VOL-2947 Remove Announcer pod from tests

Change-Id: I2c08db77c77d982b868c5911b5ef40a72d9867f1
diff --git a/tests/functional/Voltha_FailureScenarios.robot b/tests/functional/Voltha_FailureScenarios.robot
index 7d5348c..41177c2 100644
--- a/tests/functional/Voltha_FailureScenarios.robot
+++ b/tests/functional/Voltha_FailureScenarios.robot
@@ -63,11 +63,9 @@
     ...    controls the power off/on ONUs/OLT remotely (simulating a physical reboot)
     ...    VOL-2634
     [Tags]    functional   PowerSwitch
-    [Setup]    Run Keywords    Announce Message    START TEST ONUreboot_PowerSwitch
-    ...        AND             Start Logging    ONUreboot_PowerSwitch
+    [Setup]    Start Logging    ONUreboot_PowerSwitch
     [Teardown]    Run Keywords    Collect Logs
     ...           AND             Stop Logging    ONUreboot_PowerSwitch
-    ...           AND             Announce Message    END TEST ONUreboot_PowerSwitch
     ...           AND             Delete Device and Verify
     # Add OLT device
     setup
@@ -116,11 +114,9 @@
     ...    Test performs a physical reboot, performs "reboot" from the OLT CLI
     ...    VOL-1956
     [Tags]    functional   PhysicalOLTReboot
-    [Setup]    Run Keywords    Announce Message    START TEST PhysicalOLTReboot
-    ...        AND             Start Logging    PhysicalOLTReboot
+    [Setup]    Start Logging    PhysicalOLTReboot
     [Teardown]    Run Keywords    Collect Logs
     ...           AND             Stop Logging    PhysicalOLTReboot
-    ...           AND             Announce Message    END TEST PhysicalOLTReboot
     ...           AND             Delete Device and Verify
     # Add OLT device
     setup
@@ -154,11 +150,9 @@
     [Documentation]    Restart openolt-adapter container after VOLTHA is operational.
     ...    Prerequisite : ONUs are authenticated and pingable.
     [Tags]    functional   VOL-1958   Restart-OpenOlt   released
-    [Setup]    Run Keywords    Announce Message    START TEST Restart-OpenOlt
-    ...        AND             Start Logging    Restart-OpenOlt
+    [Setup]    Start Logging    Restart-OpenOlt
     [Teardown]    Run Keywords    Collect Logs
     ...           AND             Stop Logging    Restart-OpenOlt
-    ...           AND             Announce Message    END TEST Restart-OpenOlt
     # Add OLT device
     setup
     # Performing Sanity Test to make sure subscribers are all AUTH+DHCP and pingable
@@ -189,11 +183,9 @@
     ...    teardown from previous test or uncomment 'Teardown    None'.
     ...    Assuming that test1 was executed where all the ONUs are authenticated/DHCP/pingable
     [Tags]    functional    RadiusRestart    released
-    [Setup]    Run Keywords    Announce Message    START TEST RadiusRestart
-    ...        AND             Start Logging    RadiusRestart
+    [Setup]    Start Logging    RadiusRestart
     [Teardown]    Run Keywords    Collect Logs
     ...           AND             Stop Logging    RadiusRestart
-    ...           AND             Announce Message    END TEST RadiusRestart
     ${waitforRestart}    Set Variable    120s
     Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${timeout}    15s    Restart Pod    ${DEFAULTSPACE}    ${RESTART_POD_NAME}
     Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${waitforRestart}    2s    Validate Pod Status    ${RESTART_POD_NAME}
@@ -232,12 +224,10 @@
     ...    and configures ONOS for access. The test succeeds if the device is able to
     ...    complete the DHCP sequence.
     [Tags]    functional    olt-adapter-restart
-    [Setup]    Run Keywords    Announce Message    START TEST OltAdapterRestart
-    ...        AND             Start Logging    OltAdapterRestart
+    [Setup]    Start Logging    OltAdapterRestart
     #...        AND             Clear All Devices Then Create New Device
     [Teardown]   Run Keywords    Collect Logs
     ...          AND             Stop Logging    OltAdapterRestart
-    ...          AND             Announce Message    END TEST OltAdapterRestart
     # Add OLT and perform sanity test
     #setup
     Run Keyword If    ${has_dataplane}    Clean Up Linux
@@ -297,11 +287,9 @@
     [Documentation]    Restart ofagent container after VOLTHA is operational.
     ...    Prerequisite : ONUs are authenticated and pingable.
     [Tags]    functional   VOL-2409   ofagentRestart
-    [Setup]    Run Keywords    Announce Message    START TEST ofagentRestart
-    ...        AND             Start Logging    ofagentRestart
+    [Setup]    Start Logging    ofagentRestart
     [Teardown]    Run Keywords    Collect Logs
     ...           AND             Stop Logging    ofagentRestart
-    ...           AND             Announce Message    END TEST ofagentRestart
     ...           AND             Scale K8s Deployment    ${NAMESPACE}    voltha-ofagent    1
     # set timeout value
     ${waitforRestart}    Set Variable    120s
@@ -371,11 +359,9 @@
     ...    message count to make sure auth not started again and validates EAP status and ping.
     ...    Assuming that test1 or sanity was executed where all the ONUs are authenticated/DHCP/pingable
     [Tags]    functional    ONUAdaptCrash
-    [Setup]    Run Keywords    Announce Message    START TEST ONUAdaptCrash
-    ...        AND             Start Logging    ONUAdaptCrash
+    [Setup]    Start Logging    ONUAdaptCrash
     [Teardown]    Run Keywords    Collect Logs
     ...           AND             Stop Logging    ONUAdaptCrash
-    ...           AND             Announce Message    END TEST ONUAdaptCrash
     # Wait for adapter to resync
     Sleep    60s
     # Restart the onu
@@ -455,12 +441,10 @@
     ...    and configures ONOS for access. The test succeeds if the device is able to
     ...    complete the DHCP sequence.
     [Tags]    functional    rwcore-restart
-    [Setup]    Run Keywords    Announce Message    START TEST RwCoreFailAndRestart
-    ...        AND             Start Logging    RwCoreFailAndRestart
+    [Setup]    Run Keywords    Start Logging    RwCoreFailAndRestart
     ...        AND             Clear All Devices Then Create New Device
     [Teardown]   Run Keywords    Collect Logs
     ...          AND             Stop Logging    RwCoreFailAndRestart
-    ...          AND             Announce Message    END TEST RwCoreFailAndRestart
     #...          AND             Delete Device and Verify
     Run Keyword and Ignore Error    Collect Logs
     Run Keyword If    ${has_dataplane}    Clean Up Linux
@@ -526,11 +510,9 @@
 ONU Reboot
     [Documentation]    Reboot ONU and verify that ONU comes up properly
     [Tags]    VOL-1957    RebootONU   notready
-    [Setup]    Run Keywords    Announce Message    START TEST RebootONU
-    ...        AND             Start Logging    RebootONU
+    [Setup]    Start Logging    RebootONU
     [Teardown]    Run Keywords    Collect Logs
     ...           AND             Stop Logging    RebootONU
-    ...           AND             Announce Message    END TEST RebootONU
     FOR    ${I}    IN RANGE    0    ${num_onus}
         ${src}=    Set Variable    ${hosts.src[${I}]}
         ${dst}=    Set Variable    ${hosts.dst[${I}]}