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+# Copyright 2017 - 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.
+# FIXME Can we use the same test against BBSim and Hardware?
+
+*** Settings ***
+Documentation     Test various end-to-end scenarios
+Suite Setup       Common Test Suite Setup
+Test Setup        Setup
+Test Teardown     Teardown
+#Suite Teardown    Teardown Suite
+Library           Collections
+Library           String
+Library           OperatingSystem
+Library           XML
+Library           RequestsLibrary
+Library           ../../libraries/DependencyLibrary.py
+Resource          ../../libraries/onos.robot
+Resource          ../../libraries/voltctl.robot
+Resource          ../../libraries/voltha.robot
+Resource          ../../libraries/utils.robot
+Resource          ../../libraries/k8s.robot
+Resource          ../../variables/variables.robot
+
+*** Variables ***
+${POD_NAME}       flex-ocp-cord
+${KUBERNETES_CONF}    ${KUBERNETES_CONFIGS_DIR}/${POD_NAME}.conf
+${KUBERNETES_CONFIGS_DIR}    ~/pod-configs/kubernetes-configs
+#${KUBERNETES_CONFIGS_DIR}    ${KUBERNETES_CONFIGS_DIR}/${POD_NAME}.conf
+${KUBERNETES_YAML}    ${KUBERNETES_CONFIGS_DIR}/${POD_NAME}.yml
+${HELM_CHARTS_DIR}    ~/helm-charts
+${VOLTHA_POD_NUM}    8
+${NAMESPACE}      voltha
+# For below variable value, using deployment name as using grep for
+# parsing radius pod name, we can also use full radius pod name
+${RESTART_POD_NAME}    radius
+${timeout}        60s
+${of_id}          0
+${logical_id}     0
+${has_dataplane}    False
+${external_libs}    True
+${teardown_device}    False
+${scripts}        ../../scripts
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+Verify restart any container after VOLTHA is operational
+    [Documentation]    Restart any container after VOLTHA is operational.
+    ...    Prerequisite : ONUs are authenticated and pingable.
+    [Tags]    functional   VOL-1958   RestartPods    notready
+    [Setup]    NONE
+    [Teardown]    NONE
+    ${waitforRestart}    Set Variable    120s
+    ${podStatusOutput}=    Run    ${KUBECTL_CONFIG};kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE}
+    Log    ${podStatusOutput}
+    ${countBforRestart}=    Run    ${KUBECTL_CONFIG};kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep Running | wc -l
+    ${podName}    Set Variable     adapter-open-olt
+    Restart Pod    ${NAMESPACE}    ${podName}
+    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${waitforRestart}    2s    Validate Pod Status    ${podName}    ${NAMESPACE}
+    ...    Running
+    Repeat Sanity Test
+    ${podStatusOutput}=    Run    ${KUBECTL_CONFIG};kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE}
+    Log    ${podStatusOutput}
+    ${countAfterRestart}=    Run    ${KUBECTL_CONFIG};kubectl get pods -n ${NAMESPACE} | grep Running | wc -l
+    Should Be Equal As Strings    ${countAfterRestart}    ${countBforRestart}
+    Log to console    Pod ${podName} restarted and sanity checks passed successfully