-return", log.Fields{"deviceid": parentDeviceId, "success": success, "error": err})
+		// TODO:  Need to get the real error code
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "%s", unpackResult.Reason)
+	}
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) GetChildDevices(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceId string) (*voltha.Devices, error) {
+	log.Debugw("GetChildDevices", log.Fields{"parentDeviceId": parentDeviceId})
+	rpc := "GetChildDevices"
+
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(parentDeviceId)
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 1)
+	id := &voltha.ID{Id: parentDeviceId}
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "device_id",
+		Value: id,
+	}
+
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, parentDeviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("GetChildDevices-response", log.Fields{"pDeviceId": parentDeviceId, "success": success})
+
+	if success {
+		volthaDevices := &voltha.Devices{}
+		if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(result, volthaDevices); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-response", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "%s", err.Error())
+		}
+		return volthaDevices, nil
+	} else {
+		unpackResult := &ic.Error{}
+		var err error
+		if err = ptypes.UnmarshalAny(result, unpackResult); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-response", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		}
+		log.Debugw("GetChildDevices-return", log.Fields{"deviceid": parentDeviceId, "success": success, "error": err})
+		// TODO:  Need to get the real error code
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "%s", unpackResult.Reason)
+	}
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) SendPacketIn(ctx context.Context, deviceId string, port uint32, pktPayload []byte) error {
+	log.Debugw("SendPacketIn", log.Fields{"deviceId": deviceId, "port": port, "pktPayload": pktPayload})
+	rpc := "PacketIn"
+	// Use a device specific topic to send the request.  The adapter handling the device creates a device
+	// specific topic
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(deviceId)
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 3)
+	id := &voltha.ID{Id: deviceId}
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "device_id",
+		Value: id,
+	}
+	portNo := &ic.IntType{Val: int64(port)}
+	args[1] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "port",
+		Value: portNo,
+	}
+	pkt := &ic.Packet{Payload: pktPayload}
+	args[2] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "packet",
+		Value: pkt,
+	}
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, deviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("SendPacketIn-response", log.Fields{"pDeviceId": deviceId, "success": success})
+	return unPackResponse(rpc, deviceId, success, result)
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) DevicePMConfigUpdate(ctx context.Context, pmConfigs *voltha.PmConfigs) error {
+	log.Debugw("DevicePMConfigUpdate", log.Fields{"pmConfigs": pmConfigs})
+	rpc := "DevicePMConfigUpdate"
+	// Use a device specific topic to send the request.  The adapter handling the device creates a device
+	// specific topic
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(pmConfigs.Id)
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+
+	args := make([]*kafka.KVArg, 1)
+	args[0] = &kafka.KVArg{
+		Key:   "device_pm_config",
+		Value: pmConfigs,
+	}
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, pmConfigs.Id, args...)
+	log.Debugw("DevicePMConfigUpdate-response", log.Fields{"pDeviceId": pmConfigs.Id, "success": success})
+	return unPackResponse(rpc, pmConfigs.Id, success, result)
+}
+
+func (ap *CoreProxy) ReconcileChildDevices(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceId string) error {
+	log.Debugw("ReconcileChildDevices", log.Fields{"parentDeviceId": parentDeviceId})
+	rpc := "ReconcileChildDevices"
+	// Use a device specific topic to send the request.  The adapter handling the device creates a device
+	// specific topic
+	toTopic := ap.getCoreTopic(parentDeviceId)
+	replyToTopic := ap.getAdapterTopic()
+
+	args := []*kafka.KVArg{
+		{Key: "parent_device_id", Value: &voltha.ID{Id: parentDeviceId}},
+	}
+
+	success, result := ap.kafkaICProxy.InvokeRPC(nil, rpc, &toTopic, &replyToTopic, true, parentDeviceId, args...)
+	log.Debugw("ReconcileChildDevices-response", log.Fields{"pDeviceId": parentDeviceId, "success": success})
+	return unPackResponse(rpc, parentDeviceId, success, result)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/events_proxy.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/events_proxy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25b1be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/events_proxy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package common
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/adapterif"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha"
+)
+
+type EventProxy struct {
+	kafkaClient kafka.Client
+	eventTopic  kafka.Topic
+}
+
+func NewEventProxy(opts ...EventProxyOption) *EventProxy {
+	var proxy EventProxy
+	for _, option := range opts {
+		option(&proxy)
+	}
+	return &proxy
+}
+
+type EventProxyOption func(*EventProxy)
+
+func MsgClient(client kafka.Client) EventProxyOption {
+	return func(args *EventProxy) {
+		args.kafkaClient = client
+	}
+}
+
+func MsgTopic(topic kafka.Topic) EventProxyOption {
+	return func(args *EventProxy) {
+		args.eventTopic = topic
+	}
+}
+
+func (ep *EventProxy) formatId(eventName string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Voltha.openolt.%s.%s", eventName, strconv.FormatInt(time.Now().UnixNano(), 10))
+}
+
+func (ep *EventProxy) getEventHeader(eventName string, category adapterif.EventCategory, subCategory adapterif.EventSubCategory, eventType adapterif.EventType, raisedTs int64) *voltha.EventHeader {
+	var header voltha.EventHeader
+	if strings.Contains(eventName, "_") {
+		eventName = strings.Join(strings.Split(eventName, "_")[:len(strings.Split(eventName, "_"))-2], "_")
+	} else {
+		eventName = "UNKNOWN_EVENT"
+	}
+	/* Populating event header */
+	header.Id = ep.formatId(eventName)
+	header.Category = category
+	header.SubCategory = subCategory
+	header.Type = eventType
+	header.TypeVersion = adapterif.EventTypeVersion
+	header.RaisedTs = float32(raisedTs)
+	header.ReportedTs = float32(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	return &header
+}
+
+/* Send out device events*/
+func (ep *EventProxy) SendDeviceEvent(deviceEvent *voltha.DeviceEvent, category adapterif.EventCategory, subCategory adapterif.EventSubCategory, raisedTs int64) error {
+	if deviceEvent == nil {
+		log.Error("Recieved empty device event")
+		return errors.New("Device event nil")
+	}
+	var event voltha.Event
+	var de voltha.Event_DeviceEvent
+	de.DeviceEvent = deviceEvent
+	event.Header = ep.getEventHeader(deviceEvent.DeviceEventName, category, subCategory, voltha.EventType_DEVICE_EVENT, raisedTs)
+	event.EventType = &de
+	if err := ep.sendEvent(&event); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("Failed to send device event to KAFKA bus", log.Fields{"device-event": deviceEvent})
+		return err
+	}
+	log.Infow("Successfully sent device event KAFKA", log.Fields{"Id": event.Header.Id, "Category": event.Header.Category,
+		"SubCategory": event.Header.SubCategory, "Type": event.Header.Type, "TypeVersion": event.Header.TypeVersion,
+		"ReportedTs": event.Header.ReportedTs, "ResourceId": deviceEvent.ResourceId, "Context": deviceEvent.Context,
+		"DeviceEventName": deviceEvent.DeviceEventName})
+
+	return nil
+
+}
+
+/* TODO: Send out KPI events*/
+
+func (ep *EventProxy) sendEvent(event *voltha.Event) error {
+	if err := ep.kafkaClient.Send(event, &ep.eventTopic); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	log.Debugw("Sent event to kafka", log.Fields{"event": event})
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/performance_metrics.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/performance_metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f74439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/performance_metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package common
+
+import (
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha"
+)
+
+type PmMetrics struct {
+	deviceId          string
+	frequency         uint32
+	grouped           bool
+	frequencyOverride bool
+	metrics           map[string]*voltha.PmConfig
+}
+
+type PmMetricsOption func(*PmMetrics)
+
+func Frequency(frequency uint32) PmMetricsOption {
+	return func(args *PmMetrics) {
+		args.frequency = frequency
+	}
+}
+
+func Grouped(grouped bool) PmMetricsOption {
+	return func(args *PmMetrics) {
+		args.grouped = grouped
+	}
+}
+
+func FrequencyOverride(frequencyOverride bool) PmMetricsOption {
+	return func(args *PmMetrics) {
+		args.frequencyOverride = frequencyOverride
+	}
+}
+
+func Metrics(pmNames []string) PmMetricsOption {
+	return func(args *PmMetrics) {
+		args.metrics = make(map[string]*voltha.PmConfig)
+		for _, name := range pmNames {
+			args.metrics[name] = &voltha.PmConfig{
+				Name:    name,
+				Type:    voltha.PmConfig_COUNTER,
+				Enabled: true,
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func NewPmMetrics(deviceId string, opts ...PmMetricsOption) *PmMetrics {
+	pm := &PmMetrics{deviceId: deviceId}
+	for _, option := range opts {
+		option(pm)
+	}
+	return pm
+}
+
+func (pm *PmMetrics) ToPmConfigs() *voltha.PmConfigs {
+	pmConfigs := &voltha.PmConfigs{
+		Id:           pm.deviceId,
+		DefaultFreq:  pm.frequency,
+		Grouped:      pm.grouped,
+		FreqOverride: pm.frequencyOverride,
+	}
+	for _, v := range pm.metrics {
+		pmConfigs.Metrics = append(pmConfigs.Metrics, &voltha.PmConfig{Name: v.Name, Type: v.Type, Enabled: v.Enabled})
+	}
+	return pmConfigs
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/request_handler.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/request_handler.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27f9846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/request_handler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,614 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package common
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/adapterif"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/inter_container"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/openflow_13"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+)
+
+type RequestHandlerProxy struct {
+	TestMode       bool
+	coreInstanceId string
+	adapter        adapters.IAdapter
+	coreProxy      adapterif.CoreProxy
+}
+
+func NewRequestHandlerProxy(coreInstanceId string, iadapter adapters.IAdapter, cProxy adapterif.CoreProxy) *RequestHandlerProxy {
+	var proxy RequestHandlerProxy
+	proxy.coreInstanceId = coreInstanceId
+	proxy.adapter = iadapter
+	proxy.coreProxy = cProxy
+	return &proxy
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Adapter_descriptor() (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Device_types() (*voltha.DeviceTypes, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Health() (*voltha.HealthStatus, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Adopt_device(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	if len(args) < 3 {
+		log.Warn("invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	device := &voltha.Device{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	fromTopic := &ic.StrType{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "device":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, device); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-device", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.FromTopic:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, fromTopic); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-from-topic", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Debugw("Adopt_device", log.Fields{"deviceId": device.Id})
+
+	//Update the core reference for that device
+	rhp.coreProxy.UpdateCoreReference(device.Id, fromTopic.Val)
+
+	//Invoke the adopt device on the adapter
+	if err := rhp.adapter.Adopt_device(device); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Reconcile_device(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	if len(args) < 3 {
+		log.Warn("invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	device := &voltha.Device{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	fromTopic := &ic.StrType{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "device":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, device); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-device", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.FromTopic:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, fromTopic); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-from-topic", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	//Update the core reference for that device
+	rhp.coreProxy.UpdateCoreReference(device.Id, fromTopic.Val)
+
+	//Invoke the reconcile device API on the adapter
+	if err := rhp.adapter.Reconcile_device(device); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Abandon_device(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Disable_device(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	if len(args) < 3 {
+		log.Warn("invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	device := &voltha.Device{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	fromTopic := &ic.StrType{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "device":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, device); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-device", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.FromTopic:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, fromTopic); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-from-topic", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	//Update the core reference for that device
+	rhp.coreProxy.UpdateCoreReference(device.Id, fromTopic.Val)
+	//Invoke the Disable_device API on the adapter
+	if err := rhp.adapter.Disable_device(device); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Reenable_device(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	if len(args) < 3 {
+		log.Warn("invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	device := &voltha.Device{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	fromTopic := &ic.StrType{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "device":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, device); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-device", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.FromTopic:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, fromTopic); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-from-topic", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	//Update the core reference for that device
+	rhp.coreProxy.UpdateCoreReference(device.Id, fromTopic.Val)
+	//Invoke the Reenable_device API on the adapter
+	if err := rhp.adapter.Reenable_device(device); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Reboot_device(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	if len(args) < 3 {
+		log.Warn("invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	device := &voltha.Device{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	fromTopic := &ic.StrType{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "device":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, device); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-device", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.FromTopic:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, fromTopic); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-from-topic", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	//Update the core reference for that device
+	rhp.coreProxy.UpdateCoreReference(device.Id, fromTopic.Val)
+	//Invoke the Reboot_device API on the adapter
+	if err := rhp.adapter.Reboot_device(device); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Self_test_device(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Delete_device(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	if len(args) < 3 {
+		log.Warn("invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	device := &voltha.Device{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	fromTopic := &ic.StrType{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "device":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, device); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-device", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.FromTopic:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, fromTopic); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-from-topic", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	//Update the core reference for that device
+	rhp.coreProxy.UpdateCoreReference(device.Id, fromTopic.Val)
+	//Invoke the delete_device API on the adapter
+	if err := rhp.adapter.Delete_device(device); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Get_device_details(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Update_flows_bulk(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	log.Debug("Update_flows_bulk")
+	if len(args) < 5 {
+		log.Warn("Update_flows_bulk-invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	device := &voltha.Device{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	flows := &voltha.Flows{}
+	flowMetadata := &voltha.FlowMetadata{}
+	groups := &voltha.FlowGroups{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "device":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, device); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-device", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case "flows":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, flows); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-flows", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case "groups":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, groups); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-groups", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case "flow_metadata":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, flowMetadata); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-metadata", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	log.Debugw("Update_flows_bulk", log.Fields{"flows": flows, "groups": groups})
+	//Invoke the bulk flow update API of the adapter
+	if err := rhp.adapter.Update_flows_bulk(device, flows, groups, flowMetadata); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Update_flows_incrementally(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	log.Debug("Update_flows_incrementally")
+	if len(args) < 5 {
+		log.Warn("Update_flows_incrementally-invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	device := &voltha.Device{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	flows := &openflow_13.FlowChanges{}
+	flowMetadata := &voltha.FlowMetadata{}
+	groups := &openflow_13.FlowGroupChanges{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "device":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, device); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-device", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case "flow_changes":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, flows); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-flows", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case "group_changes":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, groups); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-groups", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case "flow_metadata":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, flowMetadata); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-metadata", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	log.Debugw("Update_flows_incrementally", log.Fields{"flows": flows, "groups": groups})
+	//Invoke the incremental flow update API of the adapter
+	if err := rhp.adapter.Update_flows_incrementally(device, flows, groups, flowMetadata); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Update_pm_config(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	log.Debug("Update_pm_config")
+	if len(args) < 2 {
+		log.Warn("Update_pm_config-invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	device := &voltha.Device{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	pmConfigs := &voltha.PmConfigs{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "device":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, device); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-device", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case "pm_configs":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, pmConfigs); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-pm-configs", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	log.Debugw("Update_pm_config", log.Fields{"deviceId": device.Id, "pmConfigs": pmConfigs})
+	//Invoke the pm config update API of the adapter
+	if err := rhp.adapter.Update_pm_config(device, pmConfigs); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Receive_packet_out(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	log.Debugw("Receive_packet_out", log.Fields{"args": args})
+	if len(args) < 3 {
+		log.Warn("Receive_packet_out-invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	deviceId := &ic.StrType{}
+	egressPort := &ic.IntType{}
+	packet := &openflow_13.OfpPacketOut{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "deviceId":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, deviceId); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-deviceId", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case "outPort":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, egressPort); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-egressPort", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case "packet":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, packet); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-packet", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	log.Debugw("Receive_packet_out", log.Fields{"deviceId": deviceId.Val, "outPort": egressPort, "packet": packet})
+	//Invoke the adopt device on the adapter
+	if err := rhp.adapter.Receive_packet_out(deviceId.Val, int(egressPort.Val), packet); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Suppress_alarm(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Unsuppress_alarm(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Get_ofp_device_info(args []*ic.Argument) (*ic.SwitchCapability, error) {
+	if len(args) < 2 {
+		log.Warn("invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	device := &voltha.Device{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "device":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, device); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-device", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Debugw("Get_ofp_device_info", log.Fields{"deviceId": device.Id})
+
+	var cap *ic.SwitchCapability
+	var err error
+	if cap, err = rhp.adapter.Get_ofp_device_info(device); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+	log.Debugw("Get_ofp_device_info", log.Fields{"cap": cap})
+	return cap, nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Get_ofp_port_info(args []*ic.Argument) (*ic.PortCapability, error) {
+	if len(args) < 3 {
+		log.Warn("invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	device := &voltha.Device{}
+	pNo := &ic.IntType{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "device":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, device); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-device", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case "port_no":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, pNo); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-port-no", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	log.Debugw("Get_ofp_port_info", log.Fields{"deviceId": device.Id, "portNo": pNo.Val})
+	var cap *ic.PortCapability
+	var err error
+	if cap, err = rhp.adapter.Get_ofp_port_info(device, pNo.Val); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+	return cap, nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Process_inter_adapter_message(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+	if len(args) < 2 {
+		log.Warn("invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
+		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	iaMsg := &ic.InterAdapterMessage{}
+	transactionID := &ic.StrType{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		switch arg.Key {
+		case "msg":
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, iaMsg); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-device", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case kafka.TransactionKey:
+			if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(arg.Value, transactionID); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-transaction-ID", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Debugw("Process_inter_adapter_message", log.Fields{"msgId": iaMsg.Header.Id})
+
+	//Invoke the inter adapter API on the handler
+	if err := rhp.adapter.Process_inter_adapter_message(iaMsg); err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Download_image(args []*ic.Argument) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error) {
+	return &voltha.ImageDownload{}, nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Get_image_download_status(args []*ic.Argument) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error) {
+	return &voltha.ImageDownload{}, nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Cancel_image_download(args []*ic.Argument) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error) {
+	return &voltha.ImageDownload{}, nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Activate_image_update(args []*ic.Argument) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error) {
+	return &voltha.ImageDownload{}, nil
+}
+
+func (rhp *RequestHandlerProxy) Revert_image_update(args []*ic.Argument) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error) {
+	return &voltha.ImageDownload{}, nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/utils.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3c562a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package common
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
+	"time"
+)
+
+//GetRandomSerialNumber returns a serial number formatted as "HOST:PORT"
+func GetRandomSerialNumber() string {
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%d.%d:%d",
+		rand.Intn(255),
+		rand.Intn(255),
+		rand.Intn(255),
+		rand.Intn(255),
+		rand.Intn(9000)+1000,
+	)
+}
+
+//GetRandomMacAddress returns a random mac address
+func GetRandomMacAddress() string {
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
+		rand.Intn(128),
+		rand.Intn(128),
+		rand.Intn(128),
+		rand.Intn(128),
+		rand.Intn(128),
+		rand.Intn(128),
+	)
+}
+
+const letterBytes = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+const (
+	letterIdxBits = 6                    // 6 bits to represent a letter index
+	letterIdxMask = 1<<letterIdxBits - 1 // All 1-bits, as many as letterIdxBits
+	letterIdxMax  = 63 / letterIdxBits   // # of letter indices fitting in 63 bits
+)
+
+var src = rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())
+
+func GetRandomString(n int) string {
+	b := make([]byte, n)
+	// A src.Int63() generates 63 random bits, enough for letterIdxMax characters!
+	for i, cache, remain := n-1, src.Int63(), letterIdxMax; i >= 0; {
+		if remain == 0 {
+			cache, remain = src.Int63(), letterIdxMax
+		}
+		if idx := int(cache & letterIdxMask); idx < len(letterBytes) {
+			b[i] = letterBytes[idx]
+			i--
+		}
+		cache >>= letterIdxBits
+		remain--
+	}
+	return string(b)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/iAdapter.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/iAdapter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82fa644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/iAdapter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package adapters
+
+import (
+	ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/inter_container"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/openflow_13"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha"
+)
+
+//IAdapter represents the set of APIs a voltha adapter has to support.
+type IAdapter interface {
+	Adapter_descriptor() error
+	Device_types() (*voltha.DeviceTypes, error)
+	Health() (*voltha.HealthStatus, error)
+	Adopt_device(device *voltha.Device) error
+	Reconcile_device(device *voltha.Device) error
+	Abandon_device(device *voltha.Device) error
+	Disable_device(device *voltha.Device) error
+	Reenable_device(device *voltha.Device) error
+	Reboot_device(device *voltha.Device) error
+	Self_test_device(device *voltha.Device) error
+	Delete_device(device *voltha.Device) error
+	Get_device_details(device *voltha.Device) error
+	Update_flows_bulk(device *voltha.Device, flows *voltha.Flows, groups *voltha.FlowGroups, flowMetadata *voltha.FlowMetadata) error
+	Update_flows_incrementally(device *voltha.Device, flows *openflow_13.FlowChanges, groups *openflow_13.FlowGroupChanges, flowMetadata *voltha.FlowMetadata) error
+	Update_pm_config(device *voltha.Device, pm_configs *voltha.PmConfigs) error
+	Receive_packet_out(deviceId string, egress_port_no int, msg *openflow_13.OfpPacketOut) error
+	Suppress_alarm(filter *voltha.AlarmFilter) error
+	Unsuppress_alarm(filter *voltha.AlarmFilter) error
+	Get_ofp_device_info(device *voltha.Device) (*ic.SwitchCapability, error)
+	Get_ofp_port_info(device *voltha.Device, port_no int64) (*ic.PortCapability, error)
+	Process_inter_adapter_message(msg *ic.InterAdapterMessage) error
+	Download_image(device *voltha.Device, request *voltha.ImageDownload) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error)
+	Get_image_download_status(device *voltha.Device, request *voltha.ImageDownload) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error)
+	Cancel_image_download(device *voltha.Device, request *voltha.ImageDownload) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error)
+	Activate_image_update(device *voltha.Device, request *voltha.ImageDownload) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error)
+	Revert_image_update(device *voltha.Device, request *voltha.ImageDownload) (*voltha.ImageDownload, error)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore/client.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f40d10e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package kvstore
+
+import (
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Default timeout in seconds when making a kvstore request
+	defaultKVGetTimeout = 5
+	// Maximum channel buffer between publisher/subscriber goroutines
+	maxClientChannelBufferSize = 10
+)
+
+// These constants represent the event types returned by the KV client
+const (
+	PUT = iota
+	DELETE
+	CONNECTIONDOWN
+	UNKNOWN
+)
+
+// KVPair is a common wrapper for key-value pairs returned from the KV store
+type KVPair struct {
+	Key     string
+	Value   interface{}
+	Version int64
+	Session string
+	Lease   int64
+}
+
+func init() {
+	log.AddPackage(log.JSON, log.WarnLevel, nil)
+}
+
+// NewKVPair creates a new KVPair object
+func NewKVPair(key string, value interface{}, session string, lease int64, version int64) *KVPair {
+	kv := new(KVPair)
+	kv.Key = key
+	kv.Value = value
+	kv.Session = session
+	kv.Lease = lease
+	kv.Version = version
+	return kv
+}
+
+// Event is generated by the KV client when a key change is detected
+type Event struct {
+	EventType int
+	Key       interface{}
+	Value     interface{}
+	Version   int64
+}
+
+// NewEvent creates a new Event object
+func NewEvent(eventType int, key interface{}, value interface{}, version int64) *Event {
+	evnt := new(Event)
+	evnt.EventType = eventType
+	evnt.Key = key
+	evnt.Value = value
+	evnt.Version = version
+
+	return evnt
+}
+
+// Client represents the set of APIs a KV Client must implement
+type Client interface {
+	List(key string, timeout int, lock ...bool) (map[string]*KVPair, error)
+	Get(key string, timeout int, lock ...bool) (*KVPair, error)
+	Put(key string, value interface{}, timeout int, lock ...bool) error
+	Delete(key string, timeout int, lock ...bool) error
+	Reserve(key string, value interface{}, ttl int64) (interface{}, error)
+	ReleaseReservation(key string) error
+	ReleaseAllReservations() error
+	RenewReservation(key string) error
+	Watch(key string) chan *Event
+	AcquireLock(lockName string, timeout int) error
+	ReleaseLock(lockName string) error
+	IsConnectionUp(timeout int) bool // timeout in second
+	CloseWatch(key string, ch chan *Event)
+	Close()
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore/consulclient.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore/consulclient.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3e3999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore/consulclient.go
@@ -0,0 +1,513 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package kvstore
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	log "github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+	//log "ciena.com/coordinator/common"
+	consulapi "github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
+)
+
+type channelContextMap struct {
+	ctx     context.Context
+	channel chan *Event
+	cancel  context.CancelFunc
+}
+
+// ConsulClient represents the consul KV store client
+type ConsulClient struct {
+	session                *consulapi.Session
+	sessionID              string
+	consul                 *consulapi.Client
+	doneCh                 *chan int
+	keyReservations        map[string]interface{}
+	watchedChannelsContext map[string][]*channelContextMap
+	writeLock              sync.Mutex
+}
+
+// NewConsulClient returns a new client for the Consul KV store
+func NewConsulClient(addr string, timeout int) (*ConsulClient, error) {
+
+	duration := GetDuration(timeout)
+
+	config := consulapi.DefaultConfig()
+	config.Address = addr
+	config.WaitTime = duration
+	consul, err := consulapi.NewClient(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	doneCh := make(chan int, 1)
+	wChannelsContext := make(map[string][]*channelContextMap)
+	reservations := make(map[string]interface{})
+	return &ConsulClient{consul: consul, doneCh: &doneCh, watchedChannelsContext: wChannelsContext, keyReservations: reservations}, nil
+}
+
+// IsConnectionUp returns whether the connection to the Consul KV store is up
+func (c *ConsulClient) IsConnectionUp(timeout int) bool {
+	log.Error("Unimplemented function")
+	return false
+}
+
+// List returns an array of key-value pairs with key as a prefix.  Timeout defines how long the function will
+// wait for a response
+func (c *ConsulClient) List(key string, timeout int, lock ...bool) (map[string]*KVPair, error) {
+	duration := GetDuration(timeout)
+
+	kv := c.consul.KV()
+	var queryOptions consulapi.QueryOptions
+	queryOptions.WaitTime = duration
+	// For now we ignore meta data
+	kvps, _, err := kv.List(key, &queryOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	m := make(map[string]*KVPair)
+	for _, kvp := range kvps {
+		m[string(kvp.Key)] = NewKVPair(string(kvp.Key), kvp.Value, string(kvp.Session), 0, -1)
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+// Get returns a key-value pair for a given key. Timeout defines how long the function will
+// wait for a response
+func (c *ConsulClient) Get(key string, timeout int, lock ...bool) (*KVPair, error) {
+
+	duration := GetDuration(timeout)
+
+	kv := c.consul.KV()
+	var queryOptions consulapi.QueryOptions
+	queryOptions.WaitTime = duration
+	// For now we ignore meta data
+	kvp, _, err := kv.Get(key, &queryOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if kvp != nil {
+		return NewKVPair(string(kvp.Key), kvp.Value, string(kvp.Session), 0, -1), nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// Put writes a key-value pair to the KV store.  Value can only be a string or []byte since the consul API
+// accepts only a []byte as a value for a put operation. Timeout defines how long the function will
+// wait for a response
+func (c *ConsulClient) Put(key string, value interface{}, timeout int, lock ...bool) error {
+
+	// Validate that we can create a byte array from the value as consul API expects a byte array
+	var val []byte
+	var er error
+	if val, er = ToByte(value); er != nil {
+		log.Error(er)
+		return er
+	}
+
+	// Create a key value pair
+	kvp := consulapi.KVPair{Key: key, Value: val}
+	kv := c.consul.KV()
+	var writeOptions consulapi.WriteOptions
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+	_, err := kv.Put(&kvp, &writeOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Delete removes a key from the KV store. Timeout defines how long the function will
+// wait for a response
+func (c *ConsulClient) Delete(key string, timeout int, lock ...bool) error {
+	kv := c.consul.KV()
+	var writeOptions consulapi.WriteOptions
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+	_, err := kv.Delete(key, &writeOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *ConsulClient) deleteSession() {
+	if c.sessionID != "" {
+		log.Debug("cleaning-up-session")
+		session := c.consul.Session()
+		_, err := session.Destroy(c.sessionID, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("error-cleaning-session", log.Fields{"session": c.sessionID, "error": err})
+		}
+	}
+	c.sessionID = ""
+	c.session = nil
+}
+
+func (c *ConsulClient) createSession(ttl int64, retries int) (*consulapi.Session, string, error) {
+	session := c.consul.Session()
+	entry := &consulapi.SessionEntry{
+		Behavior: consulapi.SessionBehaviorDelete,
+		TTL:      "10s", // strconv.FormatInt(ttl, 10) + "s", // disable ttl
+	}
+
+	for {
+		id, meta, err := session.Create(entry, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("create-session-error", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			if retries == 0 {
+				return nil, "", err
+			}
+		} else if meta.RequestTime == 0 {
+			log.Errorw("create-session-bad-meta-data", log.Fields{"meta-data": meta})
+			if retries == 0 {
+				return nil, "", errors.New("bad-meta-data")
+			}
+		} else if id == "" {
+			log.Error("create-session-nil-id")
+			if retries == 0 {
+				return nil, "", errors.New("ID-nil")
+			}
+		} else {
+			return session, id, nil
+		}
+		// If retry param is -1 we will retry indefinitely
+		if retries > 0 {
+			retries--
+		}
+		log.Debug("retrying-session-create-after-a-second-delay")
+		time.Sleep(time.Duration(1) * time.Second)
+	}
+}
+
+// Helper function to verify mostly whether the content of two interface types are the same.  Focus is []byte and
+// string types
+func isEqual(val1 interface{}, val2 interface{}) bool {
+	b1, err := ToByte(val1)
+	b2, er := ToByte(val2)
+	if err == nil && er == nil {
+		return bytes.Equal(b1, b2)
+	}
+	return val1 == val2
+}
+
+// Reserve is invoked to acquire a key and set it to a given value. Value can only be a string or []byte since
+// the consul API accepts only a []byte.  Timeout defines how long the function will wait for a response.  TTL
+// defines how long that reservation is valid.  When TTL expires the key is unreserved by the KV store itself.
+// If the key is acquired then the value returned will be the value passed in.  If the key is already acquired
+// then the value assigned to that key will be returned.
+func (c *ConsulClient) Reserve(key string, value interface{}, ttl int64) (interface{}, error) {
+
+	// Validate that we can create a byte array from the value as consul API expects a byte array
+	var val []byte
+	var er error
+	if val, er = ToByte(value); er != nil {
+		log.Error(er)
+		return nil, er
+	}
+
+	// Cleanup any existing session and recreate new ones.  A key is reserved against a session
+	if c.sessionID != "" {
+		c.deleteSession()
+	}
+
+	// Clear session if reservation is not successful
+	reservationSuccessful := false
+	defer func() {
+		if !reservationSuccessful {
+			log.Debug("deleting-session")
+			c.deleteSession()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	session, sessionID, err := c.createSession(ttl, -1)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("no-session-created", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return "", errors.New("no-session-created")
+	}
+	log.Debugw("session-created", log.Fields{"session-id": sessionID})
+	c.sessionID = sessionID
+	c.session = session
+
+	// Try to grap the Key using the session
+	kv := c.consul.KV()
+	kvp := consulapi.KVPair{Key: key, Value: val, Session: c.sessionID}
+	result, _, err := kv.Acquire(&kvp, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("error-acquiring-keys", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	log.Debugw("key-acquired", log.Fields{"key": key, "status": result})
+
+	// Irrespective whether we were successful in acquiring the key, let's read it back and see if it's us.
+	m, err := c.Get(key, defaultKVGetTimeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if m != nil {
+		log.Debugw("response-received", log.Fields{"key": m.Key, "m.value": string(m.Value.([]byte)), "value": value})
+		if m.Key == key && isEqual(m.Value, value) {
+			// My reservation is successful - register it.  For now, support is only for 1 reservation per key
+			// per session.
+			reservationSuccessful = true
+			c.writeLock.Lock()
+			c.keyReservations[key] = m.Value
+			c.writeLock.Unlock()
+			return m.Value, nil
+		}
+		// My reservation has failed.  Return the owner of that key
+		return m.Value, nil
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// ReleaseAllReservations releases all key reservations previously made (using Reserve API)
+func (c *ConsulClient) ReleaseAllReservations() error {
+	kv := c.consul.KV()
+	var kvp consulapi.KVPair
+	var result bool
+	var err error
+
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+
+	for key, value := range c.keyReservations {
+		kvp = consulapi.KVPair{Key: key, Value: value.([]byte), Session: c.sessionID}
+		result, _, err = kv.Release(&kvp, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("cannot-release-reservation", log.Fields{"key": key, "error": err})
+			return err
+		}
+		if !result {
+			log.Errorw("cannot-release-reservation", log.Fields{"key": key})
+		}
+		delete(c.keyReservations, key)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ReleaseReservation releases reservation for a specific key.
+func (c *ConsulClient) ReleaseReservation(key string) error {
+	var ok bool
+	var reservedValue interface{}
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+	if reservedValue, ok = c.keyReservations[key]; !ok {
+		return errors.New("key-not-reserved:" + key)
+	}
+	// Release the reservation
+	kv := c.consul.KV()
+	kvp := consulapi.KVPair{Key: key, Value: reservedValue.([]byte), Session: c.sessionID}
+
+	result, _, er := kv.Release(&kvp, nil)
+	if er != nil {
+		return er
+	}
+	// Remove that key entry on success
+	if result {
+		delete(c.keyReservations, key)
+		return nil
+	}
+	return errors.New("key-cannot-be-unreserved")
+}
+
+// RenewReservation renews a reservation.  A reservation will go stale after the specified TTL (Time To Live)
+// period specified when reserving the key
+func (c *ConsulClient) RenewReservation(key string) error {
+	// In the case of Consul, renew reservation of a reserve key only require renewing the client session.
+
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+
+	// Verify the key was reserved
+	if _, ok := c.keyReservations[key]; !ok {
+		return errors.New("key-not-reserved")
+	}
+
+	if c.session == nil {
+		return errors.New("no-session-exist")
+	}
+
+	var writeOptions consulapi.WriteOptions
+	if _, _, err := c.session.Renew(c.sessionID, &writeOptions); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Watch provides the watch capability on a given key.  It returns a channel onto which the callee needs to
+// listen to receive Events.
+func (c *ConsulClient) Watch(key string) chan *Event {
+
+	// Create a new channel
+	ch := make(chan *Event, maxClientChannelBufferSize)
+
+	// Create a context to track this request
+	watchContext, cFunc := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+
+	// Save the channel and context reference for later
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+	ccm := channelContextMap{channel: ch, ctx: watchContext, cancel: cFunc}
+	c.watchedChannelsContext[key] = append(c.watchedChannelsContext[key], &ccm)
+
+	// Launch a go routine to listen for updates
+	go c.listenForKeyChange(watchContext, key, ch)
+
+	return ch
+}
+
+// CloseWatch closes a specific watch. Both the key and the channel are required when closing a watch as there
+// may be multiple listeners on the same key.  The previously created channel serves as a key
+func (c *ConsulClient) CloseWatch(key string, ch chan *Event) {
+	// First close the context
+	var ok bool
+	var watchedChannelsContexts []*channelContextMap
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+	if watchedChannelsContexts, ok = c.watchedChannelsContext[key]; !ok {
+		log.Errorw("key-has-no-watched-context-or-channel", log.Fields{"key": key})
+		return
+	}
+	// Look for the channels
+	var pos = -1
+	for i, chCtxMap := range watchedChannelsContexts {
+		if chCtxMap.channel == ch {
+			log.Debug("channel-found")
+			chCtxMap.cancel()
+			//close the channel
+			close(ch)
+			pos = i
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	// Remove that entry if present
+	if pos >= 0 {
+		c.watchedChannelsContext[key] = append(c.watchedChannelsContext[key][:pos], c.watchedChannelsContext[key][pos+1:]...)
+	}
+	log.Debugw("watched-channel-exiting", log.Fields{"key": key, "channel": c.watchedChannelsContext[key]})
+}
+
+func (c *ConsulClient) isKVEqual(kv1 *consulapi.KVPair, kv2 *consulapi.KVPair) bool {
+	if (kv1 == nil) && (kv2 == nil) {
+		return true
+	} else if (kv1 == nil) || (kv2 == nil) {
+		return false
+	}
+	// Both the KV should be non-null here
+	if kv1.Key != kv2.Key ||
+		!bytes.Equal(kv1.Value, kv2.Value) ||
+		kv1.Session != kv2.Session ||
+		kv1.LockIndex != kv2.LockIndex ||
+		kv1.ModifyIndex != kv2.ModifyIndex {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func (c *ConsulClient) listenForKeyChange(watchContext context.Context, key string, ch chan *Event) {
+	log.Debugw("start-watching-channel", log.Fields{"key": key, "channel": ch})
+
+	defer c.CloseWatch(key, ch)
+	duration := GetDuration(defaultKVGetTimeout)
+	kv := c.consul.KV()
+	var queryOptions consulapi.QueryOptions
+	queryOptions.WaitTime = duration
+
+	// Get the existing value, if any
+	previousKVPair, meta, err := kv.Get(key, &queryOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debug(err)
+	}
+	lastIndex := meta.LastIndex
+
+	// Wait for change.  Push any change onto the channel and keep waiting for new update
+	//var waitOptions consulapi.QueryOptions
+	var pair *consulapi.KVPair
+	//watchContext, _ := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	waitOptions := queryOptions.WithContext(watchContext)
+	for {
+		//waitOptions = consulapi.QueryOptions{WaitIndex: lastIndex}
+		waitOptions.WaitIndex = lastIndex
+		pair, meta, err = kv.Get(key, waitOptions)
+		select {
+		case <-watchContext.Done():
+			log.Debug("done-event-received-exiting")
+			return
+		default:
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("error-from-watch", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				ch <- NewEvent(CONNECTIONDOWN, key, []byte(""), -1)
+			} else {
+				log.Debugw("index-state", log.Fields{"lastindex": lastIndex, "newindex": meta.LastIndex, "key": key})
+			}
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Debug(err)
+			// On error, block for 10 milliseconds to prevent endless loop
+			time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+		} else if meta.LastIndex <= lastIndex {
+			log.Info("no-index-change-or-negative")
+		} else {
+			log.Debugw("update-received", log.Fields{"pair": pair})
+			if pair == nil {
+				ch <- NewEvent(DELETE, key, []byte(""), -1)
+			} else if !c.isKVEqual(pair, previousKVPair) {
+				// Push the change onto the channel if the data has changed
+				// For now just assume it's a PUT change
+				log.Debugw("pair-details", log.Fields{"session": pair.Session, "key": pair.Key, "value": pair.Value})
+				ch <- NewEvent(PUT, pair.Key, pair.Value, -1)
+			}
+			previousKVPair = pair
+			lastIndex = meta.LastIndex
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Close closes the KV store client
+func (c *ConsulClient) Close() {
+	var writeOptions consulapi.WriteOptions
+	// Inform any goroutine it's time to say goodbye.
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+	if c.doneCh != nil {
+		close(*c.doneCh)
+	}
+
+	// Clear the sessionID
+	if _, err := c.consul.Session().Destroy(c.sessionID, &writeOptions); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("error-closing-client", log.Fields{"error": err})
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *ConsulClient) AcquireLock(lockName string, timeout int) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *ConsulClient) ReleaseLock(lockName string) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore/etcdclient.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore/etcdclient.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..beac4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore/etcdclient.go
@@ -0,0 +1,504 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package kvstore
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	v3Client "go.etcd.io/etcd/clientv3"
+	v3Concurrency "go.etcd.io/etcd/clientv3/concurrency"
+	v3rpcTypes "go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3rpc/rpctypes"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// EtcdClient represents the Etcd KV store client
+type EtcdClient struct {
+	ectdAPI          *v3Client.Client
+	leaderRev        v3Client.Client
+	keyReservations  map[string]*v3Client.LeaseID
+	watchedChannels  sync.Map
+	writeLock        sync.Mutex
+	lockToMutexMap   map[string]*v3Concurrency.Mutex
+	lockToSessionMap map[string]*v3Concurrency.Session
+	lockToMutexLock  sync.Mutex
+}
+
+// NewEtcdClient returns a new client for the Etcd KV store
+func NewEtcdClient(addr string, timeout int) (*EtcdClient, error) {
+	duration := GetDuration(timeout)
+
+	c, err := v3Client.New(v3Client.Config{
+		Endpoints:   []string{addr},
+		DialTimeout: duration,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	reservations := make(map[string]*v3Client.LeaseID)
+	lockMutexMap := make(map[string]*v3Concurrency.Mutex)
+	lockSessionMap := make(map[string]*v3Concurrency.Session)
+
+	return &EtcdClient{ectdAPI: c, keyReservations: reservations, lockToMutexMap: lockMutexMap,
+		lockToSessionMap: lockSessionMap}, nil
+}
+
+// IsConnectionUp returns whether the connection to the Etcd KV store is up.  If a timeout occurs then
+// it is assumed the connection is down or unreachable.
+func (c *EtcdClient) IsConnectionUp(timeout int) bool {
+	// Let's try to get a non existent key.  If the connection is up then there will be no error returned.
+	if _, err := c.Get("non-existent-key", timeout); err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// List returns an array of key-value pairs with key as a prefix.  Timeout defines how long the function will
+// wait for a response
+func (c *EtcdClient) List(key string, timeout int, lock ...bool) (map[string]*KVPair, error) {
+	duration := GetDuration(timeout)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), duration)
+
+	resp, err := c.ectdAPI.Get(ctx, key, v3Client.WithPrefix())
+	cancel()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	m := make(map[string]*KVPair)
+	for _, ev := range resp.Kvs {
+		m[string(ev.Key)] = NewKVPair(string(ev.Key), ev.Value, "", ev.Lease, ev.Version)
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+// Get returns a key-value pair for a given key. Timeout defines how long the function will
+// wait for a response
+func (c *EtcdClient) Get(key string, timeout int, lock ...bool) (*KVPair, error) {
+	duration := GetDuration(timeout)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), duration)
+
+	resp, err := c.ectdAPI.Get(ctx, key)
+	cancel()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, ev := range resp.Kvs {
+		// Only one value is returned
+		return NewKVPair(string(ev.Key), ev.Value, "", ev.Lease, ev.Version), nil
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// Put writes a key-value pair to the KV store.  Value can only be a string or []byte since the etcd API
+// accepts only a string as a value for a put operation. Timeout defines how long the function will
+// wait for a response
+func (c *EtcdClient) Put(key string, value interface{}, timeout int, lock ...bool) error {
+
+	// Validate that we can convert value to a string as etcd API expects a string
+	var val string
+	var er error
+	if val, er = ToString(value); er != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected-type-%T", value)
+	}
+
+	duration := GetDuration(timeout)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), duration)
+
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+
+	var err error
+	// Check if there is already a lease for this key - if there is then use it, otherwise a PUT will make
+	// that KV key permanent instead of automatically removing it after a lease expiration
+	if leaseID, ok := c.keyReservations[key]; ok {
+		_, err = c.ectdAPI.Put(ctx, key, val, v3Client.WithLease(*leaseID))
+	} else {
+		_, err = c.ectdAPI.Put(ctx, key, val)
+	}
+	cancel()
+	if err != nil {
+		switch err {
+		case context.Canceled:
+			log.Warnw("context-cancelled", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		case context.DeadlineExceeded:
+			log.Warnw("context-deadline-exceeded", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		case v3rpcTypes.ErrEmptyKey:
+			log.Warnw("etcd-client-error", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		default:
+			log.Warnw("bad-endpoints", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Delete removes a key from the KV store. Timeout defines how long the function will
+// wait for a response
+func (c *EtcdClient) Delete(key string, timeout int, lock ...bool) error {
+
+	duration := GetDuration(timeout)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), duration)
+
+	defer cancel()
+
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+
+	// delete the key
+	if _, err := c.ectdAPI.Delete(ctx, key); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("failed-to-delete-key", log.Fields{"key": key, "error": err})
+		return err
+	}
+	log.Debugw("key(s)-deleted", log.Fields{"key": key})
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Reserve is invoked to acquire a key and set it to a given value. Value can only be a string or []byte since
+// the etcd API accepts only a string.  Timeout defines how long the function will wait for a response.  TTL
+// defines how long that reservation is valid.  When TTL expires the key is unreserved by the KV store itself.
+// If the key is acquired then the value returned will be the value passed in.  If the key is already acquired
+// then the value assigned to that key will be returned.
+func (c *EtcdClient) Reserve(key string, value interface{}, ttl int64) (interface{}, error) {
+	// Validate that we can convert value to a string as etcd API expects a string
+	var val string
+	var er error
+	if val, er = ToString(value); er != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected-type%T", value)
+	}
+
+	// Create a lease
+	resp, err := c.ectdAPI.Grant(context.Background(), ttl)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// Register the lease id
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	c.keyReservations[key] = &resp.ID
+	c.writeLock.Unlock()
+
+	// Revoke lease if reservation is not successful
+	reservationSuccessful := false
+	defer func() {
+		if !reservationSuccessful {
+			if err = c.ReleaseReservation(key); err != nil {
+				log.Error("cannot-release-lease")
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Try to grap the Key with the above lease
+	c.ectdAPI.Txn(context.Background())
+	txn := c.ectdAPI.Txn(context.Background())
+	txn = txn.If(v3Client.Compare(v3Client.Version(key), "=", 0))
+	txn = txn.Then(v3Client.OpPut(key, val, v3Client.WithLease(resp.ID)))
+	txn = txn.Else(v3Client.OpGet(key))
+	result, er := txn.Commit()
+	if er != nil {
+		return nil, er
+	}
+
+	if !result.Succeeded {
+		// Verify whether we are already the owner of that Key
+		if len(result.Responses) > 0 &&
+			len(result.Responses[0].GetResponseRange().Kvs) > 0 {
+			kv := result.Responses[0].GetResponseRange().Kvs[0]
+			if string(kv.Value) == val {
+				reservationSuccessful = true
+				return value, nil
+			}
+			return kv.Value, nil
+		}
+	} else {
+		// Read the Key to ensure this is our Key
+		m, err := c.Get(key, defaultKVGetTimeout, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if m != nil {
+			if m.Key == key && isEqual(m.Value, value) {
+				// My reservation is successful - register it.  For now, support is only for 1 reservation per key
+				// per session.
+				reservationSuccessful = true
+				return value, nil
+			}
+			// My reservation has failed.  Return the owner of that key
+			return m.Value, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// ReleaseAllReservations releases all key reservations previously made (using Reserve API)
+func (c *EtcdClient) ReleaseAllReservations() error {
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+	for key, leaseID := range c.keyReservations {
+		_, err := c.ectdAPI.Revoke(context.Background(), *leaseID)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("cannot-release-reservation", log.Fields{"key": key, "error": err})
+			return err
+		}
+		delete(c.keyReservations, key)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ReleaseReservation releases reservation for a specific key.
+func (c *EtcdClient) ReleaseReservation(key string) error {
+	// Get the leaseid using the key
+	log.Debugw("Release-reservation", log.Fields{"key": key})
+	var ok bool
+	var leaseID *v3Client.LeaseID
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+	if leaseID, ok = c.keyReservations[key]; !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if leaseID != nil {
+		_, err := c.ectdAPI.Revoke(context.Background(), *leaseID)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error(err)
+			return err
+		}
+		delete(c.keyReservations, key)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// RenewReservation renews a reservation.  A reservation will go stale after the specified TTL (Time To Live)
+// period specified when reserving the key
+func (c *EtcdClient) RenewReservation(key string) error {
+	// Get the leaseid using the key
+	var ok bool
+	var leaseID *v3Client.LeaseID
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+	if leaseID, ok = c.keyReservations[key]; !ok {
+		return errors.New("key-not-reserved")
+	}
+
+	if leaseID != nil {
+		_, err := c.ectdAPI.KeepAliveOnce(context.Background(), *leaseID)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("lease-may-have-expired", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		return errors.New("lease-expired")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Watch provides the watch capability on a given key.  It returns a channel onto which the callee needs to
+// listen to receive Events.
+func (c *EtcdClient) Watch(key string) chan *Event {
+	w := v3Client.NewWatcher(c.ectdAPI)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	channel := w.Watch(ctx, key)
+
+	// Create a new channel
+	ch := make(chan *Event, maxClientChannelBufferSize)
+
+	// Keep track of the created channels so they can be closed when required
+	channelMap := make(map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher)
+	channelMap[ch] = w
+
+	channelMaps := c.addChannelMap(key, channelMap)
+
+	// Changing the log field (from channelMaps) as the underlying logger cannot format the map of channels into a
+	// json format.
+	log.Debugw("watched-channels", log.Fields{"len": len(channelMaps)})
+	// Launch a go routine to listen for updates
+	go c.listenForKeyChange(channel, ch, cancel)
+
+	return ch
+
+}
+
+func (c *EtcdClient) addChannelMap(key string, channelMap map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher) []map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher {
+	var channels interface{}
+	var exists bool
+
+	if channels, exists = c.watchedChannels.Load(key); exists {
+		channels = append(channels.([]map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher), channelMap)
+	} else {
+		channels = []map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher{channelMap}
+	}
+	c.watchedChannels.Store(key, channels)
+
+	return channels.([]map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher)
+}
+
+func (c *EtcdClient) removeChannelMap(key string, pos int) []map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher {
+	var channels interface{}
+	var exists bool
+
+	if channels, exists = c.watchedChannels.Load(key); exists {
+		channels = append(channels.([]map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher)[:pos], channels.([]map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher)[pos+1:]...)
+		c.watchedChannels.Store(key, channels)
+	}
+
+	return channels.([]map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher)
+}
+
+func (c *EtcdClient) getChannelMaps(key string) ([]map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher, bool) {
+	var channels interface{}
+	var exists bool
+
+	channels, exists = c.watchedChannels.Load(key)
+
+	if channels == nil {
+		return nil, exists
+	}
+
+	return channels.([]map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher), exists
+}
+
+// CloseWatch closes a specific watch. Both the key and the channel are required when closing a watch as there
+// may be multiple listeners on the same key.  The previously created channel serves as a key
+func (c *EtcdClient) CloseWatch(key string, ch chan *Event) {
+	// Get the array of channels mapping
+	var watchedChannels []map[chan *Event]v3Client.Watcher
+	var ok bool
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+
+	if watchedChannels, ok = c.getChannelMaps(key); !ok {
+		log.Warnw("key-has-no-watched-channels", log.Fields{"key": key})
+		return
+	}
+	// Look for the channels
+	var pos = -1
+	for i, chMap := range watchedChannels {
+		if t, ok := chMap[ch]; ok {
+			log.Debug("channel-found")
+			// Close the etcd watcher before the client channel.  This should close the etcd channel as well
+			if err := t.Close(); err != nil {
+				log.Errorw("watcher-cannot-be-closed", log.Fields{"key": key, "error": err})
+			}
+			pos = i
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	channelMaps, _ := c.getChannelMaps(key)
+	// Remove that entry if present
+	if pos >= 0 {
+		channelMaps = c.removeChannelMap(key, pos)
+	}
+	log.Infow("watcher-channel-exiting", log.Fields{"key": key, "channel": channelMaps})
+}
+
+func (c *EtcdClient) listenForKeyChange(channel v3Client.WatchChan, ch chan<- *Event, cancel context.CancelFunc) {
+	log.Debug("start-listening-on-channel ...")
+	defer cancel()
+	defer close(ch)
+	for resp := range channel {
+		for _, ev := range resp.Events {
+			ch <- NewEvent(getEventType(ev), ev.Kv.Key, ev.Kv.Value, ev.Kv.Version)
+		}
+	}
+	log.Debug("stop-listening-on-channel ...")
+}
+
+func getEventType(event *v3Client.Event) int {
+	switch event.Type {
+	case v3Client.EventTypePut:
+		return PUT
+	case v3Client.EventTypeDelete:
+		return DELETE
+	}
+	return UNKNOWN
+}
+
+// Close closes the KV store client
+func (c *EtcdClient) Close() {
+	c.writeLock.Lock()
+	defer c.writeLock.Unlock()
+	if err := c.ectdAPI.Close(); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("error-closing-client", log.Fields{"error": err})
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *EtcdClient) addLockName(lockName string, lock *v3Concurrency.Mutex, session *v3Concurrency.Session) {
+	c.lockToMutexLock.Lock()
+	defer c.lockToMutexLock.Unlock()
+	c.lockToMutexMap[lockName] = lock
+	c.lockToSessionMap[lockName] = session
+}
+
+func (c *EtcdClient) deleteLockName(lockName string) {
+	c.lockToMutexLock.Lock()
+	defer c.lockToMutexLock.Unlock()
+	delete(c.lockToMutexMap, lockName)
+	delete(c.lockToSessionMap, lockName)
+}
+
+func (c *EtcdClient) getLock(lockName string) (*v3Concurrency.Mutex, *v3Concurrency.Session) {
+	c.lockToMutexLock.Lock()
+	defer c.lockToMutexLock.Unlock()
+	var lock *v3Concurrency.Mutex
+	var session *v3Concurrency.Session
+	if l, exist := c.lockToMutexMap[lockName]; exist {
+		lock = l
+	}
+	if s, exist := c.lockToSessionMap[lockName]; exist {
+		session = s
+	}
+	return lock, session
+}
+
+func (c *EtcdClient) AcquireLock(lockName string, timeout int) error {
+	duration := GetDuration(timeout)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), duration)
+	defer cancel()
+	session, _ := v3Concurrency.NewSession(c.ectdAPI, v3Concurrency.WithContext(ctx))
+	mu := v3Concurrency.NewMutex(session, "/devicelock_"+lockName)
+	if err := mu.Lock(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		cancel()
+		return err
+	}
+	c.addLockName(lockName, mu, session)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *EtcdClient) ReleaseLock(lockName string) error {
+	lock, session := c.getLock(lockName)
+	var err error
+	if lock != nil {
+		if e := lock.Unlock(context.Background()); e != nil {
+			err = e
+		}
+	}
+	if session != nil {
+		if e := session.Close(); e != nil {
+			err = e
+		}
+	}
+	c.deleteLockName(lockName)
+
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf9a95c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore/kvutils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package kvstore
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// GetDuration converts a timeout value from int to duration.  If the timeout value is
+// either not set of -ve then we default KV timeout (configurable) is used.
+func GetDuration(timeout int) time.Duration {
+	if timeout <= 0 {
+		return defaultKVGetTimeout * time.Second
+	}
+	return time.Duration(timeout) * time.Second
+}
+
+// ToString converts an interface value to a string.  The interface should either be of
+// a string type or []byte.  Otherwise, an error is returned.
+func ToString(value interface{}) (string, error) {
+	switch t := value.(type) {
+	case []byte:
+		return string(value.([]byte)), nil
+	case string:
+		return value.(string), nil
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected-type-%T", t)
+	}
+}
+
+// ToByte converts an interface value to a []byte.  The interface should either be of
+// a string type or []byte.  Otherwise, an error is returned.
+func ToByte(value interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	switch t := value.(type) {
+	case []byte:
+		return value.([]byte), nil
+	case string:
+		return []byte(value.(string)), nil
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected-type-%T", t)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/backend.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/backend.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb2c813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/backend.go
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+//TODO: missing cache stuff
+//TODO: missing retry stuff
+//TODO: missing proper logging
+
+// Backend structure holds details for accessing the kv store
+type Backend struct {
+	sync.RWMutex
+	Client     kvstore.Client
+	StoreType  string
+	Host       string
+	Port       int
+	Timeout    int
+	PathPrefix string
+}
+
+// NewBackend creates a new instance of a Backend structure
+func NewBackend(storeType string, host string, port int, timeout int, pathPrefix string) *Backend {
+	var err error
+
+	b := &Backend{
+		StoreType:  storeType,
+		Host:       host,
+		Port:       port,
+		Timeout:    timeout,
+		PathPrefix: pathPrefix,
+	}
+
+	address := host + ":" + strconv.Itoa(port)
+	if b.Client, err = b.newClient(address, timeout); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("failed-to-create-kv-client",
+			log.Fields{
+				"type": storeType, "host": host, "port": port,
+				"timeout": timeout, "prefix": pathPrefix,
+				"error": err.Error(),
+			})
+	}
+
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b *Backend) newClient(address string, timeout int) (kvstore.Client, error) {
+	switch b.StoreType {
+	case "consul":
+		return kvstore.NewConsulClient(address, timeout)
+	case "etcd":
+		return kvstore.NewEtcdClient(address, timeout)
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("unsupported-kv-store")
+}
+
+func (b *Backend) makePath(key string) string {
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", b.PathPrefix, key)
+	return path
+}
+
+// List retrieves one or more items that match the specified key
+func (b *Backend) List(key string, lock ...bool) (map[string]*kvstore.KVPair, error) {
+	b.Lock()
+	defer b.Unlock()
+
+	formattedPath := b.makePath(key)
+	log.Debugw("listing-key", log.Fields{"key": key, "path": formattedPath, "lock": lock})
+
+	return b.Client.List(formattedPath, b.Timeout, lock...)
+}
+
+// Get retrieves an item that matches the specified key
+func (b *Backend) Get(key string, lock ...bool) (*kvstore.KVPair, error) {
+	b.Lock()
+	defer b.Unlock()
+
+	formattedPath := b.makePath(key)
+	log.Debugw("getting-key", log.Fields{"key": key, "path": formattedPath, "lock": lock})
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	err, pair := b.Client.Get(formattedPath, b.Timeout, lock...)
+	stop := time.Now()
+
+	GetProfiling().AddToDatabaseRetrieveTime(stop.Sub(start).Seconds())
+
+	return err, pair
+}
+
+// Put stores an item value under the specifed key
+func (b *Backend) Put(key string, value interface{}, lock ...bool) error {
+	b.Lock()
+	defer b.Unlock()
+
+	formattedPath := b.makePath(key)
+	log.Debugw("putting-key", log.Fields{"key": key, "value": string(value.([]byte)), "path": formattedPath, "lock": lock})
+
+	return b.Client.Put(formattedPath, value, b.Timeout, lock...)
+}
+
+// Delete removes an item under the specified key
+func (b *Backend) Delete(key string, lock ...bool) error {
+	b.Lock()
+	defer b.Unlock()
+
+	formattedPath := b.makePath(key)
+	log.Debugw("deleting-key", log.Fields{"key": key, "path": formattedPath, "lock": lock})
+
+	return b.Client.Delete(formattedPath, b.Timeout, lock...)
+}
+
+// CreateWatch starts watching events for the specified key
+func (b *Backend) CreateWatch(key string) chan *kvstore.Event {
+	b.Lock()
+	defer b.Unlock()
+
+	formattedPath := b.makePath(key)
+	log.Debugw("creating-key-watch", log.Fields{"key": key, "path": formattedPath})
+
+	return b.Client.Watch(formattedPath)
+}
+
+// DeleteWatch stops watching events for the specified key
+func (b *Backend) DeleteWatch(key string, ch chan *kvstore.Event) {
+	b.Lock()
+	defer b.Unlock()
+
+	formattedPath := b.makePath(key)
+	log.Debugw("deleting-key-watch", log.Fields{"key": key, "path": formattedPath})
+
+	b.Client.CloseWatch(formattedPath, ch)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/branch.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/branch.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2075b7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/branch.go
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// TODO: implement weak references or something equivalent
+// TODO: missing proper logging
+
+// Branch structure is used to classify a collection of transaction based revisions
+type Branch struct {
+	mutex      sync.RWMutex
+	Node       *node
+	Txid       string
+	Origin     Revision
+	Revisions  map[string]Revision
+	LatestLock sync.RWMutex
+	Latest     Revision
+}
+
+// NewBranch creates a new instance of the Branch structure
+func NewBranch(node *node, txid string, origin Revision, autoPrune bool) *Branch {
+	b := &Branch{}
+	b.Node = node
+	b.Txid = txid
+	b.Origin = origin
+	b.Revisions = make(map[string]Revision)
+	b.Latest = origin
+
+	return b
+}
+
+// Utility function to extract all children names for a given revision (mostly for debugging purposes)
+func (b *Branch) retrieveChildrenNames(revision Revision) []string {
+	var childrenNames []string
+
+	for _, child := range revision.GetChildren("devices") {
+		childrenNames = append(childrenNames, child.GetName())
+	}
+
+	return childrenNames
+}
+
+// Utility function to compare children names and report the missing ones (mostly for debugging purposes)
+func (b *Branch) findMissingChildrenNames(previousNames, latestNames []string) []string {
+	var missingNames []string
+
+	for _, previousName := range previousNames {
+		found := false
+
+		if len(latestNames) == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		for _, latestName := range latestNames {
+			if previousName == latestName {
+				found = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !found {
+			missingNames = append(missingNames, previousName)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return missingNames
+}
+
+// SetLatest assigns the latest revision for this branch
+func (b *Branch) SetLatest(latest Revision) {
+	b.mutex.Lock()
+	defer b.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	if b.Latest != nil {
+		log.Debugw("updating-latest-revision", log.Fields{"current": b.Latest.GetHash(), "new": latest.GetHash()})
+
+		// Go through list of children names in current revision and new revision
+		// and then compare the resulting outputs to ensure that we have not lost any entries.
+
+		if level, _ := log.GetPackageLogLevel(); level == log.DebugLevel {
+			var previousNames, latestNames, missingNames []string
+
+			if previousNames = b.retrieveChildrenNames(b.Latest); len(previousNames) > 0 {
+				log.Debugw("children-of-previous-revision", log.Fields{"hash": b.Latest.GetHash(), "names": previousNames})
+			}
+
+			if latestNames = b.retrieveChildrenNames(b.Latest); len(latestNames) > 0 {
+				log.Debugw("children-of-latest-revision", log.Fields{"hash": latest.GetHash(), "names": latestNames})
+			}
+
+			if missingNames = b.findMissingChildrenNames(previousNames, latestNames); len(missingNames) > 0 {
+				log.Debugw("children-missing-in-latest-revision", log.Fields{"hash": latest.GetHash(), "names": missingNames})
+			}
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		log.Debugw("setting-latest-revision", log.Fields{"new": latest.GetHash()})
+	}
+
+	b.Latest = latest
+}
+
+// GetLatest retrieves the latest revision of the branch
+func (b *Branch) GetLatest() Revision {
+	b.mutex.RLock()
+	defer b.mutex.RUnlock()
+
+	return b.Latest
+}
+
+// GetOrigin retrieves the original revision of the branch
+func (b *Branch) GetOrigin() Revision {
+	b.mutex.RLock()
+	defer b.mutex.RUnlock()
+
+	return b.Origin
+}
+
+// AddRevision inserts a new revision to the branch
+func (b *Branch) AddRevision(revision Revision) {
+	if revision != nil && b.GetRevision(revision.GetHash()) == nil {
+		b.SetRevision(revision.GetHash(), revision)
+	}
+}
+
+// GetRevision pulls a revision entry at the specified hash
+func (b *Branch) GetRevision(hash string) Revision {
+	b.mutex.RLock()
+	defer b.mutex.RUnlock()
+
+	if revision, ok := b.Revisions[hash]; ok {
+		return revision
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SetRevision updates a revision entry at the specified hash
+func (b *Branch) SetRevision(hash string, revision Revision) {
+	b.mutex.Lock()
+	defer b.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	b.Revisions[hash] = revision
+}
+
+// DeleteRevision removes a revision with the specified hash
+func (b *Branch) DeleteRevision(hash string) {
+	b.mutex.Lock()
+	defer b.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	if _, ok := b.Revisions[hash]; ok {
+		delete(b.Revisions, hash)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/callback_type.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/callback_type.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b530dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/callback_type.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+// CallbackType is an enumerated value to express when a callback should be executed
+type CallbackType uint8
+
+// Enumerated list of callback types
+const (
+	GET CallbackType = iota
+	PRE_UPDATE
+	POST_UPDATE
+	PRE_ADD
+	POST_ADD
+	PRE_REMOVE
+	POST_REMOVE
+	POST_LISTCHANGE
+)
+
+var enumCallbackTypes = []string{
+	"GET",
+	"PRE_UPDATE",
+	"POST_UPDATE",
+	"PRE_ADD",
+	"POST_ADD",
+	"PRE_REMOVE",
+	"POST_REMOVE",
+	"POST_LISTCHANGE",
+}
+
+func (t CallbackType) String() string {
+	return enumCallbackTypes[t]
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/child_type.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/child_type.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fae9844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/child_type.go
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	desc "github.com/golang/protobuf/descriptor"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go/descriptor"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/common"
+	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+type childTypesSingleton struct {
+	mutex sync.RWMutex
+	Cache map[interface{}]map[string]*ChildType
+}
+
+var instanceChildTypes *childTypesSingleton
+var onceChildTypes sync.Once
+
+func getChildTypes() *childTypesSingleton {
+	onceChildTypes.Do(func() {
+		instanceChildTypes = &childTypesSingleton{}
+	})
+	return instanceChildTypes
+}
+
+func (s *childTypesSingleton) GetCache() map[interface{}]map[string]*ChildType {
+	s.mutex.RLock()
+	defer s.mutex.RUnlock()
+	return s.Cache
+}
+
+func (s *childTypesSingleton) SetCache(cache map[interface{}]map[string]*ChildType) {
+	s.mutex.Lock()
+	defer s.mutex.Unlock()
+	s.Cache = cache
+}
+
+func (s *childTypesSingleton) GetCacheEntry(key interface{}) (map[string]*ChildType, bool) {
+	s.mutex.RLock()
+	defer s.mutex.RUnlock()
+	childTypeMap, exists := s.Cache[key]
+	return childTypeMap, exists
+}
+
+func (s *childTypesSingleton) SetCacheEntry(key interface{}, value map[string]*ChildType) {
+	s.mutex.Lock()
+	defer s.mutex.Unlock()
+	s.Cache[key] = value
+}
+
+func (s *childTypesSingleton) ResetCache() {
+	s.mutex.Lock()
+	defer s.mutex.Unlock()
+	s.Cache = make(map[interface{}]map[string]*ChildType)
+}
+
+// ChildType structure contains construct details of an object
+type ChildType struct {
+	ClassModule string
+	ClassType   reflect.Type
+	IsContainer bool
+	Key         string
+	KeyFromStr  func(s string) interface{}
+}
+
+// ChildrenFields retrieves list of child objects associated to a given interface
+func ChildrenFields(cls interface{}) map[string]*ChildType {
+	if cls == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	var names map[string]*ChildType
+	var namesExist bool
+
+	if getChildTypes().Cache == nil {
+		getChildTypes().Cache = make(map[interface{}]map[string]*ChildType)
+	}
+
+	msgType := reflect.TypeOf(cls)
+	inst := getChildTypes()
+
+	if names, namesExist = inst.Cache[msgType.String()]; !namesExist {
+		names = make(map[string]*ChildType)
+
+		_, md := desc.ForMessage(cls.(desc.Message))
+
+		// TODO: Do we need to validate MD for nil, panic or exception?
+		for _, field := range md.Field {
+			if options := field.GetOptions(); options != nil {
+				if proto.HasExtension(options, common.E_ChildNode) {
+					isContainer := *field.Label == descriptor.FieldDescriptorProto_LABEL_REPEATED
+					meta, _ := proto.GetExtension(options, common.E_ChildNode)
+
+					var keyFromStr func(string) interface{}
+					var ct ChildType
+
+					parentType := FindOwnerType(reflect.ValueOf(cls), field.GetName(), 0, false)
+					if meta.(*common.ChildNode).GetKey() != "" {
+						keyType := FindKeyOwner(reflect.New(parentType).Elem().Interface(), meta.(*common.ChildNode).GetKey(), 0)
+
+						switch keyType.(reflect.Type).Name() {
+						case "string":
+							keyFromStr = func(s string) interface{} {
+								return s
+							}
+						case "int32":
+							keyFromStr = func(s string) interface{} {
+								i, _ := strconv.Atoi(s)
+								return int32(i)
+							}
+						case "int64":
+							keyFromStr = func(s string) interface{} {
+								i, _ := strconv.Atoi(s)
+								return int64(i)
+							}
+						case "uint32":
+							keyFromStr = func(s string) interface{} {
+								i, _ := strconv.Atoi(s)
+								return uint32(i)
+							}
+						case "uint64":
+							keyFromStr = func(s string) interface{} {
+								i, _ := strconv.Atoi(s)
+								return uint64(i)
+							}
+						default:
+							log.Errorf("Key type not implemented - type: %s\n", keyType.(reflect.Type))
+						}
+					}
+
+					ct = ChildType{
+						ClassModule: parentType.String(),
+						ClassType:   parentType,
+						IsContainer: isContainer,
+						Key:         meta.(*common.ChildNode).GetKey(),
+						KeyFromStr:  keyFromStr,
+					}
+
+					names[field.GetName()] = &ct
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		getChildTypes().Cache[msgType.String()] = names
+	} else {
+		entry, _ := inst.GetCacheEntry(msgType.String())
+		log.Debugf("Cache entry for %s: %+v", msgType.String(), entry)
+	}
+
+	return names
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/data_revision.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/data_revision.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b930ae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/data_revision.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+// DataRevision stores the data associated to a revision along with its calculated checksum hash value
+type DataRevision struct {
+	Data interface{}
+	Hash string
+}
+
+// NewDataRevision creates a new instance of a DataRevision structure
+func NewDataRevision(root *root, data interface{}) *DataRevision {
+	dr := DataRevision{}
+	dr.Data = data
+	dr.Hash = dr.hashData(root, data)
+
+	return &dr
+}
+
+func (dr *DataRevision) hashData(root *root, data interface{}) string {
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+
+	if IsProtoMessage(data) {
+		if pbdata, err := proto.Marshal(data.(proto.Message)); err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("problem to marshal protobuf data --> err: %s", err.Error())
+		} else {
+			buffer.Write(pbdata)
+			// To ensure uniqueness in case data is nil, also include data type
+			buffer.Write([]byte(reflect.TypeOf(data).String()))
+		}
+
+	} else if reflect.ValueOf(data).IsValid() {
+		dataObj := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(data).Elem())
+		if json, err := json.Marshal(dataObj.Interface()); err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("problem to marshal data --> err: %s", err.Error())
+		} else {
+			buffer.Write(json)
+		}
+	} else {
+		dataObj := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(data).Elem())
+		buffer.Write(dataObj.Bytes())
+	}
+
+	// Add the root pointer that owns the current data for extra uniqueness
+	rootPtr := fmt.Sprintf("%p", root)
+	buffer.Write([]byte(rootPtr))
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", md5.Sum(buffer.Bytes()))[:12]
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/event_bus.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/event_bus.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3af2556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/event_bus.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha"
+)
+
+// EventBus contains the details required to communicate with the event bus mechanism
+type EventBus struct {
+	client *EventBusClient
+	topic  string
+}
+
+// ignoredCallbacks keeps a list of callbacks that should not be advertised on the event bus
+var (
+	ignoredCallbacks = map[CallbackType]struct{}{
+		PRE_ADD:         {},
+		GET:             {},
+		POST_LISTCHANGE: {},
+		PRE_REMOVE:      {},
+		PRE_UPDATE:      {},
+	}
+)
+
+// NewEventBus creates a new instance of the EventBus structure
+func NewEventBus() *EventBus {
+	bus := &EventBus{
+		client: NewEventBusClient(),
+		topic:  "model-change-events",
+	}
+	return bus
+}
+
+// Advertise will publish the provided information to the event bus
+func (bus *EventBus) Advertise(args ...interface{}) interface{} {
+	eventType := args[0].(CallbackType)
+	hash := args[1].(string)
+	data := args[2:]
+
+	if _, ok := ignoredCallbacks[eventType]; ok {
+		log.Debugf("ignoring event - type:%s, data:%+v", eventType, data)
+	}
+	var kind voltha.ConfigEventType_ConfigEventType
+	switch eventType {
+	case POST_ADD:
+		kind = voltha.ConfigEventType_add
+	case POST_REMOVE:
+		kind = voltha.ConfigEventType_remove
+	default:
+		kind = voltha.ConfigEventType_update
+	}
+
+	var msg []byte
+	var err error
+	if IsProtoMessage(data) {
+		if msg, err = proto.Marshal(data[0].(proto.Message)); err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("problem marshalling proto data: %+v, err:%s", data[0], err.Error())
+		}
+	} else if data[0] != nil {
+		if msg, err = json.Marshal(data[0]); err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("problem marshalling json data: %+v, err:%s", data[0], err.Error())
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Debugf("no data to advertise : %+v", data[0])
+	}
+
+	event := voltha.ConfigEvent{
+		Type: kind,
+		Hash: hash,
+		Data: string(msg),
+	}
+
+	bus.client.Publish(bus.topic, event)
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/event_bus_client.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/event_bus_client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdc02f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/event_bus_client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha"
+)
+
+// EventBusClient is an abstraction layer structure to communicate with an event bus mechanism
+type EventBusClient struct {
+}
+
+// NewEventBusClient creates a new EventBusClient instance
+func NewEventBusClient() *EventBusClient {
+	return &EventBusClient{}
+}
+
+// Publish sends a event to the bus
+func (ebc *EventBusClient) Publish(topic string, event voltha.ConfigEvent) {
+	log.Debugf("publishing event:%+v, topic:%s\n", event, topic)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/merge.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/merge.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..752d025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/merge.go
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+)
+
+func revisionsAreEqual(a, b []Revision) bool {
+	// If one is nil, the other must also be nil.
+	if (a == nil) != (b == nil) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i := range a {
+		if a[i] != b[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+type changeAnalysis struct {
+	KeyMap1     map[string]int
+	KeyMap2     map[string]int
+	AddedKeys   map[string]struct{}
+	RemovedKeys map[string]struct{}
+	ChangedKeys map[string]struct{}
+}
+
+func newChangeAnalysis(lst1, lst2 []Revision, keyName string) *changeAnalysis {
+	changes := &changeAnalysis{}
+
+	changes.KeyMap1 = make(map[string]int)
+	changes.KeyMap2 = make(map[string]int)
+
+	changes.AddedKeys = make(map[string]struct{})
+	changes.RemovedKeys = make(map[string]struct{})
+	changes.ChangedKeys = make(map[string]struct{})
+
+	for i, rev := range lst1 {
+		_, v := GetAttributeValue(rev.GetData(), keyName, 0)
+		changes.KeyMap1[v.String()] = i
+	}
+	for i, rev := range lst2 {
+		_, v := GetAttributeValue(rev.GetData(), keyName, 0)
+		changes.KeyMap2[v.String()] = i
+	}
+	for v := range changes.KeyMap2 {
+		if _, ok := changes.KeyMap1[v]; !ok {
+			changes.AddedKeys[v] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+	for v := range changes.KeyMap1 {
+		if _, ok := changes.KeyMap2[v]; !ok {
+			changes.RemovedKeys[v] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+	for v := range changes.KeyMap1 {
+		if _, ok := changes.KeyMap2[v]; ok && lst1[changes.KeyMap1[v]].GetHash() != lst2[changes.KeyMap2[v]].GetHash() {
+			changes.ChangedKeys[v] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return changes
+}
+
+// Merge3Way takes care of combining the revision contents of the same data set
+func Merge3Way(
+	forkRev, srcRev, dstRev Revision,
+	mergeChildFunc func(Revision) Revision,
+	dryRun bool) (rev Revision, changes []ChangeTuple) {
+
+	log.Debugw("3-way-merge-request", log.Fields{"dryRun": dryRun})
+
+	var configChanged bool
+	var revsToDiscard []Revision
+
+	if dstRev.GetConfig() == forkRev.GetConfig() {
+		configChanged = dstRev.GetConfig() != srcRev.GetConfig()
+	} else {
+		if dstRev.GetConfig().Hash != srcRev.GetConfig().Hash {
+			log.Error("config-collision")
+		}
+		configChanged = true
+	}
+
+	//newChildren := reflect.ValueOf(dstRev.GetAllChildren()).Interface().(map[string][]Revision)
+	newChildren := make(map[string][]Revision)
+	for entryName, childrenEntry := range dstRev.GetAllChildren() {
+		//newRev.Children[entryName] = append(newRev.Children[entryName], childrenEntry...)
+		newChildren[entryName] = make([]Revision, len(childrenEntry))
+		copy(newChildren[entryName], childrenEntry)
+	}
+
+	childrenFields := ChildrenFields(forkRev.GetData())
+
+	for fieldName, field := range childrenFields {
+		forkList := forkRev.GetChildren(fieldName)
+		srcList := srcRev.GetChildren(fieldName)
+		dstList := dstRev.GetChildren(fieldName)
+
+		if revisionsAreEqual(dstList, srcList) {
+			for _, rev := range srcList {
+				mergeChildFunc(rev)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if field.Key == "" {
+			if revisionsAreEqual(dstList, forkList) {
+				if !revisionsAreEqual(srcList, forkList) {
+					log.Error("we should not be here")
+				} else {
+					for _, rev := range srcList {
+						newChildren[fieldName] = append(newChildren[fieldName], mergeChildFunc(rev))
+					}
+					if field.IsContainer {
+						changes = append(
+							changes, ChangeTuple{POST_LISTCHANGE,
+								NewOperationContext("", nil, fieldName, ""), nil},
+						)
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				if !revisionsAreEqual(srcList, forkList) {
+					log.Error("cannot merge - single child node or un-keyed children list has changed")
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			if revisionsAreEqual(dstList, forkList) {
+				src := newChangeAnalysis(forkList, srcList, field.Key)
+
+				newList := make([]Revision, len(srcList))
+				copy(newList, srcList)
+
+				for key := range src.AddedKeys {
+					idx := src.KeyMap2[key]
+					newRev := mergeChildFunc(newList[idx])
+
+					// FIXME: newRev may come back as nil... exclude those entries for now
+					if newRev != nil {
+						newList[idx] = newRev
+						changes = append(changes, ChangeTuple{POST_ADD, newList[idx].GetData(), newRev.GetData()})
+					}
+				}
+				for key := range src.RemovedKeys {
+					oldRev := forkList[src.KeyMap1[key]]
+					revsToDiscard = append(revsToDiscard, oldRev)
+					changes = append(changes, ChangeTuple{POST_REMOVE, oldRev.GetData(), nil})
+				}
+				for key := range src.ChangedKeys {
+					idx := src.KeyMap2[key]
+					newRev := mergeChildFunc(newList[idx])
+
+					// FIXME: newRev may come back as nil... exclude those entries for now
+					if newRev != nil {
+						newList[idx] = newRev
+					}
+				}
+
+				if !dryRun {
+					newChildren[fieldName] = newList
+				}
+			} else {
+				src := newChangeAnalysis(forkList, srcList, field.Key)
+				dst := newChangeAnalysis(forkList, dstList, field.Key)
+
+				newList := make([]Revision, len(dstList))
+				copy(newList, dstList)
+
+				for key := range src.AddedKeys {
+					if _, exists := dst.AddedKeys[key]; exists {
+						childDstRev := dstList[dst.KeyMap2[key]]
+						childSrcRev := srcList[src.KeyMap2[key]]
+						if childDstRev.GetHash() == childSrcRev.GetHash() {
+							mergeChildFunc(childDstRev)
+						} else {
+							log.Error("conflict error - revision has been added is different")
+						}
+					} else {
+						newRev := mergeChildFunc(srcList[src.KeyMap2[key]])
+						newList = append(newList, newRev)
+						changes = append(changes, ChangeTuple{POST_ADD, srcList[src.KeyMap2[key]], newRev.GetData()})
+					}
+				}
+				for key := range src.ChangedKeys {
+					if _, removed := dst.RemovedKeys[key]; removed {
+						log.Error("conflict error - revision has been removed")
+					} else if _, changed := dst.ChangedKeys[key]; changed {
+						childDstRev := dstList[dst.KeyMap2[key]]
+						childSrcRev := srcList[src.KeyMap2[key]]
+						if childDstRev.GetHash() == childSrcRev.GetHash() {
+							mergeChildFunc(childSrcRev)
+						} else if childDstRev.GetConfig().Hash != childSrcRev.GetConfig().Hash {
+							log.Error("conflict error - revision has been changed and is different")
+						} else {
+							newRev := mergeChildFunc(srcList[src.KeyMap2[key]])
+							newList[dst.KeyMap2[key]] = newRev
+						}
+					} else {
+						newRev := mergeChildFunc(srcList[src.KeyMap2[key]])
+						newList[dst.KeyMap2[key]] = newRev
+					}
+				}
+
+				// TODO: how do i sort this map in reverse order?
+				for key := range src.RemovedKeys {
+					if _, changed := dst.ChangedKeys[key]; changed {
+						log.Error("conflict error - revision has changed")
+					}
+					if _, removed := dst.RemovedKeys[key]; !removed {
+						dstIdx := dst.KeyMap2[key]
+						oldRev := newList[dstIdx]
+						revsToDiscard = append(revsToDiscard, oldRev)
+
+						copy(newList[dstIdx:], newList[dstIdx+1:])
+						newList[len(newList)-1] = nil
+						newList = newList[:len(newList)-1]
+
+						changes = append(changes, ChangeTuple{POST_REMOVE, oldRev.GetData(), nil})
+					}
+				}
+
+				if !dryRun {
+					newChildren[fieldName] = newList
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !dryRun && len(newChildren) > 0 {
+		if configChanged {
+			rev = srcRev
+		} else {
+			rev = dstRev
+		}
+
+		for _, discarded := range revsToDiscard {
+			discarded.Drop("", true)
+		}
+
+		// FIXME: Do not discard the latest value for now
+		//dstRev.GetBranch().GetLatest().Drop("", configChanged)
+		rev = rev.UpdateAllChildren(newChildren, dstRev.GetBranch())
+
+		if configChanged {
+			changes = append(changes, ChangeTuple{POST_UPDATE, dstRev.GetBranch().GetLatest().GetData(), rev.GetData()})
+		}
+		return rev, changes
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/model.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/model.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8087919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/model.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package model
+
+import (
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	log.AddPackage(log.JSON, log.InfoLevel, log.Fields{"instanceId": "DB_MODEL"})
+	defer log.CleanUp()
+}
+
+const (
+	// period to determine when data requires a refresh (in milliseconds)
+	// TODO: make this configurable?
+	DataRefreshPeriod int64 = 5000
+
+	// Attribute used to store a timestamp in the context object
+	RequestTimestamp = "request-timestamp"
+
+	// Time limit for a KV path reservation (in seconds)
+	ReservationTTL int64 = 180
+)
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/node.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/node.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fd0250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/node.go
@@ -0,0 +1,1161 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+// TODO: proper error handling
+// TODO: proper logging
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// When a branch has no transaction id, everything gets stored in NONE
+const (
+	NONE string = "none"
+)
+
+// Node interface is an abstraction of the node data structure
+type Node interface {
+	MakeLatest(branch *Branch, revision Revision, changeAnnouncement []ChangeTuple)
+
+	// CRUD functions
+	Add(ctx context.Context, path string, data interface{}, txid string, makeBranch MakeBranchFunction) Revision
+	Get(ctx context.Context, path string, hash string, depth int, deep bool, txid string) interface{}
+	List(ctx context.Context, path string, hash string, depth int, deep bool, txid string) interface{}
+	Update(ctx context.Context, path string, data interface{}, strict bool, txid string, makeBranch MakeBranchFunction) Revision
+	Remove(ctx context.Context, path string, txid string, makeBranch MakeBranchFunction) Revision
+	CreateProxy(ctx context.Context, path string, exclusive bool) *Proxy
+
+	GetProxy() *Proxy
+
+	MakeBranch(txid string) *Branch
+	DeleteBranch(txid string)
+	MergeBranch(txid string, dryRun bool) (Revision, error)
+
+	MakeTxBranch() string
+	DeleteTxBranch(txid string)
+	FoldTxBranch(txid string)
+}
+
+type node struct {
+	mutex     sync.RWMutex
+	Root      *root
+	Type      interface{}
+	Branches  map[string]*Branch
+	Tags      map[string]Revision
+	Proxy     *Proxy
+	EventBus  *EventBus
+	AutoPrune bool
+}
+
+// ChangeTuple holds details of modifications made to a revision
+type ChangeTuple struct {
+	Type         CallbackType
+	PreviousData interface{}
+	LatestData   interface{}
+}
+
+// NewNode creates a new instance of the node data structure
+func NewNode(root *root, initialData interface{}, autoPrune bool, txid string) *node {
+	n := &node{}
+
+	n.Root = root
+	n.Branches = make(map[string]*Branch)
+	n.Tags = make(map[string]Revision)
+	n.Proxy = nil
+	n.EventBus = nil
+	n.AutoPrune = autoPrune
+
+	if IsProtoMessage(initialData) {
+		n.Type = reflect.ValueOf(initialData).Interface()
+		dataCopy := proto.Clone(initialData.(proto.Message))
+		n.initialize(dataCopy, txid)
+	} else if reflect.ValueOf(initialData).IsValid() {
+		// FIXME: this block does not reflect the original implementation
+		// it should be checking if the provided initial_data is already a type!??!
+		// it should be checked before IsProtoMessage
+		n.Type = reflect.ValueOf(initialData).Interface()
+	} else {
+		// not implemented error
+		log.Errorf("cannot process initial data - %+v", initialData)
+	}
+
+	return n
+}
+
+// MakeNode creates a new node in the tree
+func (n *node) MakeNode(data interface{}, txid string) *node {
+	return NewNode(n.Root, data, true, txid)
+}
+
+// MakeRevision create a new revision of the node in the tree
+func (n *node) MakeRevision(branch *Branch, data interface{}, children map[string][]Revision) Revision {
+	return n.GetRoot().MakeRevision(branch, data, children)
+}
+
+// makeLatest will mark the revision of a node as being the latest
+func (n *node) makeLatest(branch *Branch, revision Revision, changeAnnouncement []ChangeTuple) {
+	// Keep a reference to the current revision
+	var previous string
+	if branch.GetLatest() != nil {
+		previous = branch.GetLatest().GetHash()
+	}
+
+	branch.AddRevision(revision)
+
+	// If anything is new, then set the revision as the latest
+	if branch.GetLatest() == nil || revision.GetHash() != branch.GetLatest().GetHash() {
+		if revision.GetName() != "" {
+			log.Debugw("saving-latest-data", log.Fields{"hash": revision.GetHash(), "data": revision.GetData()})
+			// Tag a timestamp to that revision
+			revision.SetLastUpdate()
+			GetRevCache().Set(revision.GetName(), revision)
+		}
+		branch.SetLatest(revision)
+	}
+
+	// Delete the previous revision if anything has changed
+	if previous != "" && previous != branch.GetLatest().GetHash() {
+		branch.DeleteRevision(previous)
+	}
+
+	if changeAnnouncement != nil && branch.Txid == "" {
+		if n.Proxy != nil {
+			for _, change := range changeAnnouncement {
+				log.Debugw("adding-callback",
+					log.Fields{
+						"callbacks":    n.GetProxy().getCallbacks(change.Type),
+						"type":         change.Type,
+						"previousData": change.PreviousData,
+						"latestData":   change.LatestData,
+					})
+				n.Root.AddCallback(
+					n.GetProxy().InvokeCallbacks,
+					change.Type,
+					true,
+					change.PreviousData,
+					change.LatestData)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Latest returns the latest revision of node with or without the transaction id
+func (n *node) Latest(txid ...string) Revision {
+	var branch *Branch
+
+	if len(txid) > 0 && txid[0] != "" {
+		if branch = n.GetBranch(txid[0]); branch != nil {
+			return branch.GetLatest()
+		}
+	} else if branch = n.GetBranch(NONE); branch != nil {
+		return branch.GetLatest()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// initialize prepares the content of a node along with its possible ramifications
+func (n *node) initialize(data interface{}, txid string) {
+	children := make(map[string][]Revision)
+	for fieldName, field := range ChildrenFields(n.Type) {
+		_, fieldValue := GetAttributeValue(data, fieldName, 0)
+
+		if fieldValue.IsValid() {
+			if field.IsContainer {
+				if field.Key != "" {
+					for i := 0; i < fieldValue.Len(); i++ {
+						v := fieldValue.Index(i)
+
+						if rev := n.MakeNode(v.Interface(), txid).Latest(txid); rev != nil {
+							children[fieldName] = append(children[fieldName], rev)
+						}
+
+						// TODO: The following logic was ported from v1.0.  Need to verify if it is required
+						//var keysSeen []string
+						//_, key := GetAttributeValue(v.Interface(), field.Key, 0)
+						//for _, k := range keysSeen {
+						//	if k == key.String() {
+						//		//log.Errorf("duplicate key - %s", k)
+						//	}
+						//}
+						//keysSeen = append(keysSeen, key.String())
+					}
+
+				} else {
+					for i := 0; i < fieldValue.Len(); i++ {
+						v := fieldValue.Index(i)
+						if newNodeRev := n.MakeNode(v.Interface(), txid).Latest(); newNodeRev != nil {
+							children[fieldName] = append(children[fieldName], newNodeRev)
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				if newNodeRev := n.MakeNode(fieldValue.Interface(), txid).Latest(); newNodeRev != nil {
+					children[fieldName] = append(children[fieldName], newNodeRev)
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			log.Errorf("field is invalid - %+v", fieldValue)
+		}
+	}
+
+	branch := NewBranch(n, "", nil, n.AutoPrune)
+	rev := n.MakeRevision(branch, data, children)
+	n.makeLatest(branch, rev, nil)
+
+	if txid == "" {
+		n.SetBranch(NONE, branch)
+	} else {
+		n.SetBranch(txid, branch)
+	}
+}
+
+// findRevByKey retrieves a specific revision from a node tree
+func (n *node) findRevByKey(revs []Revision, keyName string, value interface{}) (int, Revision) {
+	for i, rev := range revs {
+		dataValue := reflect.ValueOf(rev.GetData())
+		dataStruct := GetAttributeStructure(rev.GetData(), keyName, 0)
+
+		fieldValue := dataValue.Elem().FieldByName(dataStruct.Name)
+
+		a := fmt.Sprintf("%s", fieldValue.Interface())
+		b := fmt.Sprintf("%s", value)
+		if a == b {
+			return i, revs[i]
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -1, nil
+}
+
+// Get retrieves the data from a node tree that resides at the specified path
+func (n *node) List(ctx context.Context, path string, hash string, depth int, deep bool, txid string) interface{} {
+	n.mutex.Lock()
+	defer n.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	log.Debugw("node-list-request", log.Fields{"path": path, "hash": hash, "depth": depth, "deep": deep, "txid": txid})
+	if deep {
+		depth = -1
+	}
+
+	for strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		path = path[1:]
+	}
+
+	var branch *Branch
+	var rev Revision
+
+	if branch = n.GetBranch(txid); txid == "" || branch == nil {
+		branch = n.GetBranch(NONE)
+	}
+
+	if hash != "" {
+		rev = branch.GetRevision(hash)
+	} else {
+		rev = branch.GetLatest()
+	}
+
+	var result interface{}
+	var prList []interface{}
+	if pr := rev.LoadFromPersistence(ctx, path, txid, nil); pr != nil {
+		for _, revEntry := range pr {
+			prList = append(prList, revEntry.GetData())
+		}
+		result = prList
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// Get retrieves the data from a node tree that resides at the specified path
+func (n *node) Get(ctx context.Context, path string, hash string, depth int, reconcile bool, txid string) interface{} {
+	n.mutex.Lock()
+	defer n.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	log.Debugw("node-get-request", log.Fields{"path": path, "hash": hash, "depth": depth, "reconcile": reconcile, "txid": txid})
+
+	for strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		path = path[1:]
+	}
+
+	var branch *Branch
+	var rev Revision
+
+	if branch = n.GetBranch(txid); txid == "" || branch == nil {
+		branch = n.GetBranch(NONE)
+	}
+
+	if hash != "" {
+		rev = branch.GetRevision(hash)
+	} else {
+		rev = branch.GetLatest()
+	}
+
+	var result interface{}
+
+	// If there is no request to reconcile, try to get it from memory
+	if !reconcile {
+		// Try to find an entry matching the path value from one of these sources
+		// 1.  Start with the cache which stores revisions by watch names
+		// 2.  Then look in the revision tree, especially if it's a sub-path such as /devices/1234/flows
+		// 3.  Move on to the KV store if that path cannot be found or if the entry has expired
+		if entry, exists := GetRevCache().Get(path); exists && entry.(Revision) != nil {
+			entryAge := time.Now().Sub(entry.(Revision).GetLastUpdate()).Nanoseconds() / int64(time.Millisecond)
+			if entryAge < DataRefreshPeriod {
+				log.Debugw("using-cache-entry", log.Fields{
+					"path": path,
+					"hash": hash,
+					"age":  entryAge,
+				})
+				return proto.Clone(entry.(Revision).GetData().(proto.Message))
+			} else {
+				log.Debugw("cache-entry-expired", log.Fields{"path": path, "hash": hash, "age": entryAge})
+			}
+		} else if result = n.getPath(ctx, rev.GetBranch().GetLatest(), path, depth); result != nil && reflect.ValueOf(result).IsValid() && !reflect.ValueOf(result).IsNil() {
+			log.Debugw("using-rev-tree-entry", log.Fields{"path": path, "hash": hash, "depth": depth, "reconcile": reconcile, "txid": txid})
+			return result
+		} else {
+			log.Debugw("not-using-cache-entry", log.Fields{
+				"path": path,
+				"hash": hash, "depth": depth,
+				"reconcile": reconcile,
+				"txid":      txid,
+			})
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Debugw("reconcile-requested", log.Fields{
+			"path":      path,
+			"hash":      hash,
+			"reconcile": reconcile,
+		})
+	}
+
+	// If we got to this point, we are either trying to reconcile with the db
+	// or we simply failed at getting information from memory
+	if n.Root.KvStore != nil {
+		if pr := rev.LoadFromPersistence(ctx, path, txid, nil); pr != nil && len(pr) > 0 {
+			// Did we receive a single or multiple revisions?
+			if len(pr) > 1 {
+				var revs []interface{}
+				for _, revEntry := range pr {
+					revs = append(revs, revEntry.GetData())
+				}
+				result = revs
+			} else {
+				result = pr[0].GetData()
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+//getPath traverses the specified path and retrieves the data associated to it
+func (n *node) getPath(ctx context.Context, rev Revision, path string, depth int) interface{} {
+	if path == "" {
+		return n.getData(rev, depth)
+	}
+
+	partition := strings.SplitN(path, "/", 2)
+	name := partition[0]
+
+	if len(partition) < 2 {
+		path = ""
+	} else {
+		path = partition[1]
+	}
+
+	names := ChildrenFields(n.Type)
+	field := names[name]
+
+	if field != nil && field.IsContainer {
+		children := make([]Revision, len(rev.GetChildren(name)))
+		copy(children, rev.GetChildren(name))
+
+		if field.Key != "" {
+			if path != "" {
+				partition = strings.SplitN(path, "/", 2)
+				key := partition[0]
+				path = ""
+				keyValue := field.KeyFromStr(key)
+				if _, childRev := n.findRevByKey(children, field.Key, keyValue); childRev == nil {
+					return nil
+				} else {
+					childNode := childRev.GetNode()
+					return childNode.getPath(ctx, childRev, path, depth)
+				}
+			} else {
+				var response []interface{}
+				for _, childRev := range children {
+					childNode := childRev.GetNode()
+					value := childNode.getData(childRev, depth)
+					response = append(response, value)
+				}
+				return response
+			}
+		} else {
+			var response []interface{}
+			if path != "" {
+				// TODO: raise error
+				return response
+			}
+			for _, childRev := range children {
+				childNode := childRev.GetNode()
+				value := childNode.getData(childRev, depth)
+				response = append(response, value)
+			}
+			return response
+		}
+	} else if children := rev.GetChildren(name); children != nil && len(children) > 0 {
+		childRev := children[0]
+		childNode := childRev.GetNode()
+		return childNode.getPath(ctx, childRev, path, depth)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// getData retrieves the data from a node revision
+func (n *node) getData(rev Revision, depth int) interface{} {
+	msg := rev.GetBranch().GetLatest().Get(depth)
+	var modifiedMsg interface{}
+
+	if n.GetProxy() != nil {
+		log.Debugw("invoking-get-callbacks", log.Fields{"data": msg})
+		if modifiedMsg = n.GetProxy().InvokeCallbacks(GET, false, msg); modifiedMsg != nil {
+			msg = modifiedMsg
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return msg
+}
+
+// Update changes the content of a node at the specified path with the provided data
+func (n *node) Update(ctx context.Context, path string, data interface{}, strict bool, txid string, makeBranch MakeBranchFunction) Revision {
+	n.mutex.Lock()
+	defer n.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	log.Debugw("node-update-request", log.Fields{"path": path, "strict": strict, "txid": txid})
+
+	for strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		path = path[1:]
+	}
+
+	var branch *Branch
+	if txid == "" {
+		branch = n.GetBranch(NONE)
+	} else if branch = n.GetBranch(txid); branch == nil {
+		branch = makeBranch(n)
+	}
+
+	if branch.GetLatest() != nil {
+		log.Debugf("Branch data : %+v, Passed data: %+v", branch.GetLatest().GetData(), data)
+	}
+	if path == "" {
+		return n.doUpdate(ctx, branch, data, strict)
+	}
+
+	rev := branch.GetLatest()
+
+	partition := strings.SplitN(path, "/", 2)
+	name := partition[0]
+
+	if len(partition) < 2 {
+		path = ""
+	} else {
+		path = partition[1]
+	}
+
+	field := ChildrenFields(n.Type)[name]
+	var children []Revision
+
+	if field == nil {
+		return n.doUpdate(ctx, branch, data, strict)
+	}
+
+	if field.IsContainer {
+		if path == "" {
+			log.Errorf("cannot update a list")
+		} else if field.Key != "" {
+			partition := strings.SplitN(path, "/", 2)
+			key := partition[0]
+			if len(partition) < 2 {
+				path = ""
+			} else {
+				path = partition[1]
+			}
+			keyValue := field.KeyFromStr(key)
+
+			children = make([]Revision, len(rev.GetChildren(name)))
+			copy(children, rev.GetChildren(name))
+
+			idx, childRev := n.findRevByKey(children, field.Key, keyValue)
+
+			if childRev == nil {
+				log.Debugw("child-revision-is-nil", log.Fields{"key": keyValue})
+				return branch.GetLatest()
+			}
+
+			childNode := childRev.GetNode()
+
+			// Save proxy in child node to ensure callbacks are called later on
+			// only assign in cases of non sub-folder proxies, i.e. "/"
+			if childNode.Proxy == nil && n.Proxy != nil && n.GetProxy().getFullPath() == "" {
+				childNode.Proxy = n.Proxy
+			}
+
+			newChildRev := childNode.Update(ctx, path, data, strict, txid, makeBranch)
+
+			if newChildRev.GetHash() == childRev.GetHash() {
+				if newChildRev != childRev {
+					log.Debug("clear-hash - %s %+v", newChildRev.GetHash(), newChildRev)
+					newChildRev.ClearHash()
+				}
+				log.Debugw("child-revisions-have-matching-hash", log.Fields{"hash": childRev.GetHash(), "key": keyValue})
+				return branch.GetLatest()
+			}
+
+			_, newKey := GetAttributeValue(newChildRev.GetData(), field.Key, 0)
+
+			_newKeyType := fmt.Sprintf("%s", newKey)
+			_keyValueType := fmt.Sprintf("%s", keyValue)
+
+			if _newKeyType != _keyValueType {
+				log.Errorf("cannot change key field")
+			}
+
+			// Prefix the hash value with the data type (e.g. devices, logical_devices, adapters)
+			newChildRev.SetName(name + "/" + _keyValueType)
+
+			branch.LatestLock.Lock()
+			defer branch.LatestLock.Unlock()
+
+			if idx >= 0 {
+				children[idx] = newChildRev
+			} else {
+				children = append(children, newChildRev)
+			}
+
+			updatedRev := rev.UpdateChildren(ctx, name, children, branch)
+
+			n.makeLatest(branch, updatedRev, nil)
+			updatedRev.ChildDrop(name, childRev.GetHash())
+
+			return newChildRev
+
+		} else {
+			log.Errorf("cannot index into container with no keys")
+		}
+	} else {
+		childRev := rev.GetChildren(name)[0]
+		childNode := childRev.GetNode()
+		newChildRev := childNode.Update(ctx, path, data, strict, txid, makeBranch)
+
+		branch.LatestLock.Lock()
+		defer branch.LatestLock.Unlock()
+
+		updatedRev := rev.UpdateChildren(ctx, name, []Revision{newChildRev}, branch)
+		n.makeLatest(branch, updatedRev, nil)
+
+		updatedRev.ChildDrop(name, childRev.GetHash())
+
+		return newChildRev
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (n *node) doUpdate(ctx context.Context, branch *Branch, data interface{}, strict bool) Revision {
+	log.Debugw("comparing-types", log.Fields{"expected": reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(), "actual": reflect.TypeOf(data)})
+
+	if reflect.TypeOf(data) != reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type() {
+		// TODO raise error
+		log.Errorw("types-do-not-match: %+v", log.Fields{"actual": reflect.TypeOf(data), "expected": n.Type})
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// TODO: validate that this actually works
+	//if n.hasChildren(data) {
+	//	return nil
+	//}
+
+	if n.GetProxy() != nil {
+		log.Debug("invoking proxy PRE_UPDATE Callbacks")
+		n.GetProxy().InvokeCallbacks(PRE_UPDATE, false, branch.GetLatest(), data)
+	}
+
+	if branch.GetLatest().GetData().(proto.Message).String() != data.(proto.Message).String() {
+		if strict {
+			// TODO: checkAccessViolations(data, Branch.GetLatest.data)
+			log.Debugf("checking access violations")
+		}
+
+		rev := branch.GetLatest().UpdateData(ctx, data, branch)
+		changes := []ChangeTuple{{POST_UPDATE, branch.GetLatest().GetData(), rev.GetData()}}
+		n.makeLatest(branch, rev, changes)
+
+		return rev
+	}
+	return branch.GetLatest()
+}
+
+// Add inserts a new node at the specified path with the provided data
+func (n *node) Add(ctx context.Context, path string, data interface{}, txid string, makeBranch MakeBranchFunction) Revision {
+	n.mutex.Lock()
+	defer n.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	log.Debugw("node-add-request", log.Fields{"path": path, "txid": txid})
+
+	for strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		path = path[1:]
+	}
+	if path == "" {
+		// TODO raise error
+		log.Errorf("cannot add for non-container mode")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var branch *Branch
+	if txid == "" {
+		branch = n.GetBranch(NONE)
+	} else if branch = n.GetBranch(txid); branch == nil {
+		branch = makeBranch(n)
+	}
+
+	rev := branch.GetLatest()
+
+	partition := strings.SplitN(path, "/", 2)
+	name := partition[0]
+
+	if len(partition) < 2 {
+		path = ""
+	} else {
+		path = partition[1]
+	}
+
+	field := ChildrenFields(n.Type)[name]
+
+	var children []Revision
+
+	if field.IsContainer {
+		if path == "" {
+			if field.Key != "" {
+				if n.GetProxy() != nil {
+					log.Debug("invoking proxy PRE_ADD Callbacks")
+					n.GetProxy().InvokeCallbacks(PRE_ADD, false, data)
+				}
+
+				children = make([]Revision, len(rev.GetChildren(name)))
+				copy(children, rev.GetChildren(name))
+
+				_, key := GetAttributeValue(data, field.Key, 0)
+
+				if _, exists := n.findRevByKey(children, field.Key, key.String()); exists != nil {
+					// TODO raise error
+					log.Warnw("duplicate-key-found", log.Fields{"key": key.String()})
+					return exists
+				}
+				childRev := n.MakeNode(data, "").Latest()
+
+				// Prefix the hash with the data type (e.g. devices, logical_devices, adapters)
+				childRev.SetName(name + "/" + key.String())
+
+				branch.LatestLock.Lock()
+				defer branch.LatestLock.Unlock()
+
+				children = append(children, childRev)
+
+				updatedRev := rev.UpdateChildren(ctx, name, children, branch)
+				changes := []ChangeTuple{{POST_ADD, nil, childRev.GetData()}}
+				childRev.SetupWatch(childRev.GetName())
+
+				n.makeLatest(branch, updatedRev, changes)
+
+				return childRev
+			}
+			log.Errorf("cannot add to non-keyed container")
+
+		} else if field.Key != "" {
+			partition := strings.SplitN(path, "/", 2)
+			key := partition[0]
+			if len(partition) < 2 {
+				path = ""
+			} else {
+				path = partition[1]
+			}
+			keyValue := field.KeyFromStr(key)
+
+			children = make([]Revision, len(rev.GetChildren(name)))
+			copy(children, rev.GetChildren(name))
+
+			idx, childRev := n.findRevByKey(children, field.Key, keyValue)
+
+			if childRev == nil {
+				return branch.GetLatest()
+			}
+
+			childNode := childRev.GetNode()
+			newChildRev := childNode.Add(ctx, path, data, txid, makeBranch)
+
+			// Prefix the hash with the data type (e.g. devices, logical_devices, adapters)
+			newChildRev.SetName(name + "/" + keyValue.(string))
+
+			branch.LatestLock.Lock()
+			defer branch.LatestLock.Unlock()
+
+			if idx >= 0 {
+				children[idx] = newChildRev
+			} else {
+				children = append(children, newChildRev)
+			}
+
+			updatedRev := rev.UpdateChildren(ctx, name, children, branch)
+			n.makeLatest(branch, updatedRev, nil)
+
+			updatedRev.ChildDrop(name, childRev.GetHash())
+
+			return newChildRev
+		} else {
+			log.Errorf("cannot add to non-keyed container")
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Errorf("cannot add to non-container field")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Remove eliminates a node at the specified path
+func (n *node) Remove(ctx context.Context, path string, txid string, makeBranch MakeBranchFunction) Revision {
+	n.mutex.Lock()
+	defer n.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	log.Debugw("node-remove-request", log.Fields{"path": path, "txid": txid, "makeBranch": makeBranch})
+
+	for strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		path = path[1:]
+	}
+	if path == "" {
+		// TODO raise error
+		log.Errorf("cannot remove for non-container mode")
+	}
+	var branch *Branch
+	if txid == "" {
+		branch = n.GetBranch(NONE)
+	} else if branch = n.GetBranch(txid); branch == nil {
+		branch = makeBranch(n)
+	}
+
+	rev := branch.GetLatest()
+
+	partition := strings.SplitN(path, "/", 2)
+	name := partition[0]
+	if len(partition) < 2 {
+		path = ""
+	} else {
+		path = partition[1]
+	}
+
+	field := ChildrenFields(n.Type)[name]
+	var children []Revision
+	postAnnouncement := []ChangeTuple{}
+
+	if field.IsContainer {
+		if path == "" {
+			log.Errorw("cannot-remove-without-key", log.Fields{"name": name, "key": path})
+		} else if field.Key != "" {
+			partition := strings.SplitN(path, "/", 2)
+			key := partition[0]
+			if len(partition) < 2 {
+				path = ""
+			} else {
+				path = partition[1]
+			}
+
+			keyValue := field.KeyFromStr(key)
+			children = make([]Revision, len(rev.GetChildren(name)))
+			copy(children, rev.GetChildren(name))
+
+			if path != "" {
+				if idx, childRev := n.findRevByKey(children, field.Key, keyValue); childRev != nil {
+					childNode := childRev.GetNode()
+					if childNode.Proxy == nil {
+						childNode.Proxy = n.Proxy
+					}
+					newChildRev := childNode.Remove(ctx, path, txid, makeBranch)
+
+					branch.LatestLock.Lock()
+					defer branch.LatestLock.Unlock()
+
+					if idx >= 0 {
+						children[idx] = newChildRev
+					} else {
+						children = append(children, newChildRev)
+					}
+
+					rev.SetChildren(name, children)
+					branch.GetLatest().Drop(txid, false)
+					n.makeLatest(branch, rev, nil)
+				}
+				return branch.GetLatest()
+			}
+
+			if idx, childRev := n.findRevByKey(children, field.Key, keyValue); childRev != nil && idx >= 0 {
+				if n.GetProxy() != nil {
+					data := childRev.GetData()
+					n.GetProxy().InvokeCallbacks(PRE_REMOVE, false, data)
+					postAnnouncement = append(postAnnouncement, ChangeTuple{POST_REMOVE, data, nil})
+				} else {
+					postAnnouncement = append(postAnnouncement, ChangeTuple{POST_REMOVE, childRev.GetData(), nil})
+				}
+
+				childRev.StorageDrop(txid, true)
+				GetRevCache().Delete(childRev.GetName())
+
+				branch.LatestLock.Lock()
+				defer branch.LatestLock.Unlock()
+
+				children = append(children[:idx], children[idx+1:]...)
+				rev.SetChildren(name, children)
+
+				branch.GetLatest().Drop(txid, false)
+				n.makeLatest(branch, rev, postAnnouncement)
+
+				return rev
+			} else {
+				log.Errorw("failed-to-find-revision", log.Fields{"name": name, "key": keyValue.(string)})
+			}
+		}
+		log.Errorw("cannot-add-to-non-keyed-container", log.Fields{"name": name, "path": path, "fieldKey": field.Key})
+
+	} else {
+		log.Errorw("cannot-add-to-non-container-field", log.Fields{"name": name, "path": path})
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Branching ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+// MakeBranchFunction is a type for function references intented to create a branch
+type MakeBranchFunction func(*node) *Branch
+
+// MakeBranch creates a new branch for the provided transaction id
+func (n *node) MakeBranch(txid string) *Branch {
+	branchPoint := n.GetBranch(NONE).GetLatest()
+	branch := NewBranch(n, txid, branchPoint, true)
+	n.SetBranch(txid, branch)
+	return branch
+}
+
+// DeleteBranch removes a branch with the specified id
+func (n *node) DeleteBranch(txid string) {
+	delete(n.Branches, txid)
+}
+
+func (n *node) mergeChild(txid string, dryRun bool) func(Revision) Revision {
+	f := func(rev Revision) Revision {
+		childBranch := rev.GetBranch()
+
+		if childBranch.Txid == txid {
+			rev, _ = childBranch.Node.MergeBranch(txid, dryRun)
+		}
+
+		return rev
+	}
+	return f
+}
+
+// MergeBranch will integrate the contents of a transaction branch within the latest branch of a given node
+func (n *node) MergeBranch(txid string, dryRun bool) (Revision, error) {
+	srcBranch := n.GetBranch(txid)
+	dstBranch := n.GetBranch(NONE)
+
+	forkRev := srcBranch.Origin
+	srcRev := srcBranch.GetLatest()
+	dstRev := dstBranch.GetLatest()
+
+	rev, changes := Merge3Way(forkRev, srcRev, dstRev, n.mergeChild(txid, dryRun), dryRun)
+
+	if !dryRun {
+		if rev != nil {
+			rev.SetName(dstRev.GetName())
+			n.makeLatest(dstBranch, rev, changes)
+		}
+		n.DeleteBranch(txid)
+	}
+
+	// TODO: return proper error when one occurs
+	return rev, nil
+}
+
+// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diff utility ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+//func (n *node) diff(hash1, hash2, txid string) {
+//	branch := n.Branches[txid]
+//	rev1 := branch.GetHash(hash1)
+//	rev2 := branch.GetHash(hash2)
+//
+//	if rev1.GetHash() == rev2.GetHash() {
+//		// empty patch
+//	} else {
+//		// translate data to json and generate patch
+//		patch, err := jsonpatch.MakePatch(rev1.GetData(), rev2.GetData())
+//		patch.
+//	}
+//}
+
+// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tag utility ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+// TODO: is tag mgmt used in the python implementation? Need to validate
+
+// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+func (n *node) hasChildren(data interface{}) bool {
+	for fieldName, field := range ChildrenFields(n.Type) {
+		_, fieldValue := GetAttributeValue(data, fieldName, 0)
+
+		if (field.IsContainer && fieldValue.Len() > 0) || !fieldValue.IsNil() {
+			log.Error("cannot update external children")
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ node Proxy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+// CreateProxy returns a reference to a sub-tree of the data model
+func (n *node) CreateProxy(ctx context.Context, path string, exclusive bool) *Proxy {
+	return n.createProxy(ctx, path, path, n, exclusive)
+}
+
+func (n *node) createProxy(ctx context.Context, path string, fullPath string, parentNode *node, exclusive bool) *Proxy {
+	log.Debugw("node-create-proxy", log.Fields{
+		"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+		"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+		"path":             path,
+		"fullPath":         fullPath,
+	})
+
+	for strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		path = path[1:]
+	}
+	if path == "" {
+		return n.makeProxy(path, fullPath, parentNode, exclusive)
+	}
+
+	rev := n.GetBranch(NONE).GetLatest()
+	partition := strings.SplitN(path, "/", 2)
+	name := partition[0]
+	var nodeType interface{}
+	if len(partition) < 2 {
+		path = ""
+		nodeType = n.Type
+	} else {
+		path = partition[1]
+		nodeType = parentNode.Type
+	}
+
+	field := ChildrenFields(nodeType)[name]
+
+	if field != nil {
+		if field.IsContainer {
+			log.Debugw("container-field", log.Fields{
+				"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+				"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+				"path":             path,
+				"name":             name,
+			})
+			if path == "" {
+				log.Debugw("folder-proxy", log.Fields{
+					"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+					"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+					"fullPath":         fullPath,
+					"name":             name,
+				})
+				newNode := n.MakeNode(reflect.New(field.ClassType.Elem()).Interface(), "")
+				return newNode.makeProxy(path, fullPath, parentNode, exclusive)
+			} else if field.Key != "" {
+				log.Debugw("key-proxy", log.Fields{
+					"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+					"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+					"fullPath":         fullPath,
+					"name":             name,
+				})
+				partition := strings.SplitN(path, "/", 2)
+				key := partition[0]
+				if len(partition) < 2 {
+					path = ""
+				} else {
+					path = partition[1]
+				}
+				keyValue := field.KeyFromStr(key)
+				var children []Revision
+				children = make([]Revision, len(rev.GetChildren(name)))
+				copy(children, rev.GetChildren(name))
+
+				var childRev Revision
+				if _, childRev = n.findRevByKey(children, field.Key, keyValue); childRev != nil {
+					log.Debugw("found-revision-matching-key-in-memory", log.Fields{
+						"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+						"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+						"fullPath":         fullPath,
+						"name":             name,
+					})
+				} else if revs := n.GetBranch(NONE).GetLatest().LoadFromPersistence(ctx, fullPath, "", nil); revs != nil && len(revs) > 0 {
+					log.Debugw("found-revision-matching-key-in-db", log.Fields{
+						"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+						"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+						"fullPath":         fullPath,
+						"name":             name,
+					})
+					childRev = revs[0]
+				} else {
+					log.Debugw("no-revision-matching-key", log.Fields{
+						"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+						"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+						"fullPath":         fullPath,
+						"name":             name,
+					})
+				}
+				if childRev != nil {
+					childNode := childRev.GetNode()
+					return childNode.createProxy(ctx, path, fullPath, n, exclusive)
+				}
+			} else {
+				log.Errorw("cannot-access-index-of-empty-container", log.Fields{
+					"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+					"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+					"path":             path,
+					"name":             name,
+				})
+			}
+		} else {
+			log.Debugw("non-container-field", log.Fields{
+				"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+				"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+				"path":             path,
+				"name":             name,
+			})
+			childRev := rev.GetChildren(name)[0]
+			childNode := childRev.GetNode()
+			return childNode.createProxy(ctx, path, fullPath, n, exclusive)
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Debugw("field-object-is-nil", log.Fields{
+			"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+			"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+			"fullPath":         fullPath,
+			"name":             name,
+		})
+	}
+
+	log.Warnw("cannot-create-proxy", log.Fields{
+		"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+		"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+		"path":             path,
+		"fullPath":         fullPath,
+		"latest-rev":       rev.GetHash(),
+	})
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (n *node) makeProxy(path string, fullPath string, parentNode *node, exclusive bool) *Proxy {
+	log.Debugw("node-make-proxy", log.Fields{
+		"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+		"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+		"path":             path,
+		"fullPath":         fullPath,
+	})
+
+	r := &root{
+		node:                  n,
+		Callbacks:             n.Root.GetCallbacks(),
+		NotificationCallbacks: n.Root.GetNotificationCallbacks(),
+		DirtyNodes:            n.Root.DirtyNodes,
+		KvStore:               n.Root.KvStore,
+		Loading:               n.Root.Loading,
+		RevisionClass:         n.Root.RevisionClass,
+	}
+
+	if n.Proxy == nil {
+		log.Debugw("constructing-new-proxy", log.Fields{
+			"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.Type).Type(),
+			"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(parentNode.Type).Type(),
+			"path":             path,
+			"fullPath":         fullPath,
+		})
+		n.Proxy = NewProxy(r, n, parentNode, path, fullPath, exclusive)
+	} else {
+		log.Debugw("node-has-existing-proxy", log.Fields{
+			"node-type":        reflect.ValueOf(n.GetProxy().Node.Type).Type(),
+			"parent-node-type": reflect.ValueOf(n.GetProxy().ParentNode.Type).Type(),
+			"path":             n.GetProxy().Path,
+			"fullPath":         n.GetProxy().FullPath,
+		})
+		if n.GetProxy().Exclusive {
+			log.Error("node is already owned exclusively")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return n.Proxy
+}
+
+func (n *node) makeEventBus() *EventBus {
+	if n.EventBus == nil {
+		n.EventBus = NewEventBus()
+	}
+	return n.EventBus
+}
+
+func (n *node) SetProxy(proxy *Proxy) {
+	n.Proxy = proxy
+}
+
+func (n *node) GetProxy() *Proxy {
+	return n.Proxy
+}
+
+func (n *node) GetBranch(key string) *Branch {
+	if n.Branches != nil {
+		if branch, exists := n.Branches[key]; exists {
+			return branch
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (n *node) SetBranch(key string, branch *Branch) {
+	n.Branches[key] = branch
+}
+
+func (n *node) GetRoot() *root {
+	return n.Root
+}
+func (n *node) SetRoot(root *root) {
+	n.Root = root
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/non_persisted_revision.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/non_persisted_revision.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88320cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/non_persisted_revision.go
@@ -0,0 +1,497 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package model
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"reflect"
+	"sort"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// TODO: Cache logic will have to be revisited to cleanup unused entries in memory (disabled for now)
+//
+type revCacheSingleton struct {
+	sync.RWMutex
+	Cache sync.Map
+}
+
+func (s *revCacheSingleton) Get(path string) (interface{}, bool) {
+	return s.Cache.Load(path)
+}
+func (s *revCacheSingleton) Set(path string, value interface{}) {
+	s.Cache.Store(path, value)
+}
+func (s *revCacheSingleton) Delete(path string) {
+	s.Cache.Delete(path)
+}
+
+var revCacheInstance *revCacheSingleton
+var revCacheOnce sync.Once
+
+func GetRevCache() *revCacheSingleton {
+	revCacheOnce.Do(func() {
+		revCacheInstance = &revCacheSingleton{Cache: sync.Map{}}
+	})
+	return revCacheInstance
+}
+
+type NonPersistedRevision struct {
+	mutex        sync.RWMutex
+	Root         *root
+	Config       *DataRevision
+	childrenLock sync.RWMutex
+	Children     map[string][]Revision
+	Hash         string
+	Branch       *Branch
+	WeakRef      string
+	Name         string
+	lastUpdate   time.Time
+}
+
+func NewNonPersistedRevision(root *root, branch *Branch, data interface{}, children map[string][]Revision) Revision {
+	r := &NonPersistedRevision{}
+	r.Root = root
+	r.Branch = branch
+	r.Config = NewDataRevision(root, data)
+	r.Children = children
+	r.Hash = r.hashContent()
+	return r
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) SetConfig(config *DataRevision) {
+	npr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+	npr.Config = config
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) GetConfig() *DataRevision {
+	npr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+	return npr.Config
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) SetAllChildren(children map[string][]Revision) {
+	npr.childrenLock.Lock()
+	defer npr.childrenLock.Unlock()
+	npr.Children = make(map[string][]Revision)
+
+	for key, value := range children {
+		npr.Children[key] = make([]Revision, len(value))
+		copy(npr.Children[key], value)
+	}
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) SetChildren(name string, children []Revision) {
+	npr.childrenLock.Lock()
+	defer npr.childrenLock.Unlock()
+
+	npr.Children[name] = make([]Revision, len(children))
+	copy(npr.Children[name], children)
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) GetAllChildren() map[string][]Revision {
+	npr.childrenLock.Lock()
+	defer npr.childrenLock.Unlock()
+
+	return npr.Children
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) GetChildren(name string) []Revision {
+	npr.childrenLock.Lock()
+	defer npr.childrenLock.Unlock()
+
+	if _, exists := npr.Children[name]; exists {
+		return npr.Children[name]
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) SetHash(hash string) {
+	npr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+	npr.Hash = hash
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) GetHash() string {
+	//npr.mutex.Lock()
+	//defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+	return npr.Hash
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) ClearHash() {
+	npr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+	npr.Hash = ""
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) GetName() string {
+	//npr.mutex.Lock()
+	//defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+	return npr.Name
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) SetName(name string) {
+	//npr.mutex.Lock()
+	//defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+	npr.Name = name
+}
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) SetBranch(branch *Branch) {
+	npr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+	npr.Branch = branch
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) GetBranch() *Branch {
+	npr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+	return npr.Branch
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) GetData() interface{} {
+	npr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+	if npr.Config == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return npr.Config.Data
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) GetNode() *node {
+	npr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+	return npr.Branch.Node
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) Finalize(skipOnExist bool) {
+	npr.Hash = npr.hashContent()
+}
+
+// hashContent generates a hash string based on the contents of the revision.
+// The string should be unique to avoid conflicts with other revisions
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) hashContent() string {
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+	var childrenKeys []string
+
+	if npr.Config != nil {
+		buffer.WriteString(npr.Config.Hash)
+	}
+
+	if npr.Name != "" {
+		buffer.WriteString(npr.Name)
+	}
+
+	for key := range npr.Children {
+		childrenKeys = append(childrenKeys, key)
+	}
+
+	sort.Strings(childrenKeys)
+
+	if len(npr.Children) > 0 {
+		// Loop through sorted Children keys
+		for _, key := range childrenKeys {
+			for _, child := range npr.Children[key] {
+				if child != nil && child.GetHash() != "" {
+					buffer.WriteString(child.GetHash())
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", md5.Sum(buffer.Bytes()))[:12]
+}
+
+// Get will retrieve the data for the current revision
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) Get(depth int) interface{} {
+	// 1. Clone the data to avoid any concurrent access issues
+	// 2. The current rev might still be pointing to an old config
+	//    thus, force the revision to get its latest value
+	latestRev := npr.GetBranch().GetLatest()
+	originalData := proto.Clone(latestRev.GetData().(proto.Message))
+	data := originalData
+
+	if depth != 0 {
+		// FIXME: Traversing the struct through reflection sometimes corrupts the data.
+		// Unlike the original python implementation, golang structs are not lazy loaded.
+		// Keeping this non-critical logic for now, but Get operations should be forced to
+		// depth=0 to avoid going through the following loop.
+		for fieldName, field := range ChildrenFields(latestRev.GetData()) {
+			childDataName, childDataHolder := GetAttributeValue(data, fieldName, 0)
+			if field.IsContainer {
+				for _, rev := range latestRev.GetChildren(fieldName) {
+					childData := rev.Get(depth - 1)
+					foundEntry := false
+					for i := 0; i < childDataHolder.Len(); i++ {
+						cdh_if := childDataHolder.Index(i).Interface()
+						if cdh_if.(proto.Message).String() == childData.(proto.Message).String() {
+							foundEntry = true
+							break
+						}
+					}
+					if !foundEntry {
+						// avoid duplicates by adding it only if the child was not found in the holder
+						childDataHolder = reflect.Append(childDataHolder, reflect.ValueOf(childData))
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				if revs := npr.GetBranch().GetLatest().GetChildren(fieldName); revs != nil && len(revs) > 0 {
+					rev := revs[0]
+					if rev != nil {
+						childData := rev.Get(depth - 1)
+						if reflect.TypeOf(childData) == reflect.TypeOf(childDataHolder.Interface()) {
+							childDataHolder = reflect.ValueOf(childData)
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			// Merge child data with cloned object
+			reflect.ValueOf(data).Elem().FieldByName(childDataName).Set(childDataHolder)
+		}
+	}
+
+	result := data
+
+	if result != nil {
+		// We need to send back a copy of the retrieved object
+		result = proto.Clone(data.(proto.Message))
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// UpdateData will refresh the data content of the revision
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) UpdateData(ctx context.Context, data interface{}, branch *Branch) Revision {
+	npr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	if ctx != nil {
+		if ctxTS, ok := ctx.Value(RequestTimestamp).(int64); ok && npr.lastUpdate.UnixNano() > ctxTS {
+			log.Warnw("data-is-older-than-current", log.Fields{"ctx-ts": ctxTS, "rev-ts": npr.lastUpdate.UnixNano()})
+			return npr
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Do not update the revision if data is the same
+	if npr.Config.Data != nil && npr.Config.hashData(npr.Root, data) == npr.Config.Hash {
+		log.Debugw("stored-data-matches-latest", log.Fields{"stored": npr.Config.Data, "provided": data})
+		return npr
+	}
+
+	// Construct a new revision based on the current one
+	newRev := NonPersistedRevision{}
+	newRev.Config = NewDataRevision(npr.Root, data)
+	newRev.Hash = npr.Hash
+	newRev.Root = npr.Root
+	newRev.Name = npr.Name
+	newRev.Branch = branch
+	newRev.lastUpdate = npr.lastUpdate
+
+	newRev.Children = make(map[string][]Revision)
+	for entryName, childrenEntry := range branch.GetLatest().GetAllChildren() {
+		newRev.Children[entryName] = append(newRev.Children[entryName], childrenEntry...)
+	}
+
+	newRev.Finalize(false)
+
+	return &newRev
+}
+
+// UpdateChildren will refresh the list of children with the provided ones
+// It will carefully go through the list and ensure that no child is lost
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) UpdateChildren(ctx context.Context, name string, children []Revision, branch *Branch) Revision {
+	npr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	// Construct a new revision based on the current one
+	updatedRev := &NonPersistedRevision{}
+	updatedRev.Config = NewDataRevision(npr.Root, npr.Config.Data)
+	updatedRev.Hash = npr.Hash
+	updatedRev.Branch = branch
+	updatedRev.Name = npr.Name
+	updatedRev.lastUpdate = npr.lastUpdate
+
+	updatedRev.Children = make(map[string][]Revision)
+	for entryName, childrenEntry := range branch.GetLatest().GetAllChildren() {
+		updatedRev.Children[entryName] = append(updatedRev.Children[entryName], childrenEntry...)
+	}
+
+	var updatedChildren []Revision
+
+	// Verify if the map contains already contains an entry matching the name value
+	// If so, we need to retain the contents of that entry and merge them with the provided children revision list
+	if existingChildren := branch.GetLatest().GetChildren(name); existingChildren != nil {
+		// Construct a map of unique child names with the respective index value
+		// for the children in the existing revision as well as the new ones
+		existingNames := make(map[string]int)
+		newNames := make(map[string]int)
+
+		for i, newChild := range children {
+			newNames[newChild.GetName()] = i
+		}
+
+		for i, existingChild := range existingChildren {
+			existingNames[existingChild.GetName()] = i
+
+			// If an existing entry is not in the new list, add it to the updated list, so it is not forgotten
+			if _, exists := newNames[existingChild.GetName()]; !exists {
+				updatedChildren = append(updatedChildren, existingChild)
+			}
+		}
+
+		log.Debugw("existing-children-names", log.Fields{"hash": npr.GetHash(), "names": existingNames})
+
+		// Merge existing and new children
+		for _, newChild := range children {
+			nameIndex, nameExists := existingNames[newChild.GetName()]
+
+			// Does the existing list contain a child with that name?
+			if nameExists {
+				// Check if the data has changed or not
+				if existingChildren[nameIndex].GetData().(proto.Message).String() != newChild.GetData().(proto.Message).String() {
+					log.Debugw("replacing-existing-child", log.Fields{
+						"old-hash": existingChildren[nameIndex].GetHash(),
+						"old-data": existingChildren[nameIndex].GetData(),
+						"new-hash": newChild.GetHash(),
+						"new-data": newChild.GetData(),
+					})
+
+					// replace entry
+					newChild.GetNode().SetRoot(existingChildren[nameIndex].GetNode().GetRoot())
+					updatedChildren = append(updatedChildren, newChild)
+				} else {
+					log.Debugw("keeping-existing-child", log.Fields{
+						"old-hash": existingChildren[nameIndex].GetHash(),
+						"old-data": existingChildren[nameIndex].GetData(),
+						"new-hash": newChild.GetHash(),
+						"new-data": newChild.GetData(),
+					})
+
+					// keep existing entry
+					updatedChildren = append(updatedChildren, existingChildren[nameIndex])
+				}
+			} else {
+				log.Debugw("adding-unknown-child", log.Fields{
+					"hash": newChild.GetHash(),
+					"data": newChild.GetData(),
+				})
+
+				// new entry ... just add it
+				updatedChildren = append(updatedChildren, newChild)
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Save children in new revision
+		updatedRev.SetChildren(name, updatedChildren)
+
+		updatedNames := make(map[string]int)
+		for i, updatedChild := range updatedChildren {
+			updatedNames[updatedChild.GetName()] = i
+		}
+
+		log.Debugw("updated-children-names", log.Fields{"hash": npr.GetHash(), "names": updatedNames})
+
+	} else {
+		// There are no children available, just save the provided ones
+		updatedRev.SetChildren(name, children)
+	}
+
+	updatedRev.Finalize(false)
+
+	return updatedRev
+}
+
+// UpdateAllChildren will replace the current list of children with the provided ones
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) UpdateAllChildren(children map[string][]Revision, branch *Branch) Revision {
+	npr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	newRev := npr
+	newRev.Config = npr.Config
+	newRev.Hash = npr.Hash
+	newRev.Branch = branch
+	newRev.Name = npr.Name
+	newRev.lastUpdate = npr.lastUpdate
+
+	newRev.Children = make(map[string][]Revision)
+	for entryName, childrenEntry := range children {
+		newRev.Children[entryName] = append(newRev.Children[entryName], childrenEntry...)
+	}
+	newRev.Finalize(false)
+
+	return newRev
+}
+
+// Drop is used to indicate when a revision is no longer required
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) Drop(txid string, includeConfig bool) {
+	log.Debugw("dropping-revision", log.Fields{"hash": npr.GetHash(), "name": npr.GetName()})
+}
+
+// ChildDrop will remove a child entry matching the provided parameters from the current revision
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) ChildDrop(childType string, childHash string) {
+	if childType != "" {
+		children := make([]Revision, len(npr.GetChildren(childType)))
+		copy(children, npr.GetChildren(childType))
+		for i, child := range children {
+			if child.GetHash() == childHash {
+				children = append(children[:i], children[i+1:]...)
+				npr.SetChildren(childType, children)
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) SetLastUpdate(ts ...time.Time) {
+	npr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer npr.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	if ts != nil && len(ts) > 0 {
+		npr.lastUpdate = ts[0]
+	} else {
+		npr.lastUpdate = time.Now()
+	}
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) GetLastUpdate() time.Time {
+	npr.mutex.RLock()
+	defer npr.mutex.RUnlock()
+
+	return npr.lastUpdate
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) LoadFromPersistence(ctx context.Context, path string, txid string, blobs map[string]*kvstore.KVPair) []Revision {
+	// stub... required by interface
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) SetupWatch(key string) {
+	// stub ... required by interface
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) StorageDrop(txid string, includeConfig bool) {
+	// stub ... required by interface
+}
+
+func (npr *NonPersistedRevision) getVersion() int64 {
+	return -1
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/persisted_revision.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/persisted_revision.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c644e14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/persisted_revision.go
@@ -0,0 +1,614 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"context"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// PersistedRevision holds information of revision meant to be saved in a persistent storage
+type PersistedRevision struct {
+	Revision
+	Compress bool
+
+	events       chan *kvstore.Event
+	kvStore      *Backend
+	mutex        sync.RWMutex
+	versionMutex sync.RWMutex
+	Version      int64
+	isStored     bool
+	isWatched    bool
+}
+
+type watchCache struct {
+	Cache sync.Map
+}
+
+var watchCacheInstance *watchCache
+var watchCacheOne sync.Once
+
+func Watches() *watchCache {
+	watchCacheOne.Do(func() {
+		watchCacheInstance = &watchCache{Cache: sync.Map{}}
+	})
+	return watchCacheInstance
+}
+
+// NewPersistedRevision creates a new instance of a PersistentRevision structure
+func NewPersistedRevision(branch *Branch, data interface{}, children map[string][]Revision) Revision {
+	pr := &PersistedRevision{}
+	pr.kvStore = branch.Node.GetRoot().KvStore
+	pr.Version = 1
+	pr.Revision = NewNonPersistedRevision(nil, branch, data, children)
+	return pr
+}
+
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) getVersion() int64 {
+	pr.versionMutex.RLock()
+	defer pr.versionMutex.RUnlock()
+	return pr.Version
+}
+
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) setVersion(version int64) {
+	pr.versionMutex.Lock()
+	defer pr.versionMutex.Unlock()
+	pr.Version = version
+}
+
+// Finalize is responsible of saving the revision in the persistent storage
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) Finalize(skipOnExist bool) {
+	pr.store(skipOnExist)
+}
+
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) store(skipOnExist bool) {
+	if pr.GetBranch().Txid != "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Debugw("ready-to-store-revision", log.Fields{"hash": pr.GetHash(), "name": pr.GetName(), "data": pr.GetData()})
+
+	// clone the revision data to avoid any race conditions with processes
+	// accessing the same data
+	cloned := proto.Clone(pr.GetConfig().Data.(proto.Message))
+
+	if blob, err := proto.Marshal(cloned); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("problem-to-marshal", log.Fields{"error": err, "hash": pr.GetHash(), "name": pr.GetName(), "data": pr.GetData()})
+	} else {
+		if pr.Compress {
+			var b bytes.Buffer
+			w := gzip.NewWriter(&b)
+			w.Write(blob)
+			w.Close()
+			blob = b.Bytes()
+		}
+
+		GetRevCache().Set(pr.GetName(), pr)
+		if err := pr.kvStore.Put(pr.GetName(), blob); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("problem-storing-revision", log.Fields{"error": err, "hash": pr.GetHash(), "name": pr.GetName(), "data": pr.GetConfig().Data})
+		} else {
+			log.Debugw("storing-revision", log.Fields{"hash": pr.GetHash(), "name": pr.GetName(), "data": pr.GetConfig().Data, "version": pr.getVersion()})
+			pr.isStored = true
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) SetupWatch(key string) {
+	if key == "" {
+		log.Debugw("ignoring-watch", log.Fields{"key": key, "revision-hash": pr.GetHash()})
+		return
+	}
+
+	if _, exists := Watches().Cache.LoadOrStore(key+"-"+pr.GetHash(), struct{}{}); exists {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if pr.events == nil {
+		pr.events = make(chan *kvstore.Event)
+
+		log.Debugw("setting-watch-channel", log.Fields{"key": key, "revision-hash": pr.GetHash()})
+
+		pr.SetName(key)
+		pr.events = pr.kvStore.CreateWatch(key)
+	}
+
+	if !pr.isWatched {
+		pr.isWatched = true
+
+		log.Debugw("setting-watch-routine", log.Fields{"key": key, "revision-hash": pr.GetHash()})
+
+		// Start watching
+		go pr.startWatching()
+	}
+}
+
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) startWatching() {
+	log.Debugw("starting-watch", log.Fields{"key": pr.GetHash(), "watch": pr.GetName()})
+
+StopWatchLoop:
+	for {
+		latestRev := pr.GetBranch().GetLatest()
+
+		select {
+		case event, ok := <-pr.events:
+			if !ok {
+				log.Errorw("event-channel-failure: stopping watch loop", log.Fields{"key": latestRev.GetHash(), "watch": latestRev.GetName()})
+				break StopWatchLoop
+			}
+			log.Debugw("received-event", log.Fields{"type": event.EventType, "watch": latestRev.GetName()})
+
+			switch event.EventType {
+			case kvstore.DELETE:
+				log.Debugw("delete-from-memory", log.Fields{"key": latestRev.GetHash(), "watch": latestRev.GetName()})
+				pr.Revision.Drop("", true)
+				break StopWatchLoop
+
+			case kvstore.PUT:
+				log.Debugw("update-in-memory", log.Fields{"key": latestRev.GetHash(), "watch": latestRev.GetName()})
+				if latestRev.getVersion() >= event.Version {
+					log.Debugw("skipping-matching-or-older-revision", log.Fields{
+						"watch":          latestRev.GetName(),
+						"watch-version":  event.Version,
+						"latest-version": latestRev.getVersion(),
+					})
+					continue
+				} else {
+					log.Debugw("watch-revision-is-newer", log.Fields{
+						"watch":          latestRev.GetName(),
+						"watch-version":  event.Version,
+						"latest-version": latestRev.getVersion(),
+					})
+				}
+
+				data := reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(latestRev.GetData()).Elem())
+
+				if err := proto.Unmarshal(event.Value.([]byte), data.Interface().(proto.Message)); err != nil {
+					log.Errorw("failed-to-unmarshal-watch-data", log.Fields{"key": latestRev.GetHash(), "watch": latestRev.GetName(), "error": err})
+				} else {
+					log.Debugw("un-marshaled-watch-data", log.Fields{"key": latestRev.GetHash(), "watch": latestRev.GetName(), "data": data.Interface()})
+
+					var pathLock string
+					var blobs map[string]*kvstore.KVPair
+
+					// The watch reported new persistence data.
+					// Construct an object that will be used to update the memory
+					blobs = make(map[string]*kvstore.KVPair)
+					key, _ := kvstore.ToString(event.Key)
+					blobs[key] = &kvstore.KVPair{
+						Key:     key,
+						Value:   event.Value,
+						Session: "",
+						Lease:   0,
+						Version: event.Version,
+					}
+
+					if latestRev.GetNode().GetProxy() != nil {
+						//
+						// If a proxy exists for this revision, use it to lock access to the path
+						// and prevent simultaneous updates to the object in memory
+						//
+
+						//If the proxy already has a request in progress, then there is no need to process the watch
+						if latestRev.GetNode().GetProxy().GetOperation() != PROXY_NONE {
+							log.Debugw("operation-in-progress", log.Fields{
+								"key":       latestRev.GetHash(),
+								"path":      latestRev.GetNode().GetProxy().getFullPath(),
+								"operation": latestRev.GetNode().GetProxy().operation.String(),
+							})
+							continue
+						}
+
+						pathLock, _ = latestRev.GetNode().GetProxy().parseForControlledPath(latestRev.GetNode().GetProxy().getFullPath())
+
+						// Reserve the path to prevent others to modify while we reload from persistence
+						latestRev.GetNode().GetProxy().GetRoot().KvStore.Client.Reserve(pathLock+"_", uuid.New().String(), ReservationTTL)
+						latestRev.GetNode().GetProxy().SetOperation(PROXY_WATCH)
+
+						// Load changes and apply to memory
+						latestRev.LoadFromPersistence(context.Background(), latestRev.GetName(), "", blobs)
+
+						// Release path
+						latestRev.GetNode().GetProxy().GetRoot().KvStore.Client.ReleaseReservation(pathLock + "_")
+
+					} else {
+						// This block should be reached only if coming from a non-proxied request
+						log.Debugw("revision-with-no-proxy", log.Fields{"key": latestRev.GetHash(), "watch": latestRev.GetName()})
+
+						// Load changes and apply to memory
+						latestRev.LoadFromPersistence(context.Background(), latestRev.GetName(), "", blobs)
+					}
+				}
+
+			default:
+				log.Debugw("unhandled-event", log.Fields{"key": latestRev.GetHash(), "watch": latestRev.GetName(), "type": event.EventType})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	Watches().Cache.Delete(pr.GetName() + "-" + pr.GetHash())
+
+	log.Debugw("exiting-watch", log.Fields{"key": pr.GetHash(), "watch": pr.GetName()})
+}
+
+// UpdateData modifies the information in the data model and saves it in the persistent storage
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) UpdateData(ctx context.Context, data interface{}, branch *Branch) Revision {
+	log.Debugw("updating-persisted-data", log.Fields{"hash": pr.GetHash()})
+
+	newNPR := pr.Revision.UpdateData(ctx, data, branch)
+
+	newPR := &PersistedRevision{
+		Revision:  newNPR,
+		Compress:  pr.Compress,
+		kvStore:   pr.kvStore,
+		events:    pr.events,
+		Version:   pr.getVersion(),
+		isWatched: pr.isWatched,
+	}
+
+	if newPR.GetHash() != pr.GetHash() {
+		newPR.isStored = false
+		pr.Drop(branch.Txid, false)
+		pr.Drop(branch.Txid, false)
+	} else {
+		newPR.isStored = true
+	}
+
+	return newPR
+}
+
+// UpdateChildren modifies the children of a revision and of a specific component and saves it in the persistent storage
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) UpdateChildren(ctx context.Context, name string, children []Revision, branch *Branch) Revision {
+	log.Debugw("updating-persisted-children", log.Fields{"hash": pr.GetHash()})
+
+	newNPR := pr.Revision.UpdateChildren(ctx, name, children, branch)
+
+	newPR := &PersistedRevision{
+		Revision:  newNPR,
+		Compress:  pr.Compress,
+		kvStore:   pr.kvStore,
+		events:    pr.events,
+		Version:   pr.getVersion(),
+		isWatched: pr.isWatched,
+	}
+
+	if newPR.GetHash() != pr.GetHash() {
+		newPR.isStored = false
+		pr.Drop(branch.Txid, false)
+	} else {
+		newPR.isStored = true
+	}
+
+	return newPR
+}
+
+// UpdateAllChildren modifies the children for all components of a revision and saves it in the peristent storage
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) UpdateAllChildren(children map[string][]Revision, branch *Branch) Revision {
+	log.Debugw("updating-all-persisted-children", log.Fields{"hash": pr.GetHash()})
+
+	newNPR := pr.Revision.UpdateAllChildren(children, branch)
+
+	newPR := &PersistedRevision{
+		Revision:  newNPR,
+		Compress:  pr.Compress,
+		kvStore:   pr.kvStore,
+		events:    pr.events,
+		Version:   pr.getVersion(),
+		isWatched: pr.isWatched,
+	}
+
+	if newPR.GetHash() != pr.GetHash() {
+		newPR.isStored = false
+		pr.Drop(branch.Txid, false)
+	} else {
+		newPR.isStored = true
+	}
+
+	return newPR
+}
+
+// Drop takes care of eliminating a revision hash that is no longer needed
+// and its associated config when required
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) Drop(txid string, includeConfig bool) {
+	pr.Revision.Drop(txid, includeConfig)
+}
+
+// Drop takes care of eliminating a revision hash that is no longer needed
+// and its associated config when required
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) StorageDrop(txid string, includeConfig bool) {
+	log.Debugw("dropping-revision", log.Fields{"txid": txid, "hash": pr.GetHash(), "config-hash": pr.GetConfig().Hash})
+
+	pr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer pr.mutex.Unlock()
+	if pr.kvStore != nil && txid == "" {
+		if pr.isStored {
+			if pr.isWatched {
+				pr.kvStore.DeleteWatch(pr.GetName(), pr.events)
+				pr.isWatched = false
+			}
+
+			if err := pr.kvStore.Delete(pr.GetName()); err != nil {
+				log.Errorw("failed-to-remove-revision", log.Fields{"hash": pr.GetHash(), "error": err.Error()})
+			} else {
+				pr.isStored = false
+			}
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		if includeConfig {
+			log.Debugw("attempted-to-remove-transacted-revision-config", log.Fields{"hash": pr.GetConfig().Hash, "txid": txid})
+		}
+		log.Debugw("attempted-to-remove-transacted-revision", log.Fields{"hash": pr.GetHash(), "txid": txid})
+	}
+
+	pr.Revision.Drop(txid, includeConfig)
+}
+
+// verifyPersistedEntry validates if the provided data is available or not in memory and applies updates as required
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) verifyPersistedEntry(ctx context.Context, data interface{}, typeName string, keyName string,
+	keyValue string, txid string, version int64) (response Revision) {
+	// Parent which holds the current node entry
+	parent := pr.GetBranch().Node.GetRoot()
+
+	// Get a copy of the parent's children
+	children := make([]Revision, len(parent.GetBranch(NONE).Latest.GetChildren(typeName)))
+	copy(children, parent.GetBranch(NONE).Latest.GetChildren(typeName))
+
+	// Verify if a child with the provided key value can be found
+	if childIdx, childRev := pr.GetNode().findRevByKey(children, keyName, keyValue); childRev != nil {
+		// A child matching the provided key exists in memory
+		// Verify if the data differs from what was retrieved from persistence
+		// Also check if we are treating a newer revision of the data or not
+		if childRev.GetData().(proto.Message).String() != data.(proto.Message).String() && childRev.getVersion() < version {
+			log.Debugw("revision-data-is-different", log.Fields{
+				"key":     childRev.GetHash(),
+				"name":    childRev.GetName(),
+				"data":    childRev.GetData(),
+				"version": childRev.getVersion(),
+			})
+
+			//
+			// Data has changed; replace the child entry and update the parent revision
+			//
+
+			// BEGIN Lock child -- prevent any incoming changes
+			childRev.GetBranch().LatestLock.Lock()
+
+			// Update child
+			updatedChildRev := childRev.UpdateData(ctx, data, childRev.GetBranch())
+
+			updatedChildRev.GetNode().SetProxy(childRev.GetNode().GetProxy())
+			updatedChildRev.SetupWatch(updatedChildRev.GetName())
+			updatedChildRev.SetLastUpdate()
+			updatedChildRev.(*PersistedRevision).setVersion(version)
+
+			// Update cache
+			GetRevCache().Set(updatedChildRev.GetName(), updatedChildRev)
+			childRev.Drop(txid, false)
+
+			childRev.GetBranch().LatestLock.Unlock()
+			// END lock child
+
+			// Update child entry
+			children[childIdx] = updatedChildRev
+
+			// BEGIN lock parent -- Update parent
+			parent.GetBranch(NONE).LatestLock.Lock()
+
+			updatedRev := parent.GetBranch(NONE).GetLatest().UpdateChildren(ctx, typeName, children, parent.GetBranch(NONE))
+			parent.GetBranch(NONE).Node.makeLatest(parent.GetBranch(NONE), updatedRev, nil)
+
+			parent.GetBranch(NONE).LatestLock.Unlock()
+			// END lock parent
+
+			// Drop the previous child revision
+			parent.GetBranch(NONE).Latest.ChildDrop(typeName, childRev.GetHash())
+
+			if updatedChildRev != nil {
+				log.Debugw("verify-persisted-entry--adding-child", log.Fields{
+					"key":  updatedChildRev.GetHash(),
+					"name": updatedChildRev.GetName(),
+					"data": updatedChildRev.GetData(),
+				})
+				response = updatedChildRev
+			}
+		} else {
+			if childRev != nil {
+				log.Debugw("keeping-revision-data", log.Fields{
+					"key":  childRev.GetHash(),
+					"name": childRev.GetName(),
+					"data": childRev.GetData(),
+				})
+
+				// Update timestamp to reflect when it was last read and to reset tracked timeout
+				childRev.SetLastUpdate()
+				if childRev.getVersion() < version {
+					childRev.(*PersistedRevision).setVersion(version)
+				}
+				GetRevCache().Set(childRev.GetName(), childRev)
+				response = childRev
+			}
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		// There is no available child with that key value.
+		// Create a new child and update the parent revision.
+		log.Debugw("no-such-revision-entry", log.Fields{
+			"key":  keyValue,
+			"name": typeName,
+			"data": data,
+		})
+
+		// BEGIN child lock
+		pr.GetBranch().LatestLock.Lock()
+
+		// Construct a new child node with the retrieved persistence data
+		childRev = pr.GetBranch().Node.MakeNode(data, txid).Latest(txid)
+
+		// We need to start watching this entry for future changes
+		childRev.SetName(typeName + "/" + keyValue)
+		childRev.SetupWatch(childRev.GetName())
+		childRev.(*PersistedRevision).setVersion(version)
+
+		// Add entry to cache
+		GetRevCache().Set(childRev.GetName(), childRev)
+
+		pr.GetBranch().LatestLock.Unlock()
+		// END child lock
+
+		//
+		// Add the child to the parent revision
+		//
+
+		// BEGIN parent lock
+		parent.GetBranch(NONE).LatestLock.Lock()
+		children = append(children, childRev)
+		updatedRev := parent.GetBranch(NONE).GetLatest().UpdateChildren(ctx, typeName, children, parent.GetBranch(NONE))
+		updatedRev.GetNode().SetProxy(parent.GetBranch(NONE).Node.GetProxy())
+		parent.GetBranch(NONE).Node.makeLatest(parent.GetBranch(NONE), updatedRev, nil)
+		parent.GetBranch(NONE).LatestLock.Unlock()
+		// END parent lock
+
+		// Child entry is valid and can be included in the response object
+		if childRev != nil {
+			log.Debugw("adding-revision-to-response", log.Fields{
+				"key":  childRev.GetHash(),
+				"name": childRev.GetName(),
+				"data": childRev.GetData(),
+			})
+			response = childRev
+		}
+	}
+
+	return response
+}
+
+// LoadFromPersistence retrieves data from kv store at the specified location and refreshes the memory
+// by adding missing entries, updating changed entries and ignoring unchanged ones
+func (pr *PersistedRevision) LoadFromPersistence(ctx context.Context, path string, txid string, blobs map[string]*kvstore.KVPair) []Revision {
+	pr.mutex.Lock()
+	defer pr.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	log.Debugw("loading-from-persistence", log.Fields{"path": path, "txid": txid})
+
+	var response []Revision
+
+	for strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		path = path[1:]
+	}
+
+	if pr.kvStore != nil && path != "" {
+		if blobs == nil || len(blobs) == 0 {
+			log.Debugw("retrieve-from-kv", log.Fields{"path": path, "txid": txid})
+			blobs, _ = pr.kvStore.List(path)
+		}
+
+		partition := strings.SplitN(path, "/", 2)
+		name := partition[0]
+
+		var nodeType interface{}
+		if len(partition) < 2 {
+			path = ""
+			nodeType = pr.GetBranch().Node.Type
+		} else {
+			path = partition[1]
+			nodeType = pr.GetBranch().Node.GetRoot().Type
+		}
+
+		field := ChildrenFields(nodeType)[name]
+
+		if field != nil && field.IsContainer {
+			log.Debugw("parsing-data-blobs", log.Fields{
+				"path": path,
+				"name": name,
+				"size": len(blobs),
+			})
+
+			for _, blob := range blobs {
+				output := blob.Value.([]byte)
+
+				data := reflect.New(field.ClassType.Elem())
+
+				if err := proto.Unmarshal(output, data.Interface().(proto.Message)); err != nil {
+					log.Errorw("failed-to-unmarshal", log.Fields{
+						"path":  path,
+						"txid":  txid,
+						"error": err,
+					})
+				} else if path == "" {
+					if field.Key != "" {
+						log.Debugw("no-path-with-container-key", log.Fields{
+							"path": path,
+							"txid": txid,
+							"data": data.Interface(),
+						})
+
+						// Retrieve the key identifier value from the data structure
+						// based on the field's key attribute
+						_, key := GetAttributeValue(data.Interface(), field.Key, 0)
+
+						if entry := pr.verifyPersistedEntry(ctx, data.Interface(), name, field.Key, key.String(), txid, blob.Version); entry != nil {
+							response = append(response, entry)
+						}
+					} else {
+						log.Debugw("path-with-no-container-key", log.Fields{
+							"path": path,
+							"txid": txid,
+							"data": data.Interface(),
+						})
+					}
+
+				} else if field.Key != "" {
+					log.Debugw("path-with-container-key", log.Fields{
+						"path": path,
+						"txid": txid,
+						"data": data.Interface(),
+					})
+					// The request is for a specific entry/id
+					partition := strings.SplitN(path, "/", 2)
+					key := partition[0]
+					if len(partition) < 2 {
+						path = ""
+					} else {
+						path = partition[1]
+					}
+					keyValue := field.KeyFromStr(key)
+
+					if entry := pr.verifyPersistedEntry(ctx, data.Interface(), name, field.Key, keyValue.(string), txid, blob.Version); entry != nil {
+						response = append(response, entry)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			log.Debugw("no-more-data-blobs", log.Fields{"path": path, "name": name})
+		} else {
+			log.Debugw("cannot-process-field", log.Fields{
+				"type": pr.GetBranch().Node.Type,
+				"name": name,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	return response
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/profiling.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/profiling.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c50c9f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/profiling.go
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// Profiling is used to store performance details collected at runtime
+type profiling struct {
+	sync.RWMutex
+	DatabaseRetrieveTime  float64
+	DatabaseRetrieveCount int
+	InMemoryModelTime     float64
+	InMemoryModelCount    int
+	InMemoryProcessTime   float64
+	DatabaseStoreTime     float64
+	InMemoryLockTime      float64
+	InMemoryLockCount     int
+}
+
+var profilingInstance *profiling
+var profilingOnce sync.Once
+
+// GetProfiling returns a singleton instance of the Profiling structure
+func GetProfiling() *profiling {
+	profilingOnce.Do(func() {
+		profilingInstance = &profiling{}
+	})
+	return profilingInstance
+}
+
+// AddToDatabaseRetrieveTime appends a time period to retrieve data from the database
+func (p *profiling) AddToDatabaseRetrieveTime(period float64) {
+	p.Lock()
+	defer p.Unlock()
+
+	p.DatabaseRetrieveTime += period
+	p.DatabaseRetrieveCount++
+}
+
+// AddToInMemoryModelTime appends a time period to construct/deconstruct data in memory
+func (p *profiling) AddToInMemoryModelTime(period float64) {
+	p.Lock()
+	defer p.Unlock()
+
+	p.InMemoryModelTime += period
+	p.InMemoryModelCount++
+}
+
+// AddToInMemoryProcessTime appends a time period to process data
+func (p *profiling) AddToInMemoryProcessTime(period float64) {
+	p.Lock()
+	defer p.Unlock()
+
+	p.InMemoryProcessTime += period
+}
+
+// AddToDatabaseStoreTime appends a time period to store data in the database
+func (p *profiling) AddToDatabaseStoreTime(period float64) {
+	p.Lock()
+	defer p.Unlock()
+
+	p.DatabaseStoreTime += period
+}
+
+// AddToInMemoryLockTime appends a time period when a code block was locked
+func (p *profiling) AddToInMemoryLockTime(period float64) {
+	p.Lock()
+	defer p.Unlock()
+
+	p.InMemoryLockTime += period
+	p.InMemoryLockCount++
+}
+
+// Reset initializes the profile counters
+func (p *profiling) Reset() {
+	p.Lock()
+	defer p.Unlock()
+
+	p.DatabaseRetrieveTime = 0
+	p.DatabaseRetrieveCount = 0
+	p.InMemoryModelTime = 0
+	p.InMemoryModelCount = 0
+	p.InMemoryProcessTime = 0
+	p.DatabaseStoreTime = 0
+	p.InMemoryLockTime = 0
+	p.InMemoryLockCount = 0
+}
+
+// Report will provide the current profile counter status
+func (p *profiling) Report() {
+	p.Lock()
+	defer p.Unlock()
+
+	log.Infof("[ Profiling Report ]")
+	log.Infof("Database Retrieval : %f", p.DatabaseRetrieveTime)
+	log.Infof("Database Retrieval Count : %d", p.DatabaseRetrieveCount)
+	log.Infof("Avg Database Retrieval : %f", p.DatabaseRetrieveTime/float64(p.DatabaseRetrieveCount))
+	log.Infof("In-Memory Modeling : %f", p.InMemoryModelTime)
+	log.Infof("In-Memory Modeling Count: %d", p.InMemoryModelCount)
+	log.Infof("Avg In-Memory Modeling : %f", p.InMemoryModelTime/float64(p.InMemoryModelCount))
+	log.Infof("In-Memory Locking : %f", p.InMemoryLockTime)
+	log.Infof("In-Memory Locking Count: %d", p.InMemoryLockCount)
+	log.Infof("Avg In-Memory Locking : %f", p.InMemoryLockTime/float64(p.InMemoryLockCount))
+
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/proxy.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/proxy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d2c24e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/proxy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,598 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"reflect"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// OperationContext holds details on the information used during an operation
+type OperationContext struct {
+	Path      string
+	Data      interface{}
+	FieldName string
+	ChildKey  string
+}
+
+// NewOperationContext instantiates a new OperationContext structure
+func NewOperationContext(path string, data interface{}, fieldName string, childKey string) *OperationContext {
+	oc := &OperationContext{
+		Path:      path,
+		Data:      data,
+		FieldName: fieldName,
+		ChildKey:  childKey,
+	}
+	return oc
+}
+
+// Update applies new data to the context structure
+func (oc *OperationContext) Update(data interface{}) *OperationContext {
+	oc.Data = data
+	return oc
+}
+
+// Proxy holds the information for a specific location with the data model
+type Proxy struct {
+	mutex      sync.RWMutex
+	Root       *root
+	Node       *node
+	ParentNode *node
+	Path       string
+	FullPath   string
+	Exclusive  bool
+	Callbacks  map[CallbackType]map[string]*CallbackTuple
+	operation  ProxyOperation
+}
+
+// NewProxy instantiates a new proxy to a specific location
+func NewProxy(root *root, node *node, parentNode *node, path string, fullPath string, exclusive bool) *Proxy {
+	callbacks := make(map[CallbackType]map[string]*CallbackTuple)
+	if fullPath == "/" {
+		fullPath = ""
+	}
+	p := &Proxy{
+		Root:       root,
+		Node:       node,
+		ParentNode: parentNode,
+		Exclusive:  exclusive,
+		Path:       path,
+		FullPath:   fullPath,
+		Callbacks:  callbacks,
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+// GetRoot returns the root attribute of the proxy
+func (p *Proxy) GetRoot() *root {
+	return p.Root
+}
+
+// getPath returns the path attribute of the proxy
+func (p *Proxy) getPath() string {
+	return p.Path
+}
+
+// getFullPath returns the full path attribute of the proxy
+func (p *Proxy) getFullPath() string {
+	return p.FullPath
+}
+
+// getCallbacks returns the full list of callbacks associated to the proxy
+func (p *Proxy) getCallbacks(callbackType CallbackType) map[string]*CallbackTuple {
+	p.mutex.RLock()
+	defer p.mutex.RUnlock()
+
+	if p != nil {
+		if cb, exists := p.Callbacks[callbackType]; exists {
+			return cb
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Debugw("proxy-is-nil", log.Fields{"callback-type": callbackType.String()})
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// getCallback returns a specific callback matching the type and function hash
+func (p *Proxy) getCallback(callbackType CallbackType, funcHash string) *CallbackTuple {
+	p.mutex.Lock()
+	defer p.mutex.Unlock()
+	if tuple, exists := p.Callbacks[callbackType][funcHash]; exists {
+		return tuple
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// setCallbacks applies a callbacks list to a type
+func (p *Proxy) setCallbacks(callbackType CallbackType, callbacks map[string]*CallbackTuple) {
+	p.mutex.Lock()
+	defer p.mutex.Unlock()
+	p.Callbacks[callbackType] = callbacks
+}
+
+// setCallback applies a callback to a type and hash value
+func (p *Proxy) setCallback(callbackType CallbackType, funcHash string, tuple *CallbackTuple) {
+	p.mutex.Lock()
+	defer p.mutex.Unlock()
+	p.Callbacks[callbackType][funcHash] = tuple
+}
+
+// DeleteCallback removes a callback matching the type and hash
+func (p *Proxy) DeleteCallback(callbackType CallbackType, funcHash string) {
+	p.mutex.Lock()
+	defer p.mutex.Unlock()
+	delete(p.Callbacks[callbackType], funcHash)
+}
+
+// CallbackType is an enumerated value to express when a callback should be executed
+type ProxyOperation uint8
+
+// Enumerated list of callback types
+const (
+	PROXY_NONE ProxyOperation = iota
+	PROXY_GET
+	PROXY_LIST
+	PROXY_ADD
+	PROXY_UPDATE
+	PROXY_REMOVE
+	PROXY_CREATE
+	PROXY_WATCH
+)
+
+var proxyOperationTypes = []string{
+	"PROXY_NONE",
+	"PROXY_GET",
+	"PROXY_LIST",
+	"PROXY_ADD",
+	"PROXY_UPDATE",
+	"PROXY_REMOVE",
+	"PROXY_CREATE",
+	"PROXY_WATCH",
+}
+
+func (t ProxyOperation) String() string {
+	return proxyOperationTypes[t]
+}
+
+func (p *Proxy) GetOperation() ProxyOperation {
+	p.mutex.RLock()
+	defer p.mutex.RUnlock()
+	return p.operation
+}
+
+func (p *Proxy) SetOperation(operation ProxyOperation) {
+	p.mutex.Lock()
+	defer p.mutex.Unlock()
+	p.operation = operation
+}
+
+// parseForControlledPath verifies if a proxy path matches a pattern
+// for locations that need to be access controlled.
+func (p *Proxy) parseForControlledPath(path string) (pathLock string, controlled bool) {
+	// TODO: Add other path prefixes that may need control
+	if strings.HasPrefix(path, "/devices") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(path, "/logical_devices") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(path, "/adapters") {
+
+		split := strings.SplitN(path, "/", -1)
+		switch len(split) {
+		case 2:
+			controlled = false
+			pathLock = ""
+			break
+		case 3:
+			fallthrough
+		default:
+			pathLock = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", split[1], split[2])
+			controlled = true
+		}
+	}
+	return pathLock, controlled
+}
+
+// List will retrieve information from the data model at the specified path location
+// A list operation will force access to persistence storage
+func (p *Proxy) List(ctx context.Context, path string, depth int, deep bool, txid string) interface{} {
+	var effectivePath string
+	if path == "/" {
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath()
+	} else {
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath() + path
+	}
+
+	pathLock, controlled := p.parseForControlledPath(effectivePath)
+
+	p.SetOperation(PROXY_LIST)
+	defer p.SetOperation(PROXY_NONE)
+
+	log.Debugw("proxy-list", log.Fields{
+		"path":       path,
+		"effective":  effectivePath,
+		"pathLock":   pathLock,
+		"controlled": controlled,
+		"operation":  p.GetOperation(),
+	})
+
+	rv := p.GetRoot().List(ctx, path, "", depth, deep, txid)
+
+	return rv
+}
+
+// Get will retrieve information from the data model at the specified path location
+func (p *Proxy) Get(ctx context.Context, path string, depth int, deep bool, txid string) interface{} {
+	var effectivePath string
+	if path == "/" {
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath()
+	} else {
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath() + path
+	}
+
+	pathLock, controlled := p.parseForControlledPath(effectivePath)
+
+	p.SetOperation(PROXY_GET)
+	defer p.SetOperation(PROXY_NONE)
+
+	log.Debugw("proxy-get", log.Fields{
+		"path":       path,
+		"effective":  effectivePath,
+		"pathLock":   pathLock,
+		"controlled": controlled,
+		"operation":  p.GetOperation(),
+	})
+
+	rv := p.GetRoot().Get(ctx, path, "", depth, deep, txid)
+
+	return rv
+}
+
+// Update will modify information in the data model at the specified location with the provided data
+func (p *Proxy) Update(ctx context.Context, path string, data interface{}, strict bool, txid string) interface{} {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		log.Errorf("invalid path: %s", path)
+		return nil
+	}
+	var fullPath string
+	var effectivePath string
+	if path == "/" {
+		fullPath = p.getPath()
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath()
+	} else {
+		fullPath = p.getPath() + path
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath() + path
+	}
+
+	pathLock, controlled := p.parseForControlledPath(effectivePath)
+
+	p.SetOperation(PROXY_UPDATE)
+	defer p.SetOperation(PROXY_NONE)
+
+	log.Debugw("proxy-update", log.Fields{
+		"path":       path,
+		"effective":  effectivePath,
+		"full":       fullPath,
+		"pathLock":   pathLock,
+		"controlled": controlled,
+		"operation":  p.GetOperation(),
+	})
+
+	if p.GetRoot().KvStore != nil {
+		p.GetRoot().KvStore.Client.Reserve(pathLock+"_", uuid.New().String(), ReservationTTL)
+		defer p.GetRoot().KvStore.Client.ReleaseReservation(pathLock + "_")
+	}
+
+	result := p.GetRoot().Update(ctx, fullPath, data, strict, txid, nil)
+
+	if result != nil {
+		return result.GetData()
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// AddWithID will insert new data at specified location.
+// This method also allows the user to specify the ID of the data entry to ensure
+// that access control is active while inserting the information.
+func (p *Proxy) AddWithID(ctx context.Context, path string, id string, data interface{}, txid string) interface{} {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		log.Errorf("invalid path: %s", path)
+		return nil
+	}
+	var fullPath string
+	var effectivePath string
+	if path == "/" {
+		fullPath = p.getPath()
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath()
+	} else {
+		fullPath = p.getPath() + path
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath() + path + "/" + id
+	}
+
+	pathLock, controlled := p.parseForControlledPath(effectivePath)
+
+	p.SetOperation(PROXY_ADD)
+	defer p.SetOperation(PROXY_NONE)
+
+	log.Debugw("proxy-add-with-id", log.Fields{
+		"path":       path,
+		"effective":  effectivePath,
+		"full":       fullPath,
+		"pathLock":   pathLock,
+		"controlled": controlled,
+		"operation":  p.GetOperation(),
+	})
+
+	if p.GetRoot().KvStore != nil {
+		p.GetRoot().KvStore.Client.Reserve(pathLock+"_", uuid.New().String(), ReservationTTL)
+		defer p.GetRoot().KvStore.Client.ReleaseReservation(pathLock + "_")
+	}
+
+	result := p.GetRoot().Add(ctx, fullPath, data, txid, nil)
+
+	if result != nil {
+		return result.GetData()
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Add will insert new data at specified location.
+func (p *Proxy) Add(ctx context.Context, path string, data interface{}, txid string) interface{} {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		log.Errorf("invalid path: %s", path)
+		return nil
+	}
+	var fullPath string
+	var effectivePath string
+	if path == "/" {
+		fullPath = p.getPath()
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath()
+	} else {
+		fullPath = p.getPath() + path
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath() + path
+	}
+
+	pathLock, controlled := p.parseForControlledPath(effectivePath)
+
+	p.SetOperation(PROXY_ADD)
+	defer p.SetOperation(PROXY_NONE)
+
+	log.Debugw("proxy-add", log.Fields{
+		"path":       path,
+		"effective":  effectivePath,
+		"full":       fullPath,
+		"pathLock":   pathLock,
+		"controlled": controlled,
+		"operation":  p.GetOperation(),
+	})
+
+	if p.GetRoot().KvStore != nil {
+		p.GetRoot().KvStore.Client.Reserve(pathLock+"_", uuid.New().String(), ReservationTTL)
+		defer p.GetRoot().KvStore.Client.ReleaseReservation(pathLock + "_")
+	}
+
+	result := p.GetRoot().Add(ctx, fullPath, data, txid, nil)
+
+	if result != nil {
+		return result.GetData()
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Remove will delete an entry at the specified location
+func (p *Proxy) Remove(ctx context.Context, path string, txid string) interface{} {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		log.Errorf("invalid path: %s", path)
+		return nil
+	}
+	var fullPath string
+	var effectivePath string
+	if path == "/" {
+		fullPath = p.getPath()
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath()
+	} else {
+		fullPath = p.getPath() + path
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath() + path
+	}
+
+	pathLock, controlled := p.parseForControlledPath(effectivePath)
+
+	p.SetOperation(PROXY_REMOVE)
+	defer p.SetOperation(PROXY_NONE)
+
+	log.Debugw("proxy-remove", log.Fields{
+		"path":       path,
+		"effective":  effectivePath,
+		"full":       fullPath,
+		"pathLock":   pathLock,
+		"controlled": controlled,
+		"operation":  p.GetOperation(),
+	})
+
+	if p.GetRoot().KvStore != nil {
+		p.GetRoot().KvStore.Client.Reserve(pathLock+"_", uuid.New().String(), ReservationTTL)
+		defer p.GetRoot().KvStore.Client.ReleaseReservation(pathLock + "_")
+	}
+
+	result := p.GetRoot().Remove(ctx, fullPath, txid, nil)
+
+	if result != nil {
+		return result.GetData()
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// CreateProxy to interact with specific path directly
+func (p *Proxy) CreateProxy(ctx context.Context, path string, exclusive bool) *Proxy {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
+		log.Errorf("invalid path: %s", path)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var fullPath string
+	var effectivePath string
+	if path == "/" {
+		fullPath = p.getPath()
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath()
+	} else {
+		fullPath = p.getPath() + path
+		effectivePath = p.getFullPath() + path
+	}
+
+	pathLock, controlled := p.parseForControlledPath(effectivePath)
+
+	p.SetOperation(PROXY_CREATE)
+	defer p.SetOperation(PROXY_NONE)
+
+	log.Debugw("proxy-create", log.Fields{
+		"path":       path,
+		"effective":  effectivePath,
+		"full":       fullPath,
+		"pathLock":   pathLock,
+		"controlled": controlled,
+		"operation":  p.GetOperation(),
+	})
+
+	if p.GetRoot().KvStore != nil {
+		p.GetRoot().KvStore.Client.Reserve(pathLock+"_", uuid.New().String(), ReservationTTL)
+		defer p.GetRoot().KvStore.Client.ReleaseReservation(pathLock + "_")
+	}
+
+	return p.GetRoot().CreateProxy(ctx, fullPath, exclusive)
+}
+
+// OpenTransaction creates a new transaction branch to isolate operations made to the data model
+func (p *Proxy) OpenTransaction() *Transaction {
+	txid := p.GetRoot().MakeTxBranch()
+	return NewTransaction(p, txid)
+}
+
+// commitTransaction will apply and merge modifications made in the transaction branch to the data model
+func (p *Proxy) commitTransaction(txid string) {
+	p.GetRoot().FoldTxBranch(txid)
+}
+
+// cancelTransaction will terminate a transaction branch along will all changes within it
+func (p *Proxy) cancelTransaction(txid string) {
+	p.GetRoot().DeleteTxBranch(txid)
+}
+
+// CallbackFunction is a type used to define callback functions
+type CallbackFunction func(args ...interface{}) interface{}
+
+// CallbackTuple holds the function and arguments details of a callback
+type CallbackTuple struct {
+	callback CallbackFunction
+	args     []interface{}
+}
+
+// Execute will process the a callback with its provided arguments
+func (tuple *CallbackTuple) Execute(contextArgs []interface{}) interface{} {
+	args := []interface{}{}
+
+	for _, ta := range tuple.args {
+		args = append(args, ta)
+	}
+
+	if contextArgs != nil {
+		for _, ca := range contextArgs {
+			args = append(args, ca)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return tuple.callback(args...)
+}
+
+// RegisterCallback associates a callback to the proxy
+func (p *Proxy) RegisterCallback(callbackType CallbackType, callback CallbackFunction, args ...interface{}) {
+	if p.getCallbacks(callbackType) == nil {
+		p.setCallbacks(callbackType, make(map[string]*CallbackTuple))
+	}
+	funcName := runtime.FuncForPC(reflect.ValueOf(callback).Pointer()).Name()
+	log.Debugf("value of function: %s", funcName)
+	funcHash := fmt.Sprintf("%x", md5.Sum([]byte(funcName)))[:12]
+
+	p.setCallback(callbackType, funcHash, &CallbackTuple{callback, args})
+}
+
+// UnregisterCallback removes references to a callback within a proxy
+func (p *Proxy) UnregisterCallback(callbackType CallbackType, callback CallbackFunction, args ...interface{}) {
+	if p.getCallbacks(callbackType) == nil {
+		log.Errorf("no such callback type - %s", callbackType.String())
+		return
+	}
+
+	funcName := runtime.FuncForPC(reflect.ValueOf(callback).Pointer()).Name()
+	funcHash := fmt.Sprintf("%x", md5.Sum([]byte(funcName)))[:12]
+
+	log.Debugf("value of function: %s", funcName)
+
+	if p.getCallback(callbackType, funcHash) == nil {
+		log.Errorf("function with hash value: '%s' not registered with callback type: '%s'", funcHash, callbackType)
+		return
+	}
+
+	p.DeleteCallback(callbackType, funcHash)
+}
+
+func (p *Proxy) invoke(callback *CallbackTuple, context []interface{}) (result interface{}, err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			errStr := fmt.Sprintf("callback error occurred: %+v", r)
+			err = errors.New(errStr)
+			log.Error(errStr)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	result = callback.Execute(context)
+
+	return result, err
+}
+
+// InvokeCallbacks executes all callbacks associated to a specific type
+func (p *Proxy) InvokeCallbacks(args ...interface{}) (result interface{}) {
+	callbackType := args[0].(CallbackType)
+	proceedOnError := args[1].(bool)
+	context := args[2:]
+
+	var err error
+
+	if callbacks := p.getCallbacks(callbackType); callbacks != nil {
+		p.mutex.Lock()
+		for _, callback := range callbacks {
+			if result, err = p.invoke(callback, context); err != nil {
+				if !proceedOnError {
+					log.Info("An error occurred.  Stopping callback invocation")
+					break
+				}
+				log.Info("An error occurred.  Invoking next callback")
+			}
+		}
+		p.mutex.Unlock()
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/revision.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/revision.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb61355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/revision.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package model
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type Revision interface {
+	Finalize(bool)
+	SetConfig(revision *DataRevision)
+	GetConfig() *DataRevision
+	Drop(txid string, includeConfig bool)
+	StorageDrop(txid string, includeConfig bool)
+	ChildDrop(childType string, childHash string)
+	SetChildren(name string, children []Revision)
+	GetChildren(name string) []Revision
+	SetAllChildren(children map[string][]Revision)
+	GetAllChildren() map[string][]Revision
+	SetHash(hash string)
+	GetHash() string
+	ClearHash()
+	getVersion() int64
+	SetupWatch(key string)
+	SetName(name string)
+	GetName() string
+	SetBranch(branch *Branch)
+	GetBranch() *Branch
+	Get(int) interface{}
+	GetData() interface{}
+	GetNode() *node
+	SetLastUpdate(ts ...time.Time)
+	GetLastUpdate() time.Time
+	LoadFromPersistence(ctx context.Context, path string, txid string, blobs map[string]*kvstore.KVPair) []Revision
+	UpdateData(ctx context.Context, data interface{}, branch *Branch) Revision
+	UpdateChildren(ctx context.Context, name string, children []Revision, branch *Branch) Revision
+	UpdateAllChildren(children map[string][]Revision, branch *Branch) Revision
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/root.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20c3721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"reflect"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// Root is used to provide an abstraction to the base root structure
+type Root interface {
+	Node
+
+	ExecuteCallbacks()
+	AddCallback(callback CallbackFunction, args ...interface{})
+	AddNotificationCallback(callback CallbackFunction, args ...interface{})
+}
+
+// root points to the top of the data model tree or sub-tree identified by a proxy
+type root struct {
+	*node
+
+	Callbacks             []CallbackTuple
+	NotificationCallbacks []CallbackTuple
+
+	DirtyNodes    map[string][]*node
+	KvStore       *Backend
+	Loading       bool
+	RevisionClass interface{}
+
+	mutex sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+// NewRoot creates an new instance of a root object
+func NewRoot(initialData interface{}, kvStore *Backend) *root {
+	root := &root{}
+
+	root.KvStore = kvStore
+	root.DirtyNodes = make(map[string][]*node)
+	root.Loading = false
+
+	// If there is no storage in place just revert to
+	// a non persistent mechanism
+	if kvStore != nil {
+		root.RevisionClass = reflect.TypeOf(PersistedRevision{})
+	} else {
+		root.RevisionClass = reflect.TypeOf(NonPersistedRevision{})
+	}
+
+	root.Callbacks = []CallbackTuple{}
+	root.NotificationCallbacks = []CallbackTuple{}
+
+	root.node = NewNode(root, initialData, false, "")
+
+	return root
+}
+
+// MakeTxBranch creates a new transaction branch
+func (r *root) MakeTxBranch() string {
+	txidBin, _ := uuid.New().MarshalBinary()
+	txid := hex.EncodeToString(txidBin)[:12]
+
+	r.DirtyNodes[txid] = []*node{r.node}
+	r.node.MakeBranch(txid)
+
+	return txid
+}
+
+// DeleteTxBranch removes a transaction branch
+func (r *root) DeleteTxBranch(txid string) {
+	for _, dirtyNode := range r.DirtyNodes[txid] {
+		dirtyNode.DeleteBranch(txid)
+	}
+	delete(r.DirtyNodes, txid)
+	r.node.DeleteBranch(txid)
+}
+
+// FoldTxBranch will merge the contents of a transaction branch with the root object
+func (r *root) FoldTxBranch(txid string) {
+	// Start by doing a dry run of the merge
+	// If that fails, it bails out and the branch is deleted
+	if _, err := r.node.MergeBranch(txid, true); err != nil {
+		// Merge operation fails
+		r.DeleteTxBranch(txid)
+	} else {
+		r.node.MergeBranch(txid, false)
+		r.node.GetRoot().ExecuteCallbacks()
+		r.DeleteTxBranch(txid)
+	}
+}
+
+// ExecuteCallbacks will invoke all the callbacks linked to root object
+func (r *root) ExecuteCallbacks() {
+	r.mutex.Lock()
+	defer r.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	for len(r.Callbacks) > 0 {
+		callback := r.Callbacks[0]
+		r.Callbacks = r.Callbacks[1:]
+		go callback.Execute(nil)
+	}
+	//for len(r.NotificationCallbacks) > 0 {
+	//	callback := r.NotificationCallbacks[0]
+	//	r.NotificationCallbacks = r.NotificationCallbacks[1:]
+	//	go callback.Execute(nil)
+	//}
+}
+
+func (r *root) hasCallbacks() bool {
+	return len(r.Callbacks) == 0
+}
+
+// getCallbacks returns the available callbacks
+func (r *root) GetCallbacks() []CallbackTuple {
+	r.mutex.Lock()
+	defer r.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	return r.Callbacks
+}
+
+// getCallbacks returns the available notification callbacks
+func (r *root) GetNotificationCallbacks() []CallbackTuple {
+	r.mutex.Lock()
+	defer r.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	return r.NotificationCallbacks
+}
+
+// AddCallback inserts a new callback with its arguments
+func (r *root) AddCallback(callback CallbackFunction, args ...interface{}) {
+	r.mutex.Lock()
+	defer r.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	r.Callbacks = append(r.Callbacks, CallbackTuple{callback, args})
+}
+
+// AddNotificationCallback inserts a new notification callback with its arguments
+func (r *root) AddNotificationCallback(callback CallbackFunction, args ...interface{}) {
+	r.mutex.Lock()
+	defer r.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	r.NotificationCallbacks = append(r.NotificationCallbacks, CallbackTuple{callback, args})
+}
+
+func (r *root) syncParent(childRev Revision, txid string) {
+	data := proto.Clone(r.GetProxy().ParentNode.Latest().GetData().(proto.Message))
+
+	for fieldName, _ := range ChildrenFields(data) {
+		childDataName, childDataHolder := GetAttributeValue(data, fieldName, 0)
+		if reflect.TypeOf(childRev.GetData()) == reflect.TypeOf(childDataHolder.Interface()) {
+			childDataHolder = reflect.ValueOf(childRev.GetData())
+			reflect.ValueOf(data).Elem().FieldByName(childDataName).Set(childDataHolder)
+		}
+	}
+
+	r.GetProxy().ParentNode.Latest().SetConfig(NewDataRevision(r.GetProxy().ParentNode.GetRoot(), data))
+	r.GetProxy().ParentNode.Latest(txid).Finalize(false)
+}
+
+// Update modifies the content of an object at a given path with the provided data
+func (r *root) Update(ctx context.Context, path string, data interface{}, strict bool, txid string, makeBranch MakeBranchFunction) Revision {
+	var result Revision
+
+	if makeBranch != nil {
+		// TODO: raise error
+	}
+
+	if r.hasCallbacks() {
+		// TODO: raise error
+	}
+
+	if txid != "" {
+		trackDirty := func(node *node) *Branch {
+			r.DirtyNodes[txid] = append(r.DirtyNodes[txid], node)
+			return node.MakeBranch(txid)
+		}
+		result = r.node.Update(ctx, path, data, strict, txid, trackDirty)
+	} else {
+		result = r.node.Update(ctx, path, data, strict, "", nil)
+	}
+
+	if result != nil {
+		if r.GetProxy().FullPath != r.GetProxy().Path {
+			r.syncParent(result, txid)
+		} else {
+			result.Finalize(false)
+		}
+	}
+
+	r.node.GetRoot().ExecuteCallbacks()
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// Add creates a new object at the given path with the provided data
+func (r *root) Add(ctx context.Context, path string, data interface{}, txid string, makeBranch MakeBranchFunction) Revision {
+	var result Revision
+
+	if makeBranch != nil {
+		// TODO: raise error
+	}
+
+	if r.hasCallbacks() {
+		// TODO: raise error
+	}
+
+	if txid != "" {
+		trackDirty := func(node *node) *Branch {
+			r.DirtyNodes[txid] = append(r.DirtyNodes[txid], node)
+			return node.MakeBranch(txid)
+		}
+		result = r.node.Add(ctx, path, data, txid, trackDirty)
+	} else {
+		result = r.node.Add(ctx, path, data, "", nil)
+	}
+
+	if result != nil {
+		result.Finalize(true)
+		r.node.GetRoot().ExecuteCallbacks()
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+// Remove discards an object at a given path
+func (r *root) Remove(ctx context.Context, path string, txid string, makeBranch MakeBranchFunction) Revision {
+	var result Revision
+
+	if makeBranch != nil {
+		// TODO: raise error
+	}
+
+	if r.hasCallbacks() {
+		// TODO: raise error
+	}
+
+	if txid != "" {
+		trackDirty := func(node *node) *Branch {
+			r.DirtyNodes[txid] = append(r.DirtyNodes[txid], node)
+			return node.MakeBranch(txid)
+		}
+		result = r.node.Remove(ctx, path, txid, trackDirty)
+	} else {
+		result = r.node.Remove(ctx, path, "", nil)
+	}
+
+	r.node.GetRoot().ExecuteCallbacks()
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// MakeLatest updates a branch with the latest node revision
+func (r *root) MakeLatest(branch *Branch, revision Revision, changeAnnouncement []ChangeTuple) {
+	r.makeLatest(branch, revision, changeAnnouncement)
+}
+
+func (r *root) MakeRevision(branch *Branch, data interface{}, children map[string][]Revision) Revision {
+	if r.RevisionClass.(reflect.Type) == reflect.TypeOf(PersistedRevision{}) {
+		return NewPersistedRevision(branch, data, children)
+	}
+
+	return NewNonPersistedRevision(r, branch, data, children)
+}
+
+func (r *root) makeLatest(branch *Branch, revision Revision, changeAnnouncement []ChangeTuple) {
+	r.node.makeLatest(branch, revision, changeAnnouncement)
+
+	if r.KvStore != nil && branch.Txid == "" {
+		tags := make(map[string]string)
+		for k, v := range r.node.Tags {
+			tags[k] = v.GetHash()
+		}
+		data := &rootData{
+			Latest: branch.GetLatest().GetHash(),
+			Tags:   tags,
+		}
+		if blob, err := json.Marshal(data); err != nil {
+			// TODO report error
+		} else {
+			log.Debugf("Changing root to : %s", string(blob))
+			if err := r.KvStore.Put("root", blob); err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("failed to properly put value in kvstore - err: %s", err.Error())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+type rootData struct {
+	Latest string            `json:"latest"`
+	Tags   map[string]string `json:"tags"`
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/transaction.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/transaction.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bef77e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/transaction.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package model
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+)
+
+type Transaction struct {
+	proxy *Proxy
+	txid  string
+}
+
+func NewTransaction(proxy *Proxy, txid string) *Transaction {
+	tx := &Transaction{
+		proxy: proxy,
+		txid:  txid,
+	}
+	return tx
+}
+func (t *Transaction) Get(ctx context.Context, path string, depth int, deep bool) interface{} {
+	if t.txid == "" {
+		log.Errorf("closed transaction")
+		return nil
+	}
+	// TODO: need to review the return values at the different layers!!!!!
+	return t.proxy.Get(ctx, path, depth, deep, t.txid)
+}
+func (t *Transaction) Update(ctx context.Context, path string, data interface{}, strict bool) interface{} {
+	if t.txid == "" {
+		log.Errorf("closed transaction")
+		return nil
+	}
+	return t.proxy.Update(ctx, path, data, strict, t.txid)
+}
+func (t *Transaction) Add(ctx context.Context, path string, data interface{}) interface{} {
+	if t.txid == "" {
+		log.Errorf("closed transaction")
+		return nil
+	}
+	return t.proxy.Add(ctx, path, data, t.txid)
+}
+func (t *Transaction) Remove(ctx context.Context, path string) interface{} {
+	if t.txid == "" {
+		log.Errorf("closed transaction")
+		return nil
+	}
+	return t.proxy.Remove(ctx, path, t.txid)
+}
+func (t *Transaction) Cancel() {
+	t.proxy.cancelTransaction(t.txid)
+	t.txid = ""
+}
+func (t *Transaction) Commit() {
+	t.proxy.commitTransaction(t.txid)
+	t.txid = ""
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/utils.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b28e92f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// IsProtoMessage determines if the specified implements proto.Message type
+func IsProtoMessage(object interface{}) bool {
+	var ok = false
+
+	if object != nil {
+		st := reflect.TypeOf(object)
+		_, ok = st.MethodByName("ProtoMessage")
+	}
+	return ok
+}
+
+// FindOwnerType will traverse a data structure and find the parent type of the specified object
+func FindOwnerType(obj reflect.Value, name string, depth int, found bool) reflect.Type {
+	prefix := ""
+	for d := 0; d < depth; d++ {
+		prefix += ">>"
+	}
+	k := obj.Kind()
+	switch k {
+	case reflect.Ptr:
+		if found {
+			return obj.Type()
+		}
+
+		t := obj.Type().Elem()
+		n := reflect.New(t)
+
+		if rc := FindOwnerType(n.Elem(), name, depth+1, found); rc != nil {
+			return rc
+		}
+
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		if found {
+			return obj.Type()
+		}
+
+		for i := 0; i < obj.NumField(); i++ {
+			v := reflect.Indirect(obj)
+
+			json := strings.Split(v.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get("json"), ",")
+
+			if json[0] == name {
+				return FindOwnerType(obj.Field(i), name, depth+1, true)
+			}
+
+			if rc := FindOwnerType(obj.Field(i), name, depth+1, found); rc != nil {
+				return rc
+			}
+		}
+	case reflect.Slice:
+		s := reflect.MakeSlice(obj.Type(), 1, 1)
+		n := reflect.New(obj.Type())
+		n.Elem().Set(s)
+
+		for i := 0; i < n.Elem().Len(); i++ {
+			if found {
+				return reflect.ValueOf(n.Elem().Index(i).Interface()).Type()
+			}
+		}
+
+		for i := 0; i < obj.Len(); i++ {
+			if found {
+				return obj.Index(i).Type()
+			}
+
+			if rc := FindOwnerType(obj.Index(i), name, depth+1, found); rc != nil {
+				return rc
+			}
+		}
+	default:
+		//log.Debugf("%s Unhandled <%+v> ... It's a %+v\n", prefix, obj, k)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// FindKeyOwner will traverse a structure to find the owner type of the specified name
+func FindKeyOwner(iface interface{}, name string, depth int) interface{} {
+	obj := reflect.ValueOf(iface)
+	k := obj.Kind()
+	switch k {
+	case reflect.Ptr:
+		t := obj.Type().Elem()
+		n := reflect.New(t)
+
+		if rc := FindKeyOwner(n.Elem().Interface(), name, depth+1); rc != nil {
+			return rc
+		}
+
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		for i := 0; i < obj.NumField(); i++ {
+			json := strings.Split(obj.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get("json"), ",")
+
+			if json[0] == name {
+				return obj.Type().Field(i).Type
+			}
+
+			if rc := FindKeyOwner(obj.Field(i).Interface(), name, depth+1); rc != nil {
+				return rc
+			}
+		}
+
+	case reflect.Slice:
+		s := reflect.MakeSlice(obj.Type(), 1, 1)
+		n := reflect.New(obj.Type())
+		n.Elem().Set(s)
+
+		for i := 0; i < n.Elem().Len(); i++ {
+			if rc := FindKeyOwner(n.Elem().Index(i).Interface(), name, depth+1); rc != nil {
+				return rc
+			}
+		}
+	default:
+		//log.Debugf("%s Unhandled <%+v> ... It's a %+v\n", prefix, obj, k)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// GetAttributeValue traverse a structure to find the value of an attribute
+// FIXME: Need to figure out if GetAttributeValue and GetAttributeStructure can become one
+// Code is repeated in both, but outputs have a different purpose
+// Left as-is for now to get things working
+func GetAttributeValue(data interface{}, name string, depth int) (string, reflect.Value) {
+	var attribName string
+	var attribValue reflect.Value
+	obj := reflect.ValueOf(data)
+
+	if !obj.IsValid() {
+		return attribName, attribValue
+	}
+
+	k := obj.Kind()
+	switch k {
+	case reflect.Ptr:
+		if obj.IsNil() {
+			return attribName, attribValue
+		}
+
+		if attribName, attribValue = GetAttributeValue(obj.Elem().Interface(), name, depth+1); attribValue.IsValid() {
+			return attribName, attribValue
+		}
+
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		for i := 0; i < obj.NumField(); i++ {
+			json := strings.Split(obj.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get("json"), ",")
+
+			if json[0] == name {
+				return obj.Type().Field(i).Name, obj.Field(i)
+			}
+
+			if obj.Field(i).IsValid() {
+				if attribName, attribValue = GetAttributeValue(obj.Field(i).Interface(), name, depth+1); attribValue.IsValid() {
+					return attribName, attribValue
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+	case reflect.Slice:
+		s := reflect.MakeSlice(obj.Type(), 1, 1)
+		n := reflect.New(obj.Type())
+		n.Elem().Set(s)
+
+		for i := 0; i < obj.Len(); i++ {
+			if attribName, attribValue = GetAttributeValue(obj.Index(i).Interface(), name, depth+1); attribValue.IsValid() {
+				return attribName, attribValue
+			}
+		}
+	default:
+		//log.Debugf("%s Unhandled <%+v> ... It's a %+v\n", prefix, obj, k)
+	}
+
+	return attribName, attribValue
+
+}
+
+// GetAttributeStructure will traverse a structure to find the data structure for the named attribute
+// FIXME: See GetAttributeValue(...) comment
+func GetAttributeStructure(data interface{}, name string, depth int) reflect.StructField {
+	var result reflect.StructField
+	obj := reflect.ValueOf(data)
+
+	if !obj.IsValid() {
+		return result
+	}
+
+	k := obj.Kind()
+	switch k {
+	case reflect.Ptr:
+		t := obj.Type().Elem()
+		n := reflect.New(t)
+
+		if rc := GetAttributeStructure(n.Elem().Interface(), name, depth+1); rc.Name != "" {
+			return rc
+		}
+
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		for i := 0; i < obj.NumField(); i++ {
+			v := reflect.Indirect(obj)
+			json := strings.Split(obj.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get("json"), ",")
+
+			if json[0] == name {
+				return v.Type().Field(i)
+			}
+
+			if obj.Field(i).IsValid() {
+				if rc := GetAttributeStructure(obj.Field(i).Interface(), name, depth+1); rc.Name != "" {
+					return rc
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+	case reflect.Slice:
+		s := reflect.MakeSlice(obj.Type(), 1, 1)
+		n := reflect.New(obj.Type())
+		n.Elem().Set(s)
+
+		for i := 0; i < obj.Len(); i++ {
+			if rc := GetAttributeStructure(obj.Index(i).Interface(), name, depth+1); rc.Name != "" {
+				return rc
+			}
+
+		}
+	default:
+		//log.Debugf("%s Unhandled <%+v> ... It's a %+v\n", prefix, obj, k)
+	}
+
+	return result
+
+}
+
+func clone2(a interface{}) interface{} {
+	b := reflect.ValueOf(a)
+	buff := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	enc := gob.NewEncoder(buff)
+	dec := gob.NewDecoder(buff)
+	enc.Encode(a)
+	dec.Decode(b.Elem().Interface())
+
+	return b.Interface()
+}
+
+func clone(a, b interface{}) interface{} {
+	buff := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	enc := gob.NewEncoder(buff)
+	dec := gob.NewDecoder(buff)
+	enc.Encode(a)
+	dec.Decode(b)
+	return b
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/grpc/security.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/grpc/security.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..930d2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/grpc/security.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package grpc
+
+type GrpcSecurity struct {
+	KeyFile  string
+	CertFile string
+	CaFile   string
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/grpc/server.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/grpc/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2438e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/grpc/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package grpc
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
+	"net"
+)
+
+/*
+To add a GRPC server to your existing component simply follow these steps:
+
+1. Create a server instance by passing the host and port where it should run and optionally add certificate information
+
+	e.g.
+	s.server = server.NewGrpcServer(s.config.GrpcHost, s.config.GrpcPort, nil, false)
+
+2. Create a function that will register your service with the GRPC server
+
+    e.g.
+	f := func(gs *grpc.Server) {
+		voltha.RegisterVolthaReadOnlyServiceServer(
+			gs,
+			core.NewReadOnlyServiceHandler(s.root),
+		)
+	}
+
+3. Add the service to the server
+
+    e.g.
+	s.server.AddService(f)
+
+4. Start the server
+
+	s.server.Start(ctx)
+*/
+
+type GrpcServer struct {
+	gs       *grpc.Server
+	address  string
+	port     int
+	secure   bool
+	services []func(*grpc.Server)
+
+	*GrpcSecurity
+}
+
+/*
+Instantiate a GRPC server data structure
+*/
+func NewGrpcServer(
+	address string,
+	port int,
+	certs *GrpcSecurity,
+	secure bool,
+) *GrpcServer {
+	server := &GrpcServer{
+		address:      address,
+		port:         port,
+		secure:       secure,
+		GrpcSecurity: certs,
+	}
+	return server
+}
+
+/*
+Start prepares the GRPC server and starts servicing requests
+*/
+func (s *GrpcServer) Start(ctx context.Context) {
+
+	host := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", s.address, s.port)
+
+	lis, err := net.Listen("tcp", host)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to listen: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if s.secure && s.GrpcSecurity != nil {
+		creds, err := credentials.NewServerTLSFromFile(s.CertFile, s.KeyFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("could not load TLS keys: %s", err)
+		}
+		s.gs = grpc.NewServer(grpc.Creds(creds))
+
+	} else {
+		log.Info("starting-insecure-grpc-server")
+		s.gs = grpc.NewServer()
+	}
+
+	// Register all required services
+	for _, service := range s.services {
+		service(s.gs)
+	}
+
+	if err := s.gs.Serve(lis); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to serve: %v\n", err)
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+Stop servicing GRPC requests
+*/
+func (s *GrpcServer) Stop() {
+	if s.gs != nil {
+		s.gs.Stop()
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+AddService appends a generic service request function
+*/
+func (s *GrpcServer) AddService(
+	registerFunction func(*grpc.Server),
+) {
+	s.services = append(s.services, registerFunction)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka/client.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36c1ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package kafka
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	ca "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/inter_container"
+)
+
+const (
+	PartitionConsumer = iota
+	GroupCustomer     = iota
+)
+
+const (
+	OffsetNewest = -1
+	OffsetOldest = -2
+)
+
+const (
+	GroupIdKey = "groupId"
+	Offset     = "offset"
+)
+
+const (
+	DefaultKafkaHost                = "127.0.0.1"
+	DefaultKafkaPort                = 9092
+	DefaultGroupName                = "voltha"
+	DefaultSleepOnError             = 1
+	DefaultProducerFlushFrequency   = 10
+	DefaultProducerFlushMessages    = 10
+	DefaultProducerFlushMaxmessages = 100
+	DefaultProducerReturnSuccess    = true
+	DefaultProducerReturnErrors     = true
+	DefaultProducerRetryMax         = 3
+	DefaultProducerRetryBackoff     = time.Millisecond * 100
+	DefaultConsumerMaxwait          = 100
+	DefaultMaxProcessingTime        = 100
+	DefaultConsumerType             = PartitionConsumer
+	DefaultNumberPartitions         = 3
+	DefaultNumberReplicas           = 1
+	DefaultAutoCreateTopic          = false
+	DefaultMetadataMaxRetry         = 3
+)
+
+// MsgClient represents the set of APIs  a Kafka MsgClient must implement
+type Client interface {
+	Start() error
+	Stop()
+	CreateTopic(topic *Topic, numPartition int, repFactor int) error
+	DeleteTopic(topic *Topic) error
+	Subscribe(topic *Topic, kvArgs ...*KVArg) (<-chan *ca.InterContainerMessage, error)
+	UnSubscribe(topic *Topic, ch <-chan *ca.InterContainerMessage) error
+	Send(msg interface{}, topic *Topic, keys ...string) error
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka/kafka_inter_container_library.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka/kafka_inter_container_library.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2e0702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka/kafka_inter_container_library.go
@@ -0,0 +1,833 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package kafka
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/inter_container"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Initialize the logger - gets the default until the main function setup the logger
+func init() {
+	log.AddPackage(log.JSON, log.DebugLevel, nil)
+}
+
+const (
+	DefaultMaxRetries     = 3
+	DefaultRequestTimeout = 10000 // 10000 milliseconds - to handle a wider latency range
+)
+
+const (
+	TransactionKey = "transactionID"
+	FromTopic      = "fromTopic"
+)
+
+var ErrorTransactionNotAcquired = errors.New("transaction-not-acquired")
+var ErrorTransactionInvalidId = errors.New("transaction-invalid-id")
+
+// requestHandlerChannel represents an interface associated with a channel.  Whenever, an event is
+// obtained from that channel, this interface is invoked.   This is used to handle
+// async requests into the Core via the kafka messaging bus
+type requestHandlerChannel struct {
+	requesthandlerInterface interface{}
+	ch                      <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage
+}
+
+// transactionChannel represents a combination of a topic and a channel onto which a response received
+// on the kafka bus will be sent to
+type transactionChannel struct {
+	topic *Topic
+	ch    chan *ic.InterContainerMessage
+}
+
+// InterContainerProxy represents the messaging proxy
+type InterContainerProxy struct {
+	kafkaHost                      string
+	kafkaPort                      int
+	DefaultTopic                   *Topic
+	defaultRequestHandlerInterface interface{}
+	deviceDiscoveryTopic           *Topic
+	kafkaClient                    Client
+	doneCh                         chan int
+
+	// This map is used to map a topic to an interface and channel.   When a request is received
+	// on that channel (registered to the topic) then that interface is invoked.
+	topicToRequestHandlerChannelMap   map[string]*requestHandlerChannel
+	lockTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap sync.RWMutex
+
+	// This map is used to map a channel to a response topic.   This channel handles all responses on that
+	// channel for that topic and forward them to the appropriate consumers channel, using the
+	// transactionIdToChannelMap.
+	topicToResponseChannelMap   map[string]<-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage
+	lockTopicResponseChannelMap sync.RWMutex
+
+	// This map is used to map a transaction to a consumers channel.  This is used whenever a request has been
+	// sent out and we are waiting for a response.
+	transactionIdToChannelMap     map[string]*transactionChannel
+	lockTransactionIdToChannelMap sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+type InterContainerProxyOption func(*InterContainerProxy)
+
+func InterContainerHost(host string) InterContainerProxyOption {
+	return func(args *InterContainerProxy) {
+		args.kafkaHost = host
+	}
+}
+
+func InterContainerPort(port int) InterContainerProxyOption {
+	return func(args *InterContainerProxy) {
+		args.kafkaPort = port
+	}
+}
+
+func DefaultTopic(topic *Topic) InterContainerProxyOption {
+	return func(args *InterContainerProxy) {
+		args.DefaultTopic = topic
+	}
+}
+
+func DeviceDiscoveryTopic(topic *Topic) InterContainerProxyOption {
+	return func(args *InterContainerProxy) {
+		args.deviceDiscoveryTopic = topic
+	}
+}
+
+func RequestHandlerInterface(handler interface{}) InterContainerProxyOption {
+	return func(args *InterContainerProxy) {
+		args.defaultRequestHandlerInterface = handler
+	}
+}
+
+func MsgClient(client Client) InterContainerProxyOption {
+	return func(args *InterContainerProxy) {
+		args.kafkaClient = client
+	}
+}
+
+func NewInterContainerProxy(opts ...InterContainerProxyOption) (*InterContainerProxy, error) {
+	proxy := &InterContainerProxy{
+		kafkaHost: DefaultKafkaHost,
+		kafkaPort: DefaultKafkaPort,
+	}
+
+	for _, option := range opts {
+		option(proxy)
+	}
+
+	// Create the locks for all the maps
+	proxy.lockTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap = sync.RWMutex{}
+	proxy.lockTransactionIdToChannelMap = sync.RWMutex{}
+	proxy.lockTopicResponseChannelMap = sync.RWMutex{}
+
+	return proxy, nil
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) Start() error {
+	log.Info("Starting-Proxy")
+
+	// Kafka MsgClient should already have been created.  If not, output fatal error
+	if kp.kafkaClient == nil {
+		log.Fatal("kafka-client-not-set")
+	}
+
+	// Create the Done channel
+	kp.doneCh = make(chan int, 1)
+
+	// Start the kafka client
+	if err := kp.kafkaClient.Start(); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("Cannot-create-kafka-proxy", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Create the topic to response channel map
+	kp.topicToResponseChannelMap = make(map[string]<-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage)
+	//
+	// Create the transactionId to Channel Map
+	kp.transactionIdToChannelMap = make(map[string]*transactionChannel)
+
+	// Create the topic to request channel map
+	kp.topicToRequestHandlerChannelMap = make(map[string]*requestHandlerChannel)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) Stop() {
+	log.Info("stopping-intercontainer-proxy")
+	kp.doneCh <- 1
+	// TODO : Perform cleanup
+	kp.kafkaClient.Stop()
+	//kp.deleteAllTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap()
+	//kp.deleteAllTopicResponseChannelMap()
+	//kp.deleteAllTransactionIdToChannelMap()
+}
+
+// DeviceDiscovered publish the discovered device onto the kafka messaging bus
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) DeviceDiscovered(deviceId string, deviceType string, parentId string, publisher string) error {
+	log.Debugw("sending-device-discovery-msg", log.Fields{"deviceId": deviceId})
+	//	Simple validation
+	if deviceId == "" || deviceType == "" {
+		log.Errorw("invalid-parameters", log.Fields{"id": deviceId, "type": deviceType})
+		return errors.New("invalid-parameters")
+	}
+	//	Create the device discovery message
+	header := &ic.Header{
+		Id:        uuid.New().String(),
+		Type:      ic.MessageType_DEVICE_DISCOVERED,
+		FromTopic: kp.DefaultTopic.Name,
+		ToTopic:   kp.deviceDiscoveryTopic.Name,
+		Timestamp: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+	}
+	body := &ic.DeviceDiscovered{
+		Id:         deviceId,
+		DeviceType: deviceType,
+		ParentId:   parentId,
+		Publisher:  publisher,
+	}
+
+	var marshalledData *any.Any
+	var err error
+	if marshalledData, err = ptypes.MarshalAny(body); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("cannot-marshal-request", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return err
+	}
+	msg := &ic.InterContainerMessage{
+		Header: header,
+		Body:   marshalledData,
+	}
+
+	// Send the message
+	if err := kp.kafkaClient.Send(msg, kp.deviceDiscoveryTopic); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("cannot-send-device-discovery-message", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// InvokeRPC is used to send a request to a given topic
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) InvokeRPC(ctx context.Context, rpc string, toTopic *Topic, replyToTopic *Topic,
+	waitForResponse bool, key string, kvArgs ...*KVArg) (bool, *any.Any) {
+
+	//	If a replyToTopic is provided then we use it, otherwise just use the  default toTopic.  The replyToTopic is
+	// typically the device ID.
+	responseTopic := replyToTopic
+	if responseTopic == nil {
+		responseTopic = kp.DefaultTopic
+	}
+
+	// Encode the request
+	protoRequest, err := encodeRequest(rpc, toTopic, responseTopic, key, kvArgs...)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnw("cannot-format-request", log.Fields{"rpc": rpc, "error": err})
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	// Subscribe for response, if needed, before sending request
+	var ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage
+	if waitForResponse {
+		var err error
+		if ch, err = kp.subscribeForResponse(*responseTopic, protoRequest.Header.Id); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("failed-to-subscribe-for-response", log.Fields{"error": err, "toTopic": toTopic.Name})
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Send request - if the topic is formatted with a device Id then we will send the request using a
+	// specific key, hence ensuring a single partition is used to publish the request.  This ensures that the
+	// subscriber on that topic will receive the request in the order it was sent.  The key used is the deviceId.
+	//key := GetDeviceIdFromTopic(*toTopic)
+	log.Debugw("sending-msg", log.Fields{"rpc": rpc, "toTopic": toTopic, "replyTopic": responseTopic, "key": key, "xId": protoRequest.Header.Id})
+	go kp.kafkaClient.Send(protoRequest, toTopic, key)
+
+	if waitForResponse {
+		// Create a child context based on the parent context, if any
+		var cancel context.CancelFunc
+		childCtx := context.Background()
+		if ctx == nil {
+			ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), DefaultRequestTimeout*time.Millisecond)
+		} else {
+			childCtx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, DefaultRequestTimeout*time.Millisecond)
+		}
+		defer cancel()
+
+		// Wait for response as well as timeout or cancellation
+		// Remove the subscription for a response on return
+		defer kp.unSubscribeForResponse(protoRequest.Header.Id)
+		select {
+		case msg, ok := <-ch:
+			if !ok {
+				log.Warnw("channel-closed", log.Fields{"rpc": rpc, "replyTopic": replyToTopic.Name})
+				protoError := &ic.Error{Reason: "channel-closed"}
+				var marshalledArg *any.Any
+				if marshalledArg, err = ptypes.MarshalAny(protoError); err != nil {
+					return false, nil // Should never happen
+				}
+				return false, marshalledArg
+			}
+			log.Debugw("received-response", log.Fields{"rpc": rpc, "msgHeader": msg.Header})
+			var responseBody *ic.InterContainerResponseBody
+			var err error
+			if responseBody, err = decodeResponse(msg); err != nil {
+				log.Errorw("decode-response-error", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			}
+			return responseBody.Success, responseBody.Result
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			log.Debugw("context-cancelled", log.Fields{"rpc": rpc, "ctx": ctx.Err()})
+			//	 pack the error as proto any type
+			protoError := &ic.Error{Reason: ctx.Err().Error()}
+			var marshalledArg *any.Any
+			if marshalledArg, err = ptypes.MarshalAny(protoError); err != nil {
+				return false, nil // Should never happen
+			}
+			return false, marshalledArg
+		case <-childCtx.Done():
+			log.Debugw("context-cancelled", log.Fields{"rpc": rpc, "ctx": childCtx.Err()})
+			//	 pack the error as proto any type
+			protoError := &ic.Error{Reason: childCtx.Err().Error()}
+			var marshalledArg *any.Any
+			if marshalledArg, err = ptypes.MarshalAny(protoError); err != nil {
+				return false, nil // Should never happen
+			}
+			return false, marshalledArg
+		case <-kp.doneCh:
+			log.Infow("received-exit-signal", log.Fields{"toTopic": toTopic.Name, "rpc": rpc})
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+// SubscribeWithRequestHandlerInterface allows a caller to assign a target object to be invoked automatically
+// when a message is received on a given topic
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) SubscribeWithRequestHandlerInterface(topic Topic, handler interface{}) error {
+
+	// Subscribe to receive messages for that topic
+	var ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage
+	var err error
+	if ch, err = kp.kafkaClient.Subscribe(&topic); err != nil {
+		//if ch, err = kp.Subscribe(topic); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("failed-to-subscribe", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+		return err
+	}
+
+	kp.defaultRequestHandlerInterface = handler
+	kp.addToTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap(topic.Name, &requestHandlerChannel{requesthandlerInterface: handler, ch: ch})
+	// Launch a go routine to receive and process kafka messages
+	go kp.waitForMessages(ch, topic, handler)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SubscribeWithDefaultRequestHandler allows a caller to add a topic to an existing target object to be invoked automatically
+// when a message is received on a given topic.  So far there is only 1 target registered per microservice
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) SubscribeWithDefaultRequestHandler(topic Topic, initialOffset int64) error {
+	// Subscribe to receive messages for that topic
+	var ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage
+	var err error
+	if ch, err = kp.kafkaClient.Subscribe(&topic, &KVArg{Key: Offset, Value: initialOffset}); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("failed-to-subscribe", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+		return err
+	}
+	kp.addToTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap(topic.Name, &requestHandlerChannel{requesthandlerInterface: kp.defaultRequestHandlerInterface, ch: ch})
+
+	// Launch a go routine to receive and process kafka messages
+	go kp.waitForMessages(ch, topic, kp.defaultRequestHandlerInterface)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) UnSubscribeFromRequestHandler(topic Topic) error {
+	return kp.deleteFromTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap(topic.Name)
+}
+
+// setupTopicResponseChannelMap sets up single consumers channel that will act as a broadcast channel for all
+// responses from that topic.
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) setupTopicResponseChannelMap(topic string, arg <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) {
+	kp.lockTopicResponseChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer kp.lockTopicResponseChannelMap.Unlock()
+	if _, exist := kp.topicToResponseChannelMap[topic]; !exist {
+		kp.topicToResponseChannelMap[topic] = arg
+	}
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) isTopicSubscribedForResponse(topic string) bool {
+	kp.lockTopicResponseChannelMap.RLock()
+	defer kp.lockTopicResponseChannelMap.RUnlock()
+	_, exist := kp.topicToResponseChannelMap[topic]
+	return exist
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) deleteFromTopicResponseChannelMap(topic string) error {
+	kp.lockTopicResponseChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer kp.lockTopicResponseChannelMap.Unlock()
+	if _, exist := kp.topicToResponseChannelMap[topic]; exist {
+		// Unsubscribe to this topic first - this will close the subscribed channel
+		var err error
+		if err = kp.kafkaClient.UnSubscribe(&Topic{Name: topic}, kp.topicToResponseChannelMap[topic]); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("unsubscribing-error", log.Fields{"topic": topic})
+		}
+		delete(kp.topicToResponseChannelMap, topic)
+		return err
+	} else {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("%s-Topic-not-found", topic))
+	}
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) deleteAllTopicResponseChannelMap() error {
+	kp.lockTopicResponseChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer kp.lockTopicResponseChannelMap.Unlock()
+	var err error
+	for topic, _ := range kp.topicToResponseChannelMap {
+		// Unsubscribe to this topic first - this will close the subscribed channel
+		if err = kp.kafkaClient.UnSubscribe(&Topic{Name: topic}, kp.topicToResponseChannelMap[topic]); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("unsubscribing-error", log.Fields{"topic": topic, "error": err})
+		}
+		delete(kp.topicToResponseChannelMap, topic)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) addToTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap(topic string, arg *requestHandlerChannel) {
+	kp.lockTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer kp.lockTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap.Unlock()
+	if _, exist := kp.topicToRequestHandlerChannelMap[topic]; !exist {
+		kp.topicToRequestHandlerChannelMap[topic] = arg
+	}
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) deleteFromTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap(topic string) error {
+	kp.lockTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer kp.lockTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap.Unlock()
+	if _, exist := kp.topicToRequestHandlerChannelMap[topic]; exist {
+		// Close the kafka client client first by unsubscribing to this topic
+		kp.kafkaClient.UnSubscribe(&Topic{Name: topic}, kp.topicToRequestHandlerChannelMap[topic].ch)
+		delete(kp.topicToRequestHandlerChannelMap, topic)
+		return nil
+	} else {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("%s-Topic-not-found", topic))
+	}
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) deleteAllTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap() error {
+	kp.lockTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer kp.lockTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap.Unlock()
+	var err error
+	for topic, _ := range kp.topicToRequestHandlerChannelMap {
+		// Close the kafka client client first by unsubscribing to this topic
+		if err = kp.kafkaClient.UnSubscribe(&Topic{Name: topic}, kp.topicToRequestHandlerChannelMap[topic].ch); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("unsubscribing-error", log.Fields{"topic": topic, "error": err})
+		}
+		delete(kp.topicToRequestHandlerChannelMap, topic)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) addToTransactionIdToChannelMap(id string, topic *Topic, arg chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) {
+	kp.lockTransactionIdToChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer kp.lockTransactionIdToChannelMap.Unlock()
+	if _, exist := kp.transactionIdToChannelMap[id]; !exist {
+		kp.transactionIdToChannelMap[id] = &transactionChannel{topic: topic, ch: arg}
+	}
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) deleteFromTransactionIdToChannelMap(id string) {
+	kp.lockTransactionIdToChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer kp.lockTransactionIdToChannelMap.Unlock()
+	if transChannel, exist := kp.transactionIdToChannelMap[id]; exist {
+		// Close the channel first
+		close(transChannel.ch)
+		delete(kp.transactionIdToChannelMap, id)
+	}
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) deleteTopicTransactionIdToChannelMap(id string) {
+	kp.lockTransactionIdToChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer kp.lockTransactionIdToChannelMap.Unlock()
+	for key, value := range kp.transactionIdToChannelMap {
+		if value.topic.Name == id {
+			close(value.ch)
+			delete(kp.transactionIdToChannelMap, key)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) deleteAllTransactionIdToChannelMap() {
+	kp.lockTransactionIdToChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer kp.lockTransactionIdToChannelMap.Unlock()
+	for key, value := range kp.transactionIdToChannelMap {
+		close(value.ch)
+		delete(kp.transactionIdToChannelMap, key)
+	}
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) DeleteTopic(topic Topic) error {
+	// If we have any consumers on that topic we need to close them
+	if err := kp.deleteFromTopicResponseChannelMap(topic.Name); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("delete-from-topic-responsechannelmap-failed", log.Fields{"error": err})
+	}
+	if err := kp.deleteFromTopicRequestHandlerChannelMap(topic.Name); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("delete-from-topic-requesthandlerchannelmap-failed", log.Fields{"error": err})
+	}
+	kp.deleteTopicTransactionIdToChannelMap(topic.Name)
+
+	return kp.kafkaClient.DeleteTopic(&topic)
+}
+
+func encodeReturnedValue(returnedVal interface{}) (*any.Any, error) {
+	// Encode the response argument - needs to be a proto message
+	if returnedVal == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	protoValue, ok := returnedVal.(proto.Message)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Warnw("response-value-not-proto-message", log.Fields{"error": ok, "returnVal": returnedVal})
+		err := errors.New("response-value-not-proto-message")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Marshal the returned value, if any
+	var marshalledReturnedVal *any.Any
+	var err error
+	if marshalledReturnedVal, err = ptypes.MarshalAny(protoValue); err != nil {
+		log.Warnw("cannot-marshal-returned-val", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return marshalledReturnedVal, nil
+}
+
+func encodeDefaultFailedResponse(request *ic.InterContainerMessage) *ic.InterContainerMessage {
+	responseHeader := &ic.Header{
+		Id:        request.Header.Id,
+		Type:      ic.MessageType_RESPONSE,
+		FromTopic: request.Header.ToTopic,
+		ToTopic:   request.Header.FromTopic,
+		Timestamp: time.Now().Unix(),
+	}
+	responseBody := &ic.InterContainerResponseBody{
+		Success: false,
+		Result:  nil,
+	}
+	var marshalledResponseBody *any.Any
+	var err error
+	// Error should never happen here
+	if marshalledResponseBody, err = ptypes.MarshalAny(responseBody); err != nil {
+		log.Warnw("cannot-marshal-failed-response-body", log.Fields{"error": err})
+	}
+
+	return &ic.InterContainerMessage{
+		Header: responseHeader,
+		Body:   marshalledResponseBody,
+	}
+
+}
+
+//formatRequest formats a request to send over kafka and returns an InterContainerMessage message on success
+//or an error on failure
+func encodeResponse(request *ic.InterContainerMessage, success bool, returnedValues ...interface{}) (*ic.InterContainerMessage, error) {
+	//log.Debugw("encodeResponse", log.Fields{"success": success, "returnedValues": returnedValues})
+	responseHeader := &ic.Header{
+		Id:        request.Header.Id,
+		Type:      ic.MessageType_RESPONSE,
+		FromTopic: request.Header.ToTopic,
+		ToTopic:   request.Header.FromTopic,
+		KeyTopic:  request.Header.KeyTopic,
+		Timestamp: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+	}
+
+	// Go over all returned values
+	var marshalledReturnedVal *any.Any
+	var err error
+	for _, returnVal := range returnedValues {
+		if marshalledReturnedVal, err = encodeReturnedValue(returnVal); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("cannot-marshal-response-body", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		}
+		break // for now we support only 1 returned value - (excluding the error)
+	}
+
+	responseBody := &ic.InterContainerResponseBody{
+		Success: success,
+		Result:  marshalledReturnedVal,
+	}
+
+	// Marshal the response body
+	var marshalledResponseBody *any.Any
+	if marshalledResponseBody, err = ptypes.MarshalAny(responseBody); err != nil {
+		log.Warnw("cannot-marshal-response-body", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &ic.InterContainerMessage{
+		Header: responseHeader,
+		Body:   marshalledResponseBody,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func CallFuncByName(myClass interface{}, funcName string, params ...interface{}) (out []reflect.Value, err error) {
+	myClassValue := reflect.ValueOf(myClass)
+	// Capitalize the first letter in the funcName to workaround the first capital letters required to
+	// invoke a function from a different package
+	funcName = strings.Title(funcName)
+	m := myClassValue.MethodByName(funcName)
+	if !m.IsValid() {
+		return make([]reflect.Value, 0), fmt.Errorf("method-not-found \"%s\"", funcName)
+	}
+	in := make([]reflect.Value, len(params))
+	for i, param := range params {
+		in[i] = reflect.ValueOf(param)
+	}
+	out = m.Call(in)
+	return
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) addTransactionId(transactionId string, currentArgs []*ic.Argument) []*ic.Argument {
+	arg := &KVArg{
+		Key:   TransactionKey,
+		Value: &ic.StrType{Val: transactionId},
+	}
+
+	var marshalledArg *any.Any
+	var err error
+	if marshalledArg, err = ptypes.MarshalAny(&ic.StrType{Val: transactionId}); err != nil {
+		log.Warnw("cannot-add-transactionId", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return currentArgs
+	}
+	protoArg := &ic.Argument{
+		Key:   arg.Key,
+		Value: marshalledArg,
+	}
+	return append(currentArgs, protoArg)
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) addFromTopic(fromTopic string, currentArgs []*ic.Argument) []*ic.Argument {
+	var marshalledArg *any.Any
+	var err error
+	if marshalledArg, err = ptypes.MarshalAny(&ic.StrType{Val: fromTopic}); err != nil {
+		log.Warnw("cannot-add-transactionId", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return currentArgs
+	}
+	protoArg := &ic.Argument{
+		Key:   FromTopic,
+		Value: marshalledArg,
+	}
+	return append(currentArgs, protoArg)
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) handleMessage(msg *ic.InterContainerMessage, targetInterface interface{}) {
+
+	// First extract the header to know whether this is a request - responses are handled by a different handler
+	if msg.Header.Type == ic.MessageType_REQUEST {
+		var out []reflect.Value
+		var err error
+
+		// Get the request body
+		requestBody := &ic.InterContainerRequestBody{}
+		if err = ptypes.UnmarshalAny(msg.Body, requestBody); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-request", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		} else {
+			log.Debugw("received-request", log.Fields{"rpc": requestBody.Rpc, "header": msg.Header})
+			// let the callee unpack the arguments as its the only one that knows the real proto type
+			// Augment the requestBody with the message Id as it will be used in scenarios where cores
+			// are set in pairs and competing
+			requestBody.Args = kp.addTransactionId(msg.Header.Id, requestBody.Args)
+
+			// Augment the requestBody with the From topic name as it will be used in scenarios where a container
+			// needs to send an unsollicited message to the currently requested container
+			requestBody.Args = kp.addFromTopic(msg.Header.FromTopic, requestBody.Args)
+
+			out, err = CallFuncByName(targetInterface, requestBody.Rpc, requestBody.Args)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Warn(err)
+			}
+		}
+		// Response required?
+		if requestBody.ResponseRequired {
+			// If we already have an error before then just return that
+			var returnError *ic.Error
+			var returnedValues []interface{}
+			var success bool
+			if err != nil {
+				returnError = &ic.Error{Reason: err.Error()}
+				returnedValues = make([]interface{}, 1)
+				returnedValues[0] = returnError
+			} else {
+				returnedValues = make([]interface{}, 0)
+				// Check for errors first
+				lastIndex := len(out) - 1
+				if out[lastIndex].Interface() != nil { // Error
+					if retError, ok := out[lastIndex].Interface().(error); ok {
+						if retError.Error() == ErrorTransactionNotAcquired.Error() {
+							log.Debugw("Ignoring request", log.Fields{"error": retError, "txId": msg.Header.Id})
+							return // Ignore - process is in competing mode and ignored transaction
+						}
+						returnError = &ic.Error{Reason: retError.Error()}
+						returnedValues = append(returnedValues, returnError)
+					} else { // Should never happen
+						returnError = &ic.Error{Reason: "incorrect-error-returns"}
+						returnedValues = append(returnedValues, returnError)
+					}
+				} else if len(out) == 2 && reflect.ValueOf(out[0].Interface()).IsValid() && reflect.ValueOf(out[0].Interface()).IsNil() {
+					log.Warnw("Unexpected response of (nil,nil)", log.Fields{"txId": msg.Header.Id})
+					return // Ignore - should not happen
+				} else { // Non-error case
+					success = true
+					for idx, val := range out {
+						//log.Debugw("returned-api-response-loop", log.Fields{"idx": idx, "val": val.Interface()})
+						if idx != lastIndex {
+							returnedValues = append(returnedValues, val.Interface())
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			var icm *ic.InterContainerMessage
+			if icm, err = encodeResponse(msg, success, returnedValues...); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("error-encoding-response-returning-failure-result", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				icm = encodeDefaultFailedResponse(msg)
+			}
+			// To preserve ordering of messages, all messages to a given topic are sent to the same partition
+			// by providing a message key.   The key is encoded in the topic name.  If the deviceId is not
+			// present then the key will be empty, hence all messages for a given topic will be sent to all
+			// partitions.
+			replyTopic := &Topic{Name: msg.Header.FromTopic}
+			key := msg.Header.KeyTopic
+			log.Debugw("sending-response-to-kafka", log.Fields{"rpc": requestBody.Rpc, "header": icm.Header, "key": key})
+			// TODO: handle error response.
+			go kp.kafkaClient.Send(icm, replyTopic, key)
+		}
+	} else if msg.Header.Type == ic.MessageType_RESPONSE {
+		log.Debugw("response-received", log.Fields{"msg-header": msg.Header})
+		go kp.dispatchResponse(msg)
+	} else {
+		log.Warnw("unsupported-message-received", log.Fields{"msg-header": msg.Header})
+	}
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) waitForMessages(ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, topic Topic, targetInterface interface{}) {
+	//	Wait for messages
+	for msg := range ch {
+		//log.Debugw("request-received", log.Fields{"msg": msg, "topic": topic.Name, "target": targetInterface})
+		go kp.handleMessage(msg, targetInterface)
+	}
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) dispatchResponse(msg *ic.InterContainerMessage) {
+	kp.lockTransactionIdToChannelMap.RLock()
+	defer kp.lockTransactionIdToChannelMap.RUnlock()
+	if _, exist := kp.transactionIdToChannelMap[msg.Header.Id]; !exist {
+		log.Debugw("no-waiting-channel", log.Fields{"transaction": msg.Header.Id})
+		return
+	}
+	kp.transactionIdToChannelMap[msg.Header.Id].ch <- msg
+}
+
+// subscribeForResponse allows a caller to subscribe to a given topic when waiting for a response.
+// This method is built to prevent all subscribers to receive all messages as is the case of the Subscribe
+// API. There is one response channel waiting for kafka messages before dispatching the message to the
+// corresponding waiting channel
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) subscribeForResponse(topic Topic, trnsId string) (chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, error) {
+	log.Debugw("subscribeForResponse", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name, "trnsid": trnsId})
+
+	// Create a specific channel for this consumers.  We cannot use the channel from the kafkaclient as it will
+	// broadcast any message for this topic to all channels waiting on it.
+	ch := make(chan *ic.InterContainerMessage)
+	kp.addToTransactionIdToChannelMap(trnsId, &topic, ch)
+
+	return ch, nil
+}
+
+func (kp *InterContainerProxy) unSubscribeForResponse(trnsId string) error {
+	log.Debugw("unsubscribe-for-response", log.Fields{"trnsId": trnsId})
+	kp.deleteFromTransactionIdToChannelMap(trnsId)
+	return nil
+}
+
+//formatRequest formats a request to send over kafka and returns an InterContainerMessage message on success
+//or an error on failure
+func encodeRequest(rpc string, toTopic *Topic, replyTopic *Topic, key string, kvArgs ...*KVArg) (*ic.InterContainerMessage, error) {
+	requestHeader := &ic.Header{
+		Id:        uuid.New().String(),
+		Type:      ic.MessageType_REQUEST,
+		FromTopic: replyTopic.Name,
+		ToTopic:   toTopic.Name,
+		KeyTopic:  key,
+		Timestamp: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+	}
+	requestBody := &ic.InterContainerRequestBody{
+		Rpc:              rpc,
+		ResponseRequired: true,
+		ReplyToTopic:     replyTopic.Name,
+	}
+
+	for _, arg := range kvArgs {
+		if arg == nil {
+			// In case the caller sends an array with empty args
+			continue
+		}
+		var marshalledArg *any.Any
+		var err error
+		// ascertain the value interface type is a proto.Message
+		protoValue, ok := arg.Value.(proto.Message)
+		if !ok {
+			log.Warnw("argument-value-not-proto-message", log.Fields{"error": ok, "Value": arg.Value})
+			err := errors.New("argument-value-not-proto-message")
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if marshalledArg, err = ptypes.MarshalAny(protoValue); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("cannot-marshal-request", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		protoArg := &ic.Argument{
+			Key:   arg.Key,
+			Value: marshalledArg,
+		}
+		requestBody.Args = append(requestBody.Args, protoArg)
+	}
+
+	var marshalledData *any.Any
+	var err error
+	if marshalledData, err = ptypes.MarshalAny(requestBody); err != nil {
+		log.Warnw("cannot-marshal-request", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	request := &ic.InterContainerMessage{
+		Header: requestHeader,
+		Body:   marshalledData,
+	}
+	return request, nil
+}
+
+func decodeResponse(response *ic.InterContainerMessage) (*ic.InterContainerResponseBody, error) {
+	//	Extract the message body
+	responseBody := ic.InterContainerResponseBody{}
+	if err := ptypes.UnmarshalAny(response.Body, &responseBody); err != nil {
+		log.Warnw("cannot-unmarshal-response", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	//log.Debugw("response-decoded-successfully", log.Fields{"response-status": &responseBody.Success})
+
+	return &responseBody, nil
+
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka/sarama_client.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka/sarama_client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cec18ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka/sarama_client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,958 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package kafka
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
+	scc "github.com/bsm/sarama-cluster"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	ic "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/inter_container"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	log.AddPackage(log.JSON, log.DebugLevel, nil)
+}
+
+type returnErrorFunction func() error
+
+// consumerChannels represents one or more consumers listening on a kafka topic.  Once a message is received on that
+// topic, the consumer(s) broadcasts the message to all the listening channels.   The consumer can be a partition
+//consumer or a group consumer
+type consumerChannels struct {
+	consumers []interface{}
+	channels  []chan *ic.InterContainerMessage
+}
+
+// SaramaClient represents the messaging proxy
+type SaramaClient struct {
+	cAdmin                        sarama.ClusterAdmin
+	client                        sarama.Client
+	KafkaHost                     string
+	KafkaPort                     int
+	producer                      sarama.AsyncProducer
+	consumer                      sarama.Consumer
+	groupConsumers                map[string]*scc.Consumer
+	lockOfGroupConsumers          sync.RWMutex
+	consumerGroupPrefix           string
+	consumerType                  int
+	consumerGroupName             string
+	producerFlushFrequency        int
+	producerFlushMessages         int
+	producerFlushMaxmessages      int
+	producerRetryMax              int
+	producerRetryBackOff          time.Duration
+	producerReturnSuccess         bool
+	producerReturnErrors          bool
+	consumerMaxwait               int
+	maxProcessingTime             int
+	numPartitions                 int
+	numReplicas                   int
+	autoCreateTopic               bool
+	doneCh                        chan int
+	topicToConsumerChannelMap     map[string]*consumerChannels
+	lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap sync.RWMutex
+	topicLockMap                  map[string]*sync.RWMutex
+	lockOfTopicLockMap            sync.RWMutex
+	metadataMaxRetry              int
+}
+
+type SaramaClientOption func(*SaramaClient)
+
+func Host(host string) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.KafkaHost = host
+	}
+}
+
+func Port(port int) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.KafkaPort = port
+	}
+}
+
+func ConsumerGroupPrefix(prefix string) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.consumerGroupPrefix = prefix
+	}
+}
+
+func ConsumerGroupName(name string) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.consumerGroupName = name
+	}
+}
+
+func ConsumerType(consumer int) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.consumerType = consumer
+	}
+}
+
+func ProducerFlushFrequency(frequency int) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.producerFlushFrequency = frequency
+	}
+}
+
+func ProducerFlushMessages(num int) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.producerFlushMessages = num
+	}
+}
+
+func ProducerFlushMaxMessages(num int) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.producerFlushMaxmessages = num
+	}
+}
+
+func ProducerMaxRetries(num int) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.producerRetryMax = num
+	}
+}
+
+func ProducerRetryBackoff(duration time.Duration) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.producerRetryBackOff = duration
+	}
+}
+
+func ProducerReturnOnErrors(opt bool) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.producerReturnErrors = opt
+	}
+}
+
+func ProducerReturnOnSuccess(opt bool) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.producerReturnSuccess = opt
+	}
+}
+
+func ConsumerMaxWait(wait int) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.consumerMaxwait = wait
+	}
+}
+
+func MaxProcessingTime(pTime int) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.maxProcessingTime = pTime
+	}
+}
+
+func NumPartitions(number int) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.numPartitions = number
+	}
+}
+
+func NumReplicas(number int) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.numReplicas = number
+	}
+}
+
+func AutoCreateTopic(opt bool) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.autoCreateTopic = opt
+	}
+}
+
+func MetadatMaxRetries(retry int) SaramaClientOption {
+	return func(args *SaramaClient) {
+		args.metadataMaxRetry = retry
+	}
+}
+
+func NewSaramaClient(opts ...SaramaClientOption) *SaramaClient {
+	client := &SaramaClient{
+		KafkaHost: DefaultKafkaHost,
+		KafkaPort: DefaultKafkaPort,
+	}
+	client.consumerType = DefaultConsumerType
+	client.producerFlushFrequency = DefaultProducerFlushFrequency
+	client.producerFlushMessages = DefaultProducerFlushMessages
+	client.producerFlushMaxmessages = DefaultProducerFlushMaxmessages
+	client.producerReturnErrors = DefaultProducerReturnErrors
+	client.producerReturnSuccess = DefaultProducerReturnSuccess
+	client.producerRetryMax = DefaultProducerRetryMax
+	client.producerRetryBackOff = DefaultProducerRetryBackoff
+	client.consumerMaxwait = DefaultConsumerMaxwait
+	client.maxProcessingTime = DefaultMaxProcessingTime
+	client.numPartitions = DefaultNumberPartitions
+	client.numReplicas = DefaultNumberReplicas
+	client.autoCreateTopic = DefaultAutoCreateTopic
+	client.metadataMaxRetry = DefaultMetadataMaxRetry
+
+	for _, option := range opts {
+		option(client)
+	}
+
+	client.groupConsumers = make(map[string]*scc.Consumer)
+
+	client.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap = sync.RWMutex{}
+	client.topicLockMap = make(map[string]*sync.RWMutex)
+	client.lockOfTopicLockMap = sync.RWMutex{}
+	client.lockOfGroupConsumers = sync.RWMutex{}
+	return client
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) Start() error {
+	log.Info("Starting-kafka-sarama-client")
+
+	// Create the Done channel
+	sc.doneCh = make(chan int, 1)
+
+	var err error
+
+	// Add a cleanup in case of failure to startup
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			sc.Stop()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Create the Cluster Admin
+	if err = sc.createClusterAdmin(); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("Cannot-create-cluster-admin", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Create the Publisher
+	if err := sc.createPublisher(); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("Cannot-create-kafka-publisher", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if sc.consumerType == DefaultConsumerType {
+		// Create the master consumers
+		if err := sc.createConsumer(); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("Cannot-create-kafka-consumers", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Create the topic to consumers/channel map
+	sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap = make(map[string]*consumerChannels)
+
+	log.Info("kafka-sarama-client-started")
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) Stop() {
+	log.Info("stopping-sarama-client")
+
+	//Send a message over the done channel to close all long running routines
+	sc.doneCh <- 1
+
+	if sc.producer != nil {
+		if err := sc.producer.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("closing-producer-failed", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		}
+	}
+
+	if sc.consumer != nil {
+		if err := sc.consumer.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("closing-partition-consumer-failed", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		}
+	}
+
+	for key, val := range sc.groupConsumers {
+		log.Debugw("closing-group-consumer", log.Fields{"topic": key})
+		if err := val.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("closing-group-consumer-failed", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": key})
+		}
+	}
+
+	if sc.cAdmin != nil {
+		if err := sc.cAdmin.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("closing-cluster-admin-failed", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		}
+	}
+
+	//TODO: Clear the consumers map
+	//sc.clearConsumerChannelMap()
+
+	log.Info("sarama-client-stopped")
+}
+
+//createTopic is an internal function to create a topic on the Kafka Broker. No locking is required as
+// the invoking function must hold the lock
+func (sc *SaramaClient) createTopic(topic *Topic, numPartition int, repFactor int) error {
+	// Set the topic details
+	topicDetail := &sarama.TopicDetail{}
+	topicDetail.NumPartitions = int32(numPartition)
+	topicDetail.ReplicationFactor = int16(repFactor)
+	topicDetail.ConfigEntries = make(map[string]*string)
+	topicDetails := make(map[string]*sarama.TopicDetail)
+	topicDetails[topic.Name] = topicDetail
+
+	if err := sc.cAdmin.CreateTopic(topic.Name, topicDetail, false); err != nil {
+		if err == sarama.ErrTopicAlreadyExists {
+			//	Not an error
+			log.Debugw("topic-already-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+			return nil
+		}
+		log.Errorw("create-topic-failure", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return err
+	}
+	// TODO: Wait until the topic has been created.  No API is available in the Sarama clusterAdmin to
+	// do so.
+	log.Debugw("topic-created", log.Fields{"topic": topic, "numPartition": numPartition, "replicationFactor": repFactor})
+	return nil
+}
+
+//CreateTopic is a public API to create a topic on the Kafka Broker.  It uses a lock on a specific topic to
+// ensure no two go routines are performing operations on the same topic
+func (sc *SaramaClient) CreateTopic(topic *Topic, numPartition int, repFactor int) error {
+	sc.lockTopic(topic)
+	defer sc.unLockTopic(topic)
+
+	return sc.createTopic(topic, numPartition, repFactor)
+}
+
+//DeleteTopic removes a topic from the kafka Broker
+func (sc *SaramaClient) DeleteTopic(topic *Topic) error {
+	sc.lockTopic(topic)
+	defer sc.unLockTopic(topic)
+
+	// Remove the topic from the broker
+	if err := sc.cAdmin.DeleteTopic(topic.Name); err != nil {
+		if err == sarama.ErrUnknownTopicOrPartition {
+			//	Not an error as does not exist
+			log.Debugw("topic-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+			return nil
+		}
+		log.Errorw("delete-topic-failed", log.Fields{"topic": topic, "error": err})
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Clear the topic from the consumer channel.  This will also close any consumers listening on that topic.
+	if err := sc.clearTopicFromConsumerChannelMap(*topic); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("failure-clearing-channels", log.Fields{"topic": topic, "error": err})
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Subscribe registers a caller to a topic. It returns a channel that the caller can use to receive
+// messages from that topic
+func (sc *SaramaClient) Subscribe(topic *Topic, kvArgs ...*KVArg) (<-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, error) {
+	sc.lockTopic(topic)
+	defer sc.unLockTopic(topic)
+
+	log.Debugw("subscribe", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+
+	// If a consumers already exist for that topic then resuse it
+	if consumerCh := sc.getConsumerChannel(topic); consumerCh != nil {
+		log.Debugw("topic-already-subscribed", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+		// Create a channel specific for that consumers and add it to the consumers channel map
+		ch := make(chan *ic.InterContainerMessage)
+		sc.addChannelToConsumerChannelMap(topic, ch)
+		return ch, nil
+	}
+
+	// Register for the topic and set it up
+	var consumerListeningChannel chan *ic.InterContainerMessage
+	var err error
+
+	// Use the consumerType option to figure out the type of consumer to launch
+	if sc.consumerType == PartitionConsumer {
+		if sc.autoCreateTopic {
+			if err = sc.createTopic(topic, sc.numPartitions, sc.numReplicas); err != nil {
+				log.Errorw("create-topic-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+		if consumerListeningChannel, err = sc.setupPartitionConsumerChannel(topic, getOffset(kvArgs...)); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("create-consumers-channel-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	} else if sc.consumerType == GroupCustomer {
+		// TODO: create topic if auto create is on.  There is an issue with the sarama cluster library that
+		// does not consume from a precreated topic in some scenarios
+		//if sc.autoCreateTopic {
+		//	if err = sc.createTopic(topic, sc.numPartitions, sc.numReplicas); err != nil {
+		//		log.Errorw("create-topic-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+		//		return nil, err
+		//	}
+		//}
+		//groupId := sc.consumerGroupName
+		groupId := getGroupId(kvArgs...)
+		// Include the group prefix
+		if groupId != "" {
+			groupId = sc.consumerGroupPrefix + groupId
+		} else {
+			// Need to use a unique group Id per topic
+			groupId = sc.consumerGroupPrefix + topic.Name
+		}
+		if consumerListeningChannel, err = sc.setupGroupConsumerChannel(topic, groupId, getOffset(kvArgs...)); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("create-consumers-channel-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name, "groupId": groupId})
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		log.Warnw("unknown-consumer-type", log.Fields{"consumer-type": sc.consumerType})
+		return nil, errors.New("unknown-consumer-type")
+	}
+
+	return consumerListeningChannel, nil
+}
+
+//UnSubscribe unsubscribe a consumer from a given topic
+func (sc *SaramaClient) UnSubscribe(topic *Topic, ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) error {
+	sc.lockTopic(topic)
+	defer sc.unLockTopic(topic)
+
+	log.Debugw("unsubscribing-channel-from-topic", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+	var err error
+	if err = sc.removeChannelFromConsumerChannelMap(*topic, ch); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("failed-removing-channel", log.Fields{"error": err})
+	}
+	if err = sc.deleteFromGroupConsumers(topic.Name); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("failed-deleting-group-consumer", log.Fields{"error": err})
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+// send formats and sends the request onto the kafka messaging bus.
+func (sc *SaramaClient) Send(msg interface{}, topic *Topic, keys ...string) error {
+
+	// Assert message is a proto message
+	var protoMsg proto.Message
+	var ok bool
+	// ascertain the value interface type is a proto.Message
+	if protoMsg, ok = msg.(proto.Message); !ok {
+		log.Warnw("message-not-proto-message", log.Fields{"msg": msg})
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("not-a-proto-msg-%s", msg))
+	}
+
+	var marshalled []byte
+	var err error
+	//	Create the Sarama producer message
+	if marshalled, err = proto.Marshal(protoMsg); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("marshalling-failed", log.Fields{"msg": protoMsg, "error": err})
+		return err
+	}
+	key := ""
+	if len(keys) > 0 {
+		key = keys[0] // Only the first key is relevant
+	}
+	kafkaMsg := &sarama.ProducerMessage{
+		Topic: topic.Name,
+		Key:   sarama.StringEncoder(key),
+		Value: sarama.ByteEncoder(marshalled),
+	}
+
+	// Send message to kafka
+	sc.producer.Input() <- kafkaMsg
+	// Wait for result
+	// TODO: Use a lock or a different mechanism to ensure the response received corresponds to the message sent.
+	select {
+	case ok := <-sc.producer.Successes():
+		log.Debugw("message-sent", log.Fields{"status": ok.Topic})
+	case notOk := <-sc.producer.Errors():
+		log.Debugw("error-sending", log.Fields{"status": notOk})
+		return notOk
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// getGroupId returns the group id from the key-value args.
+func getGroupId(kvArgs ...*KVArg) string {
+	for _, arg := range kvArgs {
+		if arg.Key == GroupIdKey {
+			return arg.Value.(string)
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// getOffset returns the offset from the key-value args.
+func getOffset(kvArgs ...*KVArg) int64 {
+	for _, arg := range kvArgs {
+		if arg.Key == Offset {
+			return arg.Value.(int64)
+		}
+	}
+	return sarama.OffsetNewest
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) createClusterAdmin() error {
+	kafkaFullAddr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", sc.KafkaHost, sc.KafkaPort)
+	config := sarama.NewConfig()
+	config.Version = sarama.V1_0_0_0
+
+	// Create a cluster Admin
+	var cAdmin sarama.ClusterAdmin
+	var err error
+	if cAdmin, err = sarama.NewClusterAdmin([]string{kafkaFullAddr}, config); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("cluster-admin-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "broker-address": kafkaFullAddr})
+		return err
+	}
+	sc.cAdmin = cAdmin
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) lockTopic(topic *Topic) {
+	sc.lockOfTopicLockMap.Lock()
+	if _, exist := sc.topicLockMap[topic.Name]; exist {
+		sc.lockOfTopicLockMap.Unlock()
+		sc.topicLockMap[topic.Name].Lock()
+	} else {
+		sc.topicLockMap[topic.Name] = &sync.RWMutex{}
+		sc.lockOfTopicLockMap.Unlock()
+		sc.topicLockMap[topic.Name].Lock()
+	}
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) unLockTopic(topic *Topic) {
+	sc.lockOfTopicLockMap.Lock()
+	defer sc.lockOfTopicLockMap.Unlock()
+	if _, exist := sc.topicLockMap[topic.Name]; exist {
+		sc.topicLockMap[topic.Name].Unlock()
+	}
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) addTopicToConsumerChannelMap(id string, arg *consumerChannels) {
+	sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Unlock()
+	if _, exist := sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap[id]; !exist {
+		sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap[id] = arg
+	}
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) deleteFromTopicToConsumerChannelMap(id string) {
+	sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Unlock()
+	if _, exist := sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap[id]; exist {
+		delete(sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap, id)
+	}
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) getConsumerChannel(topic *Topic) *consumerChannels {
+	sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.RLock()
+	defer sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.RUnlock()
+
+	if consumerCh, exist := sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap[topic.Name]; exist {
+		return consumerCh
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) addChannelToConsumerChannelMap(topic *Topic, ch chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) {
+	sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Unlock()
+	if consumerCh, exist := sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap[topic.Name]; exist {
+		consumerCh.channels = append(consumerCh.channels, ch)
+		return
+	}
+	log.Warnw("consumers-channel-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+}
+
+//closeConsumers closes a list of sarama consumers.  The consumers can either be a partition consumers or a group consumers
+func closeConsumers(consumers []interface{}) error {
+	var err error
+	for _, consumer := range consumers {
+		//	Is it a partition consumers?
+		if partionConsumer, ok := consumer.(sarama.PartitionConsumer); ok {
+			if errTemp := partionConsumer.Close(); errTemp != nil {
+				log.Debugw("partition!!!", log.Fields{"err": errTemp})
+				if strings.Compare(errTemp.Error(), sarama.ErrUnknownTopicOrPartition.Error()) == 0 {
+					// This can occur on race condition
+					err = nil
+				} else {
+					err = errTemp
+				}
+			}
+		} else if groupConsumer, ok := consumer.(*scc.Consumer); ok {
+			if errTemp := groupConsumer.Close(); errTemp != nil {
+				if strings.Compare(errTemp.Error(), sarama.ErrUnknownTopicOrPartition.Error()) == 0 {
+					// This can occur on race condition
+					err = nil
+				} else {
+					err = errTemp
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) removeChannelFromConsumerChannelMap(topic Topic, ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) error {
+	sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Unlock()
+	if consumerCh, exist := sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap[topic.Name]; exist {
+		// Channel will be closed in the removeChannel method
+		consumerCh.channels = removeChannel(consumerCh.channels, ch)
+		// If there are no more channels then we can close the consumers itself
+		if len(consumerCh.channels) == 0 {
+			log.Debugw("closing-consumers", log.Fields{"topic": topic})
+			err := closeConsumers(consumerCh.consumers)
+			//err := consumerCh.consumers.Close()
+			delete(sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap, topic.Name)
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	log.Warnw("topic-does-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+	return errors.New("topic-does-not-exist")
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) clearTopicFromConsumerChannelMap(topic Topic) error {
+	sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Unlock()
+	if consumerCh, exist := sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap[topic.Name]; exist {
+		for _, ch := range consumerCh.channels {
+			// Channel will be closed in the removeChannel method
+			removeChannel(consumerCh.channels, ch)
+		}
+		err := closeConsumers(consumerCh.consumers)
+		//if err == sarama.ErrUnknownTopicOrPartition {
+		//	// Not an error
+		//	err = nil
+		//}
+		//err := consumerCh.consumers.Close()
+		delete(sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap, topic.Name)
+		return err
+	}
+	log.Debugw("topic-does-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) clearConsumerChannelMap() error {
+	sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Lock()
+	defer sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.Unlock()
+	var err error
+	for topic, consumerCh := range sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap {
+		for _, ch := range consumerCh.channels {
+			// Channel will be closed in the removeChannel method
+			removeChannel(consumerCh.channels, ch)
+		}
+		if errTemp := closeConsumers(consumerCh.consumers); errTemp != nil {
+			err = errTemp
+		}
+		//err = consumerCh.consumers.Close()
+		delete(sc.topicToConsumerChannelMap, topic)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+//createPublisher creates the publisher which is used to send a message onto kafka
+func (sc *SaramaClient) createPublisher() error {
+	// This Creates the publisher
+	config := sarama.NewConfig()
+	config.Producer.Partitioner = sarama.NewRandomPartitioner
+	config.Producer.Flush.Frequency = time.Duration(sc.producerFlushFrequency)
+	config.Producer.Flush.Messages = sc.producerFlushMessages
+	config.Producer.Flush.MaxMessages = sc.producerFlushMaxmessages
+	config.Producer.Return.Errors = sc.producerReturnErrors
+	config.Producer.Return.Successes = sc.producerReturnSuccess
+	//config.Producer.RequiredAcks = sarama.WaitForAll
+	config.Producer.RequiredAcks = sarama.WaitForLocal
+
+	kafkaFullAddr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", sc.KafkaHost, sc.KafkaPort)
+	brokers := []string{kafkaFullAddr}
+
+	if producer, err := sarama.NewAsyncProducer(brokers, config); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("error-starting-publisher", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return err
+	} else {
+		sc.producer = producer
+	}
+	log.Info("Kafka-publisher-created")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) createConsumer() error {
+	config := sarama.NewConfig()
+	config.Consumer.Return.Errors = true
+	config.Consumer.Fetch.Min = 1
+	config.Consumer.MaxWaitTime = time.Duration(sc.consumerMaxwait) * time.Millisecond
+	config.Consumer.MaxProcessingTime = time.Duration(sc.maxProcessingTime) * time.Millisecond
+	config.Consumer.Offsets.Initial = sarama.OffsetNewest
+	config.Metadata.Retry.Max = sc.metadataMaxRetry
+	kafkaFullAddr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", sc.KafkaHost, sc.KafkaPort)
+	brokers := []string{kafkaFullAddr}
+
+	if consumer, err := sarama.NewConsumer(brokers, config); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("error-starting-consumers", log.Fields{"error": err})
+		return err
+	} else {
+		sc.consumer = consumer
+	}
+	log.Info("Kafka-consumers-created")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// createGroupConsumer creates a consumers group
+func (sc *SaramaClient) createGroupConsumer(topic *Topic, groupId string, initialOffset int64, retries int) (*scc.Consumer, error) {
+	config := scc.NewConfig()
+	config.ClientID = uuid.New().String()
+	config.Group.Mode = scc.ConsumerModeMultiplex
+	//config.Consumer.Return.Errors = true
+	//config.Group.Return.Notifications = false
+	//config.Consumer.MaxWaitTime = time.Duration(DefaultConsumerMaxwait) * time.Millisecond
+	//config.Consumer.MaxProcessingTime = time.Duration(DefaultMaxProcessingTime) * time.Millisecond
+	config.Consumer.Offsets.Initial = initialOffset
+	//config.Consumer.Offsets.Initial = sarama.OffsetOldest
+	kafkaFullAddr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", sc.KafkaHost, sc.KafkaPort)
+	brokers := []string{kafkaFullAddr}
+
+	topics := []string{topic.Name}
+	var consumer *scc.Consumer
+	var err error
+
+	if consumer, err = scc.NewConsumer(brokers, groupId, topics, config); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("create-group-consumers-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name, "groupId": groupId})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	log.Debugw("create-group-consumers-success", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name, "groupId": groupId})
+
+	//sc.groupConsumers[topic.Name] = consumer
+	sc.addToGroupConsumers(topic.Name, consumer)
+	return consumer, nil
+}
+
+// dispatchToConsumers sends the intercontainermessage received on a given topic to all subscribers for that
+// topic via the unique channel each subscriber received during subscription
+func (sc *SaramaClient) dispatchToConsumers(consumerCh *consumerChannels, protoMessage *ic.InterContainerMessage) {
+	// Need to go over all channels and publish messages to them - do we need to copy msg?
+	sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.RLock()
+	defer sc.lockTopicToConsumerChannelMap.RUnlock()
+	for _, ch := range consumerCh.channels {
+		go func(c chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) {
+			c <- protoMessage
+		}(ch)
+	}
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) consumeFromAPartition(topic *Topic, consumer sarama.PartitionConsumer, consumerChnls *consumerChannels) {
+	log.Debugw("starting-partition-consumption-loop", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+startloop:
+	for {
+		select {
+		case err, ok := <-consumer.Errors():
+			if ok {
+				log.Warnw("partition-consumers-error", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			} else {
+				// Channel is closed
+				break startloop
+			}
+		case msg, ok := <-consumer.Messages():
+			//log.Debugw("message-received", log.Fields{"msg": msg, "receivedTopic": msg.Topic})
+			if !ok {
+				// channel is closed
+				break startloop
+			}
+			msgBody := msg.Value
+			icm := &ic.InterContainerMessage{}
+			if err := proto.Unmarshal(msgBody, icm); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("partition-invalid-message", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				continue
+			}
+			go sc.dispatchToConsumers(consumerChnls, icm)
+		case <-sc.doneCh:
+			log.Infow("partition-received-exit-signal", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+			break startloop
+		}
+	}
+	log.Infow("partition-consumer-stopped", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) consumeGroupMessages(topic *Topic, consumer *scc.Consumer, consumerChnls *consumerChannels) {
+	log.Debugw("starting-group-consumption-loop", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+
+startloop:
+	for {
+		select {
+		case err, ok := <-consumer.Errors():
+			if ok {
+				log.Warnw("group-consumers-error", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name, "error": err})
+			} else {
+				// channel is closed
+				break startloop
+			}
+		case msg, ok := <-consumer.Messages():
+			if !ok {
+				// Channel closed
+				break startloop
+			}
+			log.Debugw("message-received", log.Fields{"timestamp": msg.Timestamp, "receivedTopic": msg.Topic})
+			msgBody := msg.Value
+			icm := &ic.InterContainerMessage{}
+			if err := proto.Unmarshal(msgBody, icm); err != nil {
+				log.Warnw("invalid-message", log.Fields{"error": err})
+				continue
+			}
+			go sc.dispatchToConsumers(consumerChnls, icm)
+			consumer.MarkOffset(msg, "")
+		case ntf := <-consumer.Notifications():
+			log.Debugw("group-received-notification", log.Fields{"notification": ntf})
+		case <-sc.doneCh:
+			log.Infow("group-received-exit-signal", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+			break startloop
+		}
+	}
+	log.Infow("group-consumer-stopped", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) startConsumers(topic *Topic) error {
+	log.Debugw("starting-consumers", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+	var consumerCh *consumerChannels
+	if consumerCh = sc.getConsumerChannel(topic); consumerCh == nil {
+		log.Errorw("consumers-not-exist", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+		return errors.New("consumers-not-exist")
+	}
+	// For each consumer listening for that topic, start a consumption loop
+	for _, consumer := range consumerCh.consumers {
+		if pConsumer, ok := consumer.(sarama.PartitionConsumer); ok {
+			go sc.consumeFromAPartition(topic, pConsumer, consumerCh)
+		} else if gConsumer, ok := consumer.(*scc.Consumer); ok {
+			go sc.consumeGroupMessages(topic, gConsumer, consumerCh)
+		} else {
+			log.Errorw("invalid-consumer", log.Fields{"topic": topic})
+			return errors.New("invalid-consumer")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+//// setupConsumerChannel creates a consumerChannels object for that topic and add it to the consumerChannels map
+//// for that topic.  It also starts the routine that listens for messages on that topic.
+func (sc *SaramaClient) setupPartitionConsumerChannel(topic *Topic, initialOffset int64) (chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, error) {
+	var pConsumers []sarama.PartitionConsumer
+	var err error
+
+	if pConsumers, err = sc.createPartitionConsumers(topic, initialOffset); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("creating-partition-consumers-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	consumersIf := make([]interface{}, 0)
+	for _, pConsumer := range pConsumers {
+		consumersIf = append(consumersIf, pConsumer)
+	}
+
+	// Create the consumers/channel structure and set the consumers and create a channel on that topic - for now
+	// unbuffered to verify race conditions.
+	consumerListeningChannel := make(chan *ic.InterContainerMessage)
+	cc := &consumerChannels{
+		consumers: consumersIf,
+		channels:  []chan *ic.InterContainerMessage{consumerListeningChannel},
+	}
+
+	// Add the consumers channel to the map
+	sc.addTopicToConsumerChannelMap(topic.Name, cc)
+
+	//Start a consumers to listen on that specific topic
+	go sc.startConsumers(topic)
+
+	return consumerListeningChannel, nil
+}
+
+// setupConsumerChannel creates a consumerChannels object for that topic and add it to the consumerChannels map
+// for that topic.  It also starts the routine that listens for messages on that topic.
+func (sc *SaramaClient) setupGroupConsumerChannel(topic *Topic, groupId string, initialOffset int64) (chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, error) {
+	// TODO:  Replace this development partition consumers with a group consumers
+	var pConsumer *scc.Consumer
+	var err error
+	if pConsumer, err = sc.createGroupConsumer(topic, groupId, initialOffset, DefaultMaxRetries); err != nil {
+		log.Errorw("creating-partition-consumers-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// Create the consumers/channel structure and set the consumers and create a channel on that topic - for now
+	// unbuffered to verify race conditions.
+	consumerListeningChannel := make(chan *ic.InterContainerMessage)
+	cc := &consumerChannels{
+		consumers: []interface{}{pConsumer},
+		channels:  []chan *ic.InterContainerMessage{consumerListeningChannel},
+	}
+
+	// Add the consumers channel to the map
+	sc.addTopicToConsumerChannelMap(topic.Name, cc)
+
+	//Start a consumers to listen on that specific topic
+	go sc.startConsumers(topic)
+
+	return consumerListeningChannel, nil
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) createPartitionConsumers(topic *Topic, initialOffset int64) ([]sarama.PartitionConsumer, error) {
+	log.Debugw("creating-partition-consumers", log.Fields{"topic": topic.Name})
+	partitionList, err := sc.consumer.Partitions(topic.Name)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnw("get-partition-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	pConsumers := make([]sarama.PartitionConsumer, 0)
+	for _, partition := range partitionList {
+		var pConsumer sarama.PartitionConsumer
+		if pConsumer, err = sc.consumer.ConsumePartition(topic.Name, partition, initialOffset); err != nil {
+			log.Warnw("consumers-partition-failure", log.Fields{"error": err, "topic": topic.Name})
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		pConsumers = append(pConsumers, pConsumer)
+	}
+	return pConsumers, nil
+}
+
+func removeChannel(channels []chan *ic.InterContainerMessage, ch <-chan *ic.InterContainerMessage) []chan *ic.InterContainerMessage {
+	var i int
+	var channel chan *ic.InterContainerMessage
+	for i, channel = range channels {
+		if channel == ch {
+			channels[len(channels)-1], channels[i] = channels[i], channels[len(channels)-1]
+			close(channel)
+			log.Debug("channel-closed")
+			return channels[:len(channels)-1]
+		}
+	}
+	return channels
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) addToGroupConsumers(topic string, consumer *scc.Consumer) {
+	sc.lockOfGroupConsumers.Lock()
+	defer sc.lockOfGroupConsumers.Unlock()
+	if _, exist := sc.groupConsumers[topic]; !exist {
+		sc.groupConsumers[topic] = consumer
+	}
+}
+
+func (sc *SaramaClient) deleteFromGroupConsumers(topic string) error {
+	sc.lockOfGroupConsumers.Lock()
+	defer sc.lockOfGroupConsumers.Unlock()
+	if _, exist := sc.groupConsumers[topic]; exist {
+		consumer := sc.groupConsumers[topic]
+		delete(sc.groupConsumers, topic)
+		if err := consumer.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("failure-closing-consumer", log.Fields{"error": err})
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka/utils.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cb9535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+package kafka
+
+import "strings"
+
+const (
+	TopicSeparator = "_"
+	DeviceIdLength = 24
+)
+
+// A Topic definition - may be augmented with additional attributes eventually
+type Topic struct {
+	// The name of the topic. It must start with a letter,
+	// and contain only letters (`[A-Za-z]`), numbers (`[0-9]`), dashes (`-`),
+	// underscores (`_`), periods (`.`), tildes (`~`), plus (`+`) or percent
+	// signs (`%`).
+	Name string
+}
+
+type KVArg struct {
+	Key   string
+	Value interface{}
+}
+
+// TODO:  Remove and provide better may to get the device id
+// GetDeviceIdFromTopic extract the deviceId from the topic name.  The topic name is formatted either as:
+//			<any string> or <any string>_<deviceId>.  The device Id is 24 characters long.
+func GetDeviceIdFromTopic(topic Topic) string {
+	pos := strings.LastIndex(topic.Name, TopicSeparator)
+	if pos == -1 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	adjustedPos := pos + len(TopicSeparator)
+	if adjustedPos >= len(topic.Name) {
+		return ""
+	}
+	deviceId := topic.Name[adjustedPos:len(topic.Name)]
+	if len(deviceId) != DeviceIdLength {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return deviceId
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log/log.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe3a4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,763 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+//Package log provides a structured Logger interface implemented using zap logger. It provides the following capabilities:
+//1. Package level logging - a go package can register itself (AddPackage) and have a logger created for that package.
+//2. Dynamic log level change - for all registered packages (SetAllLogLevel)
+//3. Dynamic log level change - for a given package (SetPackageLogLevel)
+//4. Provides a default logger for unregistered packages
+//5. Allow key-value pairs to be added to a logger(UpdateLogger) or all loggers (UpdateAllLoggers) at run time
+//6. Add to the log output the location where the log was invoked (filename.functionname.linenumber)
+//
+// Using package-level logging (recommended approach).  In the examples below, log refers to this log package.
+// 1.  In the appropriate package add the following in the init section of the package.  The log level can be changed
+// and any number of default fields can be added as well. The log level specifies the lowest log level that will be
+// in the output while the fields will be automatically added to all log printouts.
+//
+//	log.AddPackage(mylog.JSON, log.WarnLevel, log.Fields{"anyFieldName": "any value"})
+//
+//2. In the calling package, just invoke any of the publicly available functions of the logger.  Here is an  example
+// to write an Info log with additional fields:
+//
+//log.Infow("An example", mylog.Fields{"myStringOutput": "output", "myIntOutput": 2})
+//
+//3. To dynamically change the log level, you can use 1)SetLogLevel from inside your package or 2) SetPackageLogLevel
+// from anywhere or 3)  SetAllLogLevel from anywhere.
+//
+
+package log
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	zp "go.uber.org/zap"
+	zc "go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+	"path"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const (
+	// DebugLevel logs a message at debug level
+	DebugLevel = iota
+	// InfoLevel logs a message at info level
+	InfoLevel
+	// WarnLevel logs a message at warning level
+	WarnLevel
+	// ErrorLevel logs a message at error level
+	ErrorLevel
+	// PanicLevel logs a message, then panics.
+	PanicLevel
+	// FatalLevel logs a message, then calls os.Exit(1).
+	FatalLevel
+)
+
+// CONSOLE formats the log for the console, mostly used during development
+const CONSOLE = "console"
+
+// JSON formats the log using json format, mostly used by an automated logging system consumption
+const JSON = "json"
+
+// Logger represents an abstract logging interface.  Any logging implementation used
+// will need to abide by this interface
+type Logger interface {
+	Debug(...interface{})
+	Debugln(...interface{})
+	Debugf(string, ...interface{})
+	Debugw(string, Fields)
+
+	Info(...interface{})
+	Infoln(...interface{})
+	Infof(string, ...interface{})
+	Infow(string, Fields)
+
+	Warn(...interface{})
+	Warnln(...interface{})
+	Warnf(string, ...interface{})
+	Warnw(string, Fields)
+
+	Error(...interface{})
+	Errorln(...interface{})
+	Errorf(string, ...interface{})
+	Errorw(string, Fields)
+
+	Fatal(...interface{})
+	Fatalln(...interface{})
+	Fatalf(string, ...interface{})
+	Fatalw(string, Fields)
+
+	With(Fields) Logger
+
+	// The following are added to be able to use this logger as a gRPC LoggerV2 if needed
+	//
+	Warning(...interface{})
+	Warningln(...interface{})
+	Warningf(string, ...interface{})
+
+	// V reports whether verbosity level l is at least the requested verbose level.
+	V(l int) bool
+}
+
+// Fields is used as key-value pairs for structured logging
+type Fields map[string]interface{}
+
+var defaultLogger *logger
+var cfg zp.Config
+
+var loggers map[string]*logger
+var cfgs map[string]zp.Config
+
+type logger struct {
+	log    *zp.SugaredLogger
+	parent *zp.Logger
+}
+
+func intToAtomicLevel(l int) zp.AtomicLevel {
+	switch l {
+	case DebugLevel:
+		return zp.NewAtomicLevelAt(zc.DebugLevel)
+	case InfoLevel:
+		return zp.NewAtomicLevelAt(zc.InfoLevel)
+	case WarnLevel:
+		return zp.NewAtomicLevelAt(zc.WarnLevel)
+	case ErrorLevel:
+		return zp.NewAtomicLevelAt(zc.ErrorLevel)
+	case PanicLevel:
+		return zp.NewAtomicLevelAt(zc.PanicLevel)
+	case FatalLevel:
+		return zp.NewAtomicLevelAt(zc.FatalLevel)
+	}
+	return zp.NewAtomicLevelAt(zc.ErrorLevel)
+}
+
+func intToLevel(l int) zc.Level {
+	switch l {
+	case DebugLevel:
+		return zc.DebugLevel
+	case InfoLevel:
+		return zc.InfoLevel
+	case WarnLevel:
+		return zc.WarnLevel
+	case ErrorLevel:
+		return zc.ErrorLevel
+	case PanicLevel:
+		return zc.PanicLevel
+	case FatalLevel:
+		return zc.FatalLevel
+	}
+	return zc.ErrorLevel
+}
+
+func levelToInt(l zc.Level) int {
+	switch l {
+	case zc.DebugLevel:
+		return DebugLevel
+	case zc.InfoLevel:
+		return InfoLevel
+	case zc.WarnLevel:
+		return WarnLevel
+	case zc.ErrorLevel:
+		return ErrorLevel
+	case zc.PanicLevel:
+		return PanicLevel
+	case FatalLevel:
+		return FatalLevel
+	}
+	return ErrorLevel
+}
+
+func getDefaultConfig(outputType string, level int, defaultFields Fields) zp.Config {
+	return zp.Config{
+		Level:            intToAtomicLevel(level),
+		Encoding:         outputType,
+		Development:      true,
+		OutputPaths:      []string{"stdout"},
+		ErrorOutputPaths: []string{"stderr"},
+		InitialFields:    defaultFields,
+		EncoderConfig: zc.EncoderConfig{
+			LevelKey:       "level",
+			MessageKey:     "msg",
+			TimeKey:        "ts",
+			StacktraceKey:  "stacktrace",
+			LineEnding:     zc.DefaultLineEnding,
+			EncodeLevel:    zc.LowercaseLevelEncoder,
+			EncodeTime:     zc.ISO8601TimeEncoder,
+			EncodeDuration: zc.SecondsDurationEncoder,
+			EncodeCaller:   zc.ShortCallerEncoder,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// SetLogger needs to be invoked before the logger API can be invoked.  This function
+// initialize the default logger (zap's sugaredlogger)
+func SetDefaultLogger(outputType string, level int, defaultFields Fields) (Logger, error) {
+	// Build a custom config using zap
+	cfg = getDefaultConfig(outputType, level, defaultFields)
+
+	l, err := cfg.Build()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	defaultLogger = &logger{
+		log:    l.Sugar(),
+		parent: l,
+	}
+
+	return defaultLogger, nil
+}
+
+// AddPackage registers a package to the log map.  Each package gets its own logger which allows
+// its config (loglevel) to be changed dynamically without interacting with the other packages.
+// outputType is JSON, level is the lowest level log to output with this logger and defaultFields is a map of
+// key-value pairs to always add to the output.
+// Note: AddPackage also returns a reference to the actual logger.  If a calling package uses this reference directly
+//instead of using the publicly available functions in this log package then a number of functionalities will not
+// be available to it, notably log tracing with filename.functionname.linenumber annotation.
+//
+// pkgNames parameter should be used for testing only as this function detects the caller's package.
+func AddPackage(outputType string, level int, defaultFields Fields, pkgNames ...string) (Logger, error) {
+	if cfgs == nil {
+		cfgs = make(map[string]zp.Config)
+	}
+	if loggers == nil {
+		loggers = make(map[string]*logger)
+	}
+
+	var pkgName string
+	for _, name := range pkgNames {
+		pkgName = name
+		break
+	}
+	if pkgName == "" {
+		pkgName, _, _, _ = getCallerInfo()
+	}
+
+	if _, exist := loggers[pkgName]; exist {
+		return loggers[pkgName], nil
+	}
+
+	cfgs[pkgName] = getDefaultConfig(outputType, level, defaultFields)
+
+	l, err := cfgs[pkgName].Build()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	loggers[pkgName] = &logger{
+		log:    l.Sugar(),
+		parent: l,
+	}
+	return loggers[pkgName], nil
+}
+
+//UpdateAllLoggers create new loggers for all registered pacakges with the defaultFields.
+func UpdateAllLoggers(defaultFields Fields) error {
+	for pkgName, cfg := range cfgs {
+		for k, v := range defaultFields {
+			if cfg.InitialFields == nil {
+				cfg.InitialFields = make(map[string]interface{})
+			}
+			cfg.InitialFields[k] = v
+		}
+		l, err := cfg.Build()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		loggers[pkgName] = &logger{
+			log:    l.Sugar(),
+			parent: l,
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Return a list of all packages that have individually-configured loggers
+func GetPackageNames() []string {
+	i := 0
+	keys := make([]string, len(loggers))
+	for k := range loggers {
+		keys[i] = k
+		i++
+	}
+	return keys
+}
+
+// UpdateLogger deletes the logger associated with a caller's package and creates a new logger with the
+// defaultFields.  If a calling package is holding on to a Logger reference obtained from AddPackage invocation, then
+// that package needs to invoke UpdateLogger if it needs to make changes to the default fields and obtain a new logger
+// reference
+func UpdateLogger(defaultFields Fields) (Logger, error) {
+	pkgName, _, _, _ := getCallerInfo()
+	if _, exist := loggers[pkgName]; !exist {
+		return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("package-%s-not-registered", pkgName))
+	}
+
+	// Build a new logger
+	if _, exist := cfgs[pkgName]; !exist {
+		return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("config-%s-not-registered", pkgName))
+	}
+
+	cfg := cfgs[pkgName]
+	for k, v := range defaultFields {
+		if cfg.InitialFields == nil {
+			cfg.InitialFields = make(map[string]interface{})
+		}
+		cfg.InitialFields[k] = v
+	}
+	l, err := cfg.Build()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Set the logger
+	loggers[pkgName] = &logger{
+		log:    l.Sugar(),
+		parent: l,
+	}
+	return loggers[pkgName], nil
+}
+
+func setLevel(cfg zp.Config, level int) {
+	switch level {
+	case DebugLevel:
+		cfg.Level.SetLevel(zc.DebugLevel)
+	case InfoLevel:
+		cfg.Level.SetLevel(zc.InfoLevel)
+	case WarnLevel:
+		cfg.Level.SetLevel(zc.WarnLevel)
+	case ErrorLevel:
+		cfg.Level.SetLevel(zc.ErrorLevel)
+	case PanicLevel:
+		cfg.Level.SetLevel(zc.PanicLevel)
+	case FatalLevel:
+		cfg.Level.SetLevel(zc.FatalLevel)
+	default:
+		cfg.Level.SetLevel(zc.ErrorLevel)
+	}
+}
+
+//SetPackageLogLevel dynamically sets the log level of a given package to level.  This is typically invoked at an
+// application level during debugging
+func SetPackageLogLevel(packageName string, level int) {
+	// Get proper config
+	if cfg, ok := cfgs[packageName]; ok {
+		setLevel(cfg, level)
+	}
+}
+
+//SetAllLogLevel sets the log level of all registered packages to level
+func SetAllLogLevel(level int) {
+	// Get proper config
+	for _, cfg := range cfgs {
+		setLevel(cfg, level)
+	}
+}
+
+//GetPackageLogLevel returns the current log level of a package.
+func GetPackageLogLevel(packageName ...string) (int, error) {
+	var name string
+	if len(packageName) == 1 {
+		name = packageName[0]
+	} else {
+		name, _, _, _ = getCallerInfo()
+	}
+	if cfg, ok := cfgs[name]; ok {
+		return levelToInt(cfg.Level.Level()), nil
+	}
+	return 0, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("unknown-package-%s", name))
+}
+
+//GetDefaultLogLevel gets the log level used for packages that don't have specific loggers
+func GetDefaultLogLevel() int {
+	return levelToInt(cfg.Level.Level())
+}
+
+//SetLogLevel sets the log level for the logger corresponding to the caller's package
+func SetLogLevel(level int) error {
+	pkgName, _, _, _ := getCallerInfo()
+	if _, exist := cfgs[pkgName]; !exist {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("unregistered-package-%s", pkgName))
+	}
+	cfg := cfgs[pkgName]
+	setLevel(cfg, level)
+	return nil
+}
+
+//SetDefaultLogLevel sets the log level used for packages that don't have specific loggers
+func SetDefaultLogLevel(level int) {
+	setLevel(cfg, level)
+}
+
+// CleanUp flushed any buffered log entries. Applications should take care to call
+// CleanUp before exiting.
+func CleanUp() error {
+	for _, logger := range loggers {
+		if logger != nil {
+			if logger.parent != nil {
+				if err := logger.parent.Sync(); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if defaultLogger != nil {
+		if defaultLogger.parent != nil {
+			if err := defaultLogger.parent.Sync(); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func getCallerInfo() (string, string, string, int) {
+	// Since the caller of a log function is one stack frame before (in terms of stack higher level) the log.go
+	// filename, then first look for the last log.go filename and then grab the caller info one level higher.
+	maxLevel := 3
+	skiplevel := 3 // Level with the most empirical success to see the last log.go stack frame.
+	pc := make([]uintptr, maxLevel)
+	n := runtime.Callers(skiplevel, pc)
+	packageName := ""
+	funcName := ""
+	fileName := ""
+	var line int
+	if n == 0 {
+		return packageName, fileName, funcName, line
+	}
+	frames := runtime.CallersFrames(pc[:n])
+	var frame runtime.Frame
+	var foundFrame runtime.Frame
+	more := true
+	for more {
+		frame, more = frames.Next()
+		_, fileName = path.Split(frame.File)
+		if fileName != "log.go" {
+			foundFrame = frame // First frame after log.go in the frame stack
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	parts := strings.Split(foundFrame.Function, ".")
+	pl := len(parts)
+	if pl >= 2 {
+		funcName = parts[pl-1]
+		if parts[pl-2][0] == '(' {
+			packageName = strings.Join(parts[0:pl-2], ".")
+		} else {
+			packageName = strings.Join(parts[0:pl-1], ".")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if strings.HasSuffix(packageName, ".init") {
+		packageName = strings.TrimSuffix(packageName, ".init")
+	}
+
+	if strings.HasSuffix(fileName, ".go") {
+		fileName = strings.TrimSuffix(fileName, ".go")
+	}
+
+	return packageName, fileName, funcName, foundFrame.Line
+}
+
+func getPackageLevelSugaredLogger() *zp.SugaredLogger {
+	pkgName, fileName, funcName, line := getCallerInfo()
+	if _, exist := loggers[pkgName]; exist {
+		return loggers[pkgName].log.With("caller", fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s:%d", fileName, funcName, line))
+	}
+	return defaultLogger.log.With("caller", fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s:%d", fileName, funcName, line))
+}
+
+func getPackageLevelLogger() Logger {
+	pkgName, _, _, _ := getCallerInfo()
+	if _, exist := loggers[pkgName]; exist {
+		return loggers[pkgName]
+	}
+	return defaultLogger
+}
+
+func serializeMap(fields Fields) []interface{} {
+	data := make([]interface{}, len(fields)*2)
+	i := 0
+	for k, v := range fields {
+		data[i] = k
+		data[i+1] = v
+		i = i + 2
+	}
+	return data
+}
+
+// With returns a logger initialized with the key-value pairs
+func (l logger) With(keysAndValues Fields) Logger {
+	return logger{log: l.log.With(serializeMap(keysAndValues)...), parent: l.parent}
+}
+
+// Debug logs a message at level Debug on the standard logger.
+func (l logger) Debug(args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Debug(args...)
+}
+
+// Debugln logs a message at level Debug on the standard logger with a line feed. Default in any case.
+func (l logger) Debugln(args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Debug(args...)
+}
+
+// Debugw logs a message at level Debug on the standard logger.
+func (l logger) Debugf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Debugf(format, args...)
+}
+
+// Debugw logs a message with some additional context. The variadic key-value
+// pairs are treated as they are in With.
+func (l logger) Debugw(msg string, keysAndValues Fields) {
+	l.log.Debugw(msg, serializeMap(keysAndValues)...)
+}
+
+// Info logs a message at level Info on the standard logger.
+func (l logger) Info(args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Info(args...)
+}
+
+// Infoln logs a message at level Info on the standard logger with a line feed. Default in any case.
+func (l logger) Infoln(args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Info(args...)
+	//msg := fmt.Sprintln(args...)
+	//l.sourced().Info(msg[:len(msg)-1])
+}
+
+// Infof logs a message at level Info on the standard logger.
+func (l logger) Infof(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Infof(format, args...)
+}
+
+// Infow logs a message with some additional context. The variadic key-value
+// pairs are treated as they are in With.
+func (l logger) Infow(msg string, keysAndValues Fields) {
+	l.log.Infow(msg, serializeMap(keysAndValues)...)
+}
+
+// Warn logs a message at level Warn on the standard logger.
+func (l logger) Warn(args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Warn(args...)
+}
+
+// Warnln logs a message at level Warn on the standard logger with a line feed. Default in any case.
+func (l logger) Warnln(args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Warn(args...)
+}
+
+// Warnf logs a message at level Warn on the standard logger.
+func (l logger) Warnf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Warnf(format, args...)
+}
+
+// Warnw logs a message with some additional context. The variadic key-value
+// pairs are treated as they are in With.
+func (l logger) Warnw(msg string, keysAndValues Fields) {
+	l.log.Warnw(msg, serializeMap(keysAndValues)...)
+}
+
+// Error logs a message at level Error on the standard logger.
+func (l logger) Error(args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Error(args...)
+}
+
+// Errorln logs a message at level Error on the standard logger with a line feed. Default in any case.
+func (l logger) Errorln(args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Error(args...)
+}
+
+// Errorf logs a message at level Error on the standard logger.
+func (l logger) Errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Errorf(format, args...)
+}
+
+// Errorw logs a message with some additional context. The variadic key-value
+// pairs are treated as they are in With.
+func (l logger) Errorw(msg string, keysAndValues Fields) {
+	l.log.Errorw(msg, serializeMap(keysAndValues)...)
+}
+
+// Fatal logs a message at level Fatal on the standard logger.
+func (l logger) Fatal(args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Fatal(args...)
+}
+
+// Fatalln logs a message at level Fatal on the standard logger with a line feed. Default in any case.
+func (l logger) Fatalln(args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Fatal(args...)
+}
+
+// Fatalf logs a message at level Fatal on the standard logger.
+func (l logger) Fatalf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Fatalf(format, args...)
+}
+
+// Fatalw logs a message with some additional context. The variadic key-value
+// pairs are treated as they are in With.
+func (l logger) Fatalw(msg string, keysAndValues Fields) {
+	l.log.Fatalw(msg, serializeMap(keysAndValues)...)
+}
+
+// Warning logs a message at level Warn on the standard logger.
+func (l logger) Warning(args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Warn(args...)
+}
+
+// Warningln logs a message at level Warn on the standard logger with a line feed. Default in any case.
+func (l logger) Warningln(args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Warn(args...)
+}
+
+// Warningf logs a message at level Warn on the standard logger.
+func (l logger) Warningf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Warnf(format, args...)
+}
+
+// V reports whether verbosity level l is at least the requested verbose level.
+func (l logger) V(level int) bool {
+	return l.parent.Core().Enabled(intToLevel(level))
+}
+
+// With returns a logger initialized with the key-value pairs
+func With(keysAndValues Fields) Logger {
+	return logger{log: getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().With(serializeMap(keysAndValues)...), parent: defaultLogger.parent}
+}
+
+// Debug logs a message at level Debug on the standard logger.
+func Debug(args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Debug(args...)
+}
+
+// Debugln logs a message at level Debug on the standard logger.
+func Debugln(args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Debug(args...)
+}
+
+// Debugf logs a message at level Debug on the standard logger.
+func Debugf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Debugf(format, args...)
+}
+
+// Debugw logs a message with some additional context. The variadic key-value
+// pairs are treated as they are in With.
+func Debugw(msg string, keysAndValues Fields) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Debugw(msg, serializeMap(keysAndValues)...)
+}
+
+// Info logs a message at level Info on the standard logger.
+func Info(args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Info(args...)
+}
+
+// Infoln logs a message at level Info on the standard logger.
+func Infoln(args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Info(args...)
+}
+
+// Infof logs a message at level Info on the standard logger.
+func Infof(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Infof(format, args...)
+}
+
+//Infow logs a message with some additional context. The variadic key-value
+//pairs are treated as they are in With.
+func Infow(msg string, keysAndValues Fields) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Infow(msg, serializeMap(keysAndValues)...)
+}
+
+// Warn logs a message at level Warn on the standard logger.
+func Warn(args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Warn(args...)
+}
+
+// Warnln logs a message at level Warn on the standard logger.
+func Warnln(args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Warn(args...)
+}
+
+// Warnf logs a message at level Warn on the standard logger.
+func Warnf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Warnf(format, args...)
+}
+
+// Warnw logs a message with some additional context. The variadic key-value
+// pairs are treated as they are in With.
+func Warnw(msg string, keysAndValues Fields) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Warnw(msg, serializeMap(keysAndValues)...)
+}
+
+// Error logs a message at level Error on the standard logger.
+func Error(args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Error(args...)
+}
+
+// Errorln logs a message at level Error on the standard logger.
+func Errorln(args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Error(args...)
+}
+
+// Errorf logs a message at level Error on the standard logger.
+func Errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Errorf(format, args...)
+}
+
+// Errorw logs a message with some additional context. The variadic key-value
+// pairs are treated as they are in With.
+func Errorw(msg string, keysAndValues Fields) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Errorw(msg, serializeMap(keysAndValues)...)
+}
+
+// Fatal logs a message at level Fatal on the standard logger.
+func Fatal(args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Fatal(args...)
+}
+
+// Fatalln logs a message at level Fatal on the standard logger.
+func Fatalln(args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Fatal(args...)
+}
+
+// Fatalf logs a message at level Fatal on the standard logger.
+func Fatalf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Fatalf(format, args...)
+}
+
+// Fatalw logs a message with some additional context. The variadic key-value
+// pairs are treated as they are in With.
+func Fatalw(msg string, keysAndValues Fields) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Fatalw(msg, serializeMap(keysAndValues)...)
+}
+
+// Warning logs a message at level Warn on the standard logger.
+func Warning(args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Warn(args...)
+}
+
+// Warningln logs a message at level Warn on the standard logger.
+func Warningln(args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Warn(args...)
+}
+
+// Warningf logs a message at level Warn on the standard logger.
+func Warningf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	getPackageLevelSugaredLogger().Warnf(format, args...)
+}
+
+// V reports whether verbosity level l is at least the requested verbose level.
+func V(level int) bool {
+	return getPackageLevelLogger().V(level)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/probe/probe.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/probe/probe.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..192c7ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/probe/probe.go
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package probe
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log"
+	"net/http"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// ProbeContextKey used to fetch the Probe instance from a context
+type ProbeContextKeyType string
+
+// ServiceStatus typed values for service status
+type ServiceStatus int
+
+const (
+	// ServiceStatusUnknown initial state of services
+	ServiceStatusUnknown ServiceStatus = iota
+
+	// ServiceStatusPreparing to optionally be used for prep, such as connecting
+	ServiceStatusPreparing
+
+	// ServiceStatusPrepared to optionally be used when prep is complete, but before run
+	ServiceStatusPrepared
+
+	// ServiceStatusRunning service is functional
+	ServiceStatusRunning
+
+	// ServiceStatusStopped service has stopped, but not because of error
+	ServiceStatusStopped
+
+	// ServiceStatusFailed service has stopped because of an error
+	ServiceStatusFailed
+)
+
+const (
+	// ProbeContextKey value of context key to fetch probe
+	ProbeContextKey = ProbeContextKeyType("status-update-probe")
+)
+
+// String convert ServiceStatus values to strings
+func (s ServiceStatus) String() string {
+	switch s {
+	default:
+		fallthrough
+	case ServiceStatusUnknown:
+		return "Unknown"
+	case ServiceStatusPreparing:
+		return "Preparing"
+	case ServiceStatusPrepared:
+		return "Prepared"
+	case ServiceStatusRunning:
+		return "Running"
+	case ServiceStatusStopped:
+		return "Stopped"
+	case ServiceStatusFailed:
+		return "Failed"
+	}
+}
+
+// ServiceStatusUpdate status update event
+type ServiceStatusUpdate struct {
+	Name   string
+	Status ServiceStatus
+}
+
+// Probe reciever on which to implement probe capabilities
+type Probe struct {
+	readyFunc  func(map[string]ServiceStatus) bool
+	healthFunc func(map[string]ServiceStatus) bool
+
+	mutex     sync.RWMutex
+	status    map[string]ServiceStatus
+	isReady   bool
+	isHealthy bool
+}
+
+// WithReadyFunc override the default ready calculation function
+func (p *Probe) WithReadyFunc(readyFunc func(map[string]ServiceStatus) bool) *Probe {
+	p.readyFunc = readyFunc
+	return p
+}
+
+// WithHealthFunc override the default health calculation function
+func (p *Probe) WithHealthFunc(healthFunc func(map[string]ServiceStatus) bool) *Probe {
+	p.healthFunc = healthFunc
+	return p
+}
+
+// RegisterService register one or more service names with the probe, status will be track against service name
+func (p *Probe) RegisterService(names ...string) {
+	p.mutex.Lock()
+	defer p.mutex.Unlock()
+	if p.status == nil {
+		p.status = make(map[string]ServiceStatus)
+	}
+	for _, name := range names {
+		if _, ok := p.status[name]; !ok {
+			p.status[name] = ServiceStatusUnknown
+			log.Debugw("probe-service-registered", log.Fields{"service-name": name})
+		}
+	}
+
+	if p.readyFunc != nil {
+		p.isReady = p.readyFunc(p.status)
+	} else {
+		p.isReady = defaultReadyFunc(p.status)
+	}
+
+	if p.healthFunc != nil {
+		p.isHealthy = p.healthFunc(p.status)
+	} else {
+		p.isHealthy = defaultHealthFunc(p.status)
+	}
+}
+
+// UpdateStatus utility function to send a service update to the probe
+func (p *Probe) UpdateStatus(name string, status ServiceStatus) {
+	p.mutex.Lock()
+	defer p.mutex.Unlock()
+	if p.status == nil {
+		p.status = make(map[string]ServiceStatus)
+	}
+	p.status[name] = status
+	if p.readyFunc != nil {
+		p.isReady = p.readyFunc(p.status)
+	} else {
+		p.isReady = defaultReadyFunc(p.status)
+	}
+
+	if p.healthFunc != nil {
+		p.isHealthy = p.healthFunc(p.status)
+	} else {
+		p.isHealthy = defaultHealthFunc(p.status)
+	}
+	log.Debugw("probe-service-status-updated",
+		log.Fields{
+			"service-name": name,
+			"status":       status.String(),
+			"ready":        p.isReady,
+			"health":       p.isHealthy,
+		})
+}
+
+// UpdateStatusFromContext a convenience function to pull the Probe reference from the
+// Context, if it exists, and then calling UpdateStatus on that Probe reference. If Context
+// is nil or if a Probe reference is not associated with the ProbeContextKey then nothing
+// happens
+func UpdateStatusFromContext(ctx context.Context, name string, status ServiceStatus) {
+	if ctx != nil {
+		if value := ctx.Value(ProbeContextKey); value != nil {
+			if p, ok := value.(*Probe); ok {
+				p.UpdateStatus(name, status)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// pulled out to a function to help better enable unit testing
+func (p *Probe) readzFunc(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	p.mutex.RLock()
+	defer p.mutex.RUnlock()
+	if p.isReady {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	} else {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusTeapot)
+	}
+}
+func (p *Probe) healthzFunc(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	p.mutex.RLock()
+	defer p.mutex.RUnlock()
+	if p.isHealthy {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	} else {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusTeapot)
+	}
+}
+func (p *Probe) detailzFunc(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	p.mutex.RLock()
+	defer p.mutex.RUnlock()
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.Write([]byte("{"))
+	comma := ""
+	for c, s := range p.status {
+		w.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s\"%s\": \"%s\"", comma, c, s.String())))
+		comma = ", "
+	}
+	w.Write([]byte("}"))
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+
+}
+
+// ListenAndServe implements 3 HTTP endpoints on the given port for healthz, readz, and detailz. Returns only on error
+func (p *Probe) ListenAndServe(address string) {
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+
+	// Returns the result of the readyFunc calculation
+	mux.HandleFunc("/readz", p.readzFunc)
+
+	// Returns the result of the healthFunc calculation
+	mux.HandleFunc("/healthz", p.healthzFunc)
+
+	// Returns the details of the services and their status as JSON
+	mux.HandleFunc("/detailz", p.detailzFunc)
+	s := &http.Server{
+		Addr:    address,
+		Handler: mux,
+	}
+	log.Fatal(s.ListenAndServe())
+}
+
+// defaultReadyFunc if all services are running then ready, else not
+func defaultReadyFunc(services map[string]ServiceStatus) bool {
+	if len(services) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, status := range services {
+		if status != ServiceStatusRunning {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// defaultHealthFunc if no service is stopped or failed, then healthy, else not.
+// service is start as unknown, so they are considered healthy
+func defaultHealthFunc(services map[string]ServiceStatus) bool {
+	if len(services) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, status := range services {
+		if status == ServiceStatusStopped || status == ServiceStatusFailed {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/version/version.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49c0b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package version
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Default build-time variable.
+// These values can (should) be overridden via ldflags when built with
+// `make`
+var (
+	version   = "unknown-version"
+	goVersion = "unknown-goversion"
+	vcsRef    = "unknown-vcsref"
+	vcsDirty  = "unknown-vcsdirty"
+	buildTime = "unknown-buildtime"
+	os        = "unknown-os"
+	arch      = "unknown-arch"
+)
+
+type VersionInfoType struct {
+	Version   string `json:"version"`
+	GoVersion string `json:"goversion"`
+	VcsRef    string `json:"vcsref"`
+	VcsDirty  string `json:"vcsdirty"`
+	BuildTime string `json:"buildtime"`
+	Os        string `json:"os"`
+	Arch      string `json:"arch"`
+}
+
+var VersionInfo VersionInfoType
+
+func init() {
+	VersionInfo = VersionInfoType{
+		Version:   version,
+		VcsRef:    vcsRef,
+		VcsDirty:  vcsDirty,
+		GoVersion: goVersion,
+		Os:        os,
+		Arch:      arch,
+		BuildTime: buildTime,
+	}
+}
+
+func (v VersionInfoType) String(indent string) string {
+	builder := strings.Builder{}
+
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sVersion:      %s\n", indent, VersionInfo.Version))
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sGoVersion:    %s\n", indent, VersionInfo.GoVersion))
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sVCS Ref:      %s\n", indent, VersionInfo.VcsRef))
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sVCS Dirty:    %s\n", indent, VersionInfo.VcsDirty))
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sBuilt:        %s\n", indent, VersionInfo.BuildTime))
+	builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sOS/Arch:      %s/%s\n", indent, VersionInfo.Os, VersionInfo.Arch))
+	return builder.String()
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/tech_profile/tech_profile.pb.go b/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/tech_profile/tech_profile.pb.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c6d4b3..0000000
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/tech_profile/tech_profile.pb.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,971 +0,0 @@
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-
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-
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-	_ "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/annotations"
-	math "math"
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-var _ = math.Inf
-
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-
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-	return fileDescriptor_d019a68bffe14cae, []int{0}
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-
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-	SchedulingPolicy_StrictPriority SchedulingPolicy = 1
-	SchedulingPolicy_Hybrid         SchedulingPolicy = 2
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-
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-	2: "Hybrid",
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-}
-
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-	return fileDescriptor_d019a68bffe14cae, []int{1}
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-
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-	AdditionalBW_AdditionalBW_None       AdditionalBW = 0
-	AdditionalBW_AdditionalBW_NA         AdditionalBW = 1
-	AdditionalBW_AdditionalBW_BestEffort AdditionalBW = 2
-	AdditionalBW_AdditionalBW_Auto       AdditionalBW = 3
-)
-
-var AdditionalBW_name = map[int32]string{
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-	1: "AdditionalBW_NA",
-	2: "AdditionalBW_BestEffort",
-	3: "AdditionalBW_Auto",
-}
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-	"AdditionalBW_None":       0,
-	"AdditionalBW_NA":         1,
-	"AdditionalBW_BestEffort": 2,
-	"AdditionalBW_Auto":       3,
-}
-
-func (x AdditionalBW) String() string {
-	return proto.EnumName(AdditionalBW_name, int32(x))
-}
-
-func (AdditionalBW) EnumDescriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_d019a68bffe14cae, []int{2}
-}
-
-type DiscardPolicy int32
-
-const (
-	DiscardPolicy_TailDrop  DiscardPolicy = 0
-	DiscardPolicy_WTailDrop DiscardPolicy = 1
-	DiscardPolicy_Red       DiscardPolicy = 2
-	DiscardPolicy_WRed      DiscardPolicy = 3
-)
-
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-	0: "TailDrop",
-	1: "WTailDrop",
-	2: "Red",
-	3: "WRed",
-}
-
-var DiscardPolicy_value = map[string]int32{
-	"TailDrop":  0,
-	"WTailDrop": 1,
-	"Red":       2,
-	"WRed":      3,
-}
-
-func (x DiscardPolicy) String() string {
-	return proto.EnumName(DiscardPolicy_name, int32(x))
-}
-
-func (DiscardPolicy) EnumDescriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_d019a68bffe14cae, []int{3}
-}
-
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-
-const (
-	InferredAdditionBWIndication_InferredAdditionBWIndication_None       InferredAdditionBWIndication = 0
-	InferredAdditionBWIndication_InferredAdditionBWIndication_Assured    InferredAdditionBWIndication = 1
-	InferredAdditionBWIndication_InferredAdditionBWIndication_BestEffort InferredAdditionBWIndication = 2
-)
-
-var InferredAdditionBWIndication_name = map[int32]string{
-	0: "InferredAdditionBWIndication_None",
-	1: "InferredAdditionBWIndication_Assured",
-	2: "InferredAdditionBWIndication_BestEffort",
-}
-
-var InferredAdditionBWIndication_value = map[string]int32{
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-func (*SchedulerConfig) ProtoMessage()    {}
-func (*SchedulerConfig) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
-	return fileDescriptor_d019a68bffe14cae, []int{0}
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-
-func (m *SchedulerConfig) XXX_Unmarshal(b []byte) error {
-	return xxx_messageInfo_SchedulerConfig.Unmarshal(m, b)
-}
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-	return xxx_messageInfo_SchedulerConfig.Marshal(b, m, deterministic)
-}
-func (m *SchedulerConfig) XXX_Merge(src proto.Message) {
-	xxx_messageInfo_SchedulerConfig.Merge(m, src)
-}
-func (m *SchedulerConfig) XXX_Size() int {
-	return xxx_messageInfo_SchedulerConfig.Size(m)
-}
-func (m *SchedulerConfig) XXX_DiscardUnknown() {
-	xxx_messageInfo_SchedulerConfig.DiscardUnknown(m)
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-
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-
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-	if m != nil {
-		return m.Direction
-	}
-	return Direction_UPSTREAM
-}
-
-func (m *SchedulerConfig) GetAdditionalBw() AdditionalBW {
-	if m != nil {
-		return m.AdditionalBw
-	}
-	return AdditionalBW_AdditionalBW_None
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-
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-	if m != nil {
-		return m.Priority
-	}
-	return 0
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-
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-	if m != nil {
-		return m.Weight
-	}
-	return 0
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-
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-	if m != nil {
-		return m.SchedPolicy
-	}
-	return SchedulingPolicy_WRR
-}
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-	Cbs                  uint32                       `protobuf:"fixed32,2,opt,name=cbs,proto3" json:"cbs,omitempty"`
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-	Pbs                  uint32                       `protobuf:"fixed32,4,opt,name=pbs,proto3" json:"pbs,omitempty"`
-	Gir                  uint32                       `protobuf:"fixed32,5,opt,name=gir,proto3" json:"gir,omitempty"`
-	AddBwInd             InferredAdditionBWIndication `protobuf:"varint,6,opt,name=add_bw_ind,json=addBwInd,proto3,enum=tech_profile.InferredAdditionBWIndication" json:"add_bw_ind,omitempty"`
-	XXX_NoUnkeyedLiteral struct{}                     `json:"-"`
-	XXX_unrecognized     []byte                       `json:"-"`
-	XXX_sizecache        int32                        `json:"-"`
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-
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-func (*TrafficShapingInfo) ProtoMessage()    {}
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-
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-	if m != nil {
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-	}
-	return 0
-}
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-	return 0
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-	if m != nil {
-		return m.Pir
-	}
-	return 0
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-
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-	if m != nil {
-		return m.Pbs
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-	return 0
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-	if m != nil {
-		return m.Gir
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-	return 0
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-
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-	if m != nil {
-		return m.AddBwInd
-	}
-	return InferredAdditionBWIndication_InferredAdditionBWIndication_None
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-	AllocId              uint32              `protobuf:"fixed32,2,opt,name=alloc_id,json=allocId,proto3" json:"alloc_id,omitempty"`
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-	XXX_NoUnkeyedLiteral struct{}            `json:"-"`
-	XXX_unrecognized     []byte              `json:"-"`
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diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 251fedd..c0ad304 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 github.com/armon/go-metrics
 # github.com/bclicn/color v0.0.0-20180711051946-108f2023dc84
 github.com/bclicn/color
-# github.com/boljen/go-bitmap v0.0.0-20151001105940-23cd2fb0ce7d
-github.com/boljen/go-bitmap
 # github.com/bsm/sarama-cluster v2.1.15+incompatible
 github.com/bsm/sarama-cluster
 # github.com/cevaris/ordered_map v0.0.0-20190319150403-3adeae072e73
@@ -29,12 +27,12 @@
 github.com/gogo/protobuf/gogoproto
 github.com/gogo/protobuf/protoc-gen-gogo/descriptor
 # github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2
-github.com/golang/protobuf/proto
+github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty
 github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes
 github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any
-github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty
-github.com/golang/protobuf/descriptor
+github.com/golang/protobuf/proto
 github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go/descriptor
+github.com/golang/protobuf/descriptor
 github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/duration
 github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/timestamp
 # github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1
@@ -64,12 +62,22 @@
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir
 # github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure
+# github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go v0.0.0-20191017201200-e73f91e306e9
+github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/log
+github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/kvstore
+github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/grpc
+github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/probe
+github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/version
+github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/db/model
+github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/kafka
+github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/common
+github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters
+github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/pkg/adapters/adapterif
 # github.com/opencord/voltha-protos v1.0.3
-github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/inter_container
-github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/openflow_13
-github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha
 github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/common
-github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/tech_profile
+github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha
+github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/openflow_13
+github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/inter_container
 github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/omci
 # github.com/pierrec/lz4 v2.3.0+incompatible
 github.com/pierrec/lz4
@@ -116,14 +124,14 @@
 golang.org/x/crypto/pbkdf2
 # golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190930134127-c5a3c61f89f3
 golang.org/x/net/trace
-golang.org/x/net/proxy
 golang.org/x/net/internal/timeseries
 golang.org/x/net/http2
 golang.org/x/net/http2/hpack
-golang.org/x/net/context
-golang.org/x/net/internal/socks
+golang.org/x/net/proxy
 golang.org/x/net/http/httpguts
 golang.org/x/net/idna
+golang.org/x/net/context
+golang.org/x/net/internal/socks
 # golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191001151750-bb3f8db39f24
 golang.org/x/sys/unix
 # golang.org/x/text v0.3.2
@@ -135,18 +143,18 @@
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/annotations
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc/status
 # google.golang.org/grpc v1.24.0
-google.golang.org/grpc/codes
-google.golang.org/grpc/status
 google.golang.org/grpc
-google.golang.org/grpc/credentials
+google.golang.org/grpc/codes
 google.golang.org/grpc/metadata
-google.golang.org/grpc/internal
+google.golang.org/grpc/status
 google.golang.org/grpc/balancer
 google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/roundrobin
 google.golang.org/grpc/connectivity
+google.golang.org/grpc/credentials
 google.golang.org/grpc/encoding
 google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/proto
 google.golang.org/grpc/grpclog
+google.golang.org/grpc/internal
 google.golang.org/grpc/internal/backoff
 google.golang.org/grpc/internal/balancerload
 google.golang.org/grpc/internal/binarylog
@@ -164,8 +172,8 @@
 google.golang.org/grpc/serviceconfig
 google.golang.org/grpc/stats
 google.golang.org/grpc/tap
-google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/internal
 google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/base
+google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/internal
 google.golang.org/grpc/binarylog/grpc_binarylog_v1
 google.golang.org/grpc/internal/syscall
 # gopkg.in/jcmturner/aescts.v1 v1.0.1