[lnst] Bunch of various recipes.

[Jiří Pírko]

commit 466a4675a618dd2a5545147b62ae8e970d047f4e
Author: Jan Tluka <jtluka(a)redhat.com&gt;
Date:   Tue Jan 17 16:53:05 2012 +0100

    Bunch of various recipes.

 .../bov-pktgen-sanitycheck.xml                     |   72 +++++++++++
 .../vlan-iperf-tcp-udp-test1.xml                   |  129 ++++++++++++++++++++
 .../rhel5/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode0.xml     |   84 +++++++++++++
 .../rhel5/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode1.xml     |   84 +++++++++++++
 .../rhel5/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode5.xml     |   84 +++++++++++++
 .../rhel5/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test0.xml   |  116 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../rhel5/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test1.xml   |  116 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../rhel5/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test5.xml   |  116 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../rhel5/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode0.xml      |   75 +++++++++++
 .../rhel5/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode1.xml      |   75 +++++++++++
 .../rhel5/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode5.xml      |   75 +++++++++++
 .../network-stack-tests/rhel5/rhel58-guest1.xml    |    7 +
 .../network-stack-tests/rhel5/rhel58-guest2.xml    |    7 +
 .../rhel5/vlan-tests/vlan-iperf-tcp-udp-test1.xml  |  106 ++++++++++++++++
 .../rhel5/vlan-tests/vlan-sctp-test1.xml           |   71 +++++++++++
 .../bond-over-vlan/bov-pktgen-sanitycheck.xml      |   77 ++++++++++++
 .../rhel6/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode0.xml     |   84 +++++++++++++
 .../rhel6/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode1.xml     |   84 +++++++++++++
 .../rhel6/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode5.xml     |   84 +++++++++++++
 .../rhel6/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test0.xml   |  117 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../rhel6/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test1.xml   |   97 +++++++++++++++
 .../rhel6/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test5.xml   |   97 +++++++++++++++
 .../rhel6/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode0.xml      |   75 +++++++++++
 .../rhel6/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode1.xml      |   75 +++++++++++
 .../rhel6/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode5.xml      |   75 +++++++++++
 .../network-stack-tests/rhel6/rhel62-guest1.xml    |    5 +
 .../network-stack-tests/rhel6/rhel62-guest2.xml    |    5 +
 .../rhel6/vlan-tests/vlan-sctp-test1.xml           |   71 +++++++++++
 .../rhel6/vlan-tests/vlan-test1.xml                |  104 ++++++++++++++++
 29 files changed, 2267 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
---
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-over-vlan-tests/bov-pktgen-sanitycheck.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-over-vlan-tests/bov-pktgen-sanitycheck.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..562a07d
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-over-vlan-tests/bov-pktgen-sanitycheck.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1" />
+                        <slave id="2" />
+                    </slaves>
+                </netdevice>
+
+                <netdevice id="4" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="3"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth">
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- do a simple pktgen traffic ... -->
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="PktCounter" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="input_netdev_name"
type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][4]['name']"/>
+                <option name="proto" value="udp"/>
+                <option name="dport" value="9"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="PktgenTx" timeout="600">
+            <options>
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][4]['addresses'][0]"/>
+                <option name="hwaddr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][1]['hwaddr']"/>
+                <option name="netdev_name" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][1]['name']"/>
+                <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="intr"
value="1"/>
+
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-over-vlan-tests/vlan-iperf-tcp-udp-test1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-over-vlan-tests/vlan-iperf-tcp-udp-test1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8bd504
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-over-vlan-tests/vlan-iperf-tcp-udp-test1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1" />
+                        <slave id="2" />
+                    </slaves>
+                </netdevice>
+
+                <netdevice id="4" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="3"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1" />
+                        <slave id="2" />
+                    </slaves>
+                </netdevice>
+
+                <netdevice id="4" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="3"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][4]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start basic TCP/UDP stream tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="nc -l
10000 > /dev/null" bg_id="1" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="port" value="10000" />
+                <option name="duration" value="120" />
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][4]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="nc -u -l
10000 > /dev/null" bg_id="2" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="port" value="10000" />
+                <option name="duration" value="120" />
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][4]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="stream" value="udp" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="2"
/>
+
+<!-- TEST:3  start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="31">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][4]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 5" />
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][4]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="duration" value="120" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="31"
/>
+
+
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode0.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode0.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b416af2
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode0.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="0" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="0" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="duration" value="600"/>
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..788b4ab
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="duration" value="600"/>
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode5.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode5.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e5f63b
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode5.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="5" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="5" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="duration" value="600"/>
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test0.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test0.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b1950b
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test0.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="0" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="0" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="2">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="duration" value="600" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start a TCP stream in opposite direction -->
+
+        <command type="exec" machine_id="1" value="nc -l 1234
> /dev/null" bg_id="3" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 1" />
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"/>
+                <option name="port" value="1234" />
+                <option name="duration" value="300" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="3"
/>
+
+<!-- start a TCP stream in the same direction -->
+
+        <command type="exec" machine_id="2" value="nc -l 1234
> /dev/null" bg_id="4" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 1" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"/>
+                <option name="port" value="1234" />
+                <option name="duration" value="300" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="4"
/>
+
+<!-- kill background processes -->
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="2"
/>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+    </command_sequence>
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82ae29c
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="2">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="duration" value="600" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start a TCP stream in opposite direction -->
+
+        <command type="exec" machine_id="1" value="nc -l 1234
> /dev/null" bg_id="3" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 1" />
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"/>
+                <option name="port" value="1234" />
+                <option name="duration" value="300" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="3"
/>
+
+<!-- start a TCP stream in the same direction -->
+
+        <command type="exec" machine_id="2" value="nc -l 1234
> /dev/null" bg_id="4" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 1" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"/>
+                <option name="port" value="1234" />
+                <option name="duration" value="300" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="4"
/>
+
+<!-- kill background processes -->
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="2"
/>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+    </command_sequence>
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test5.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test5.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82ae29c
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test5.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="2">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="duration" value="600" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start a TCP stream in opposite direction -->
+
+        <command type="exec" machine_id="1" value="nc -l 1234
> /dev/null" bg_id="3" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 1" />
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"/>
+                <option name="port" value="1234" />
+                <option name="duration" value="300" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="3"
/>
+
+<!-- start a TCP stream in the same direction -->
+
+        <command type="exec" machine_id="2" value="nc -l 1234
> /dev/null" bg_id="4" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 1" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"/>
+                <option name="port" value="1234" />
+                <option name="duration" value="300" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="4"
/>
+
+<!-- kill background processes -->
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="2"
/>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+    </command_sequence>
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode0.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode0.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ec83ac
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode0.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="0" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="0" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start basic SCTP stream tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.2 -P 5679 -l" bg_id="1" dont_stop="true" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 1" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 2" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 3" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 4" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 5" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 6" />
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="kill" value="1"
/>
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f01eed
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start basic SCTP stream tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.2 -P 5679 -l" bg_id="1" dont_stop="true" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 1" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 2" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 3" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 4" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 5" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 6" />
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="kill" value="1"
/>
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode5.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode5.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36bcfcb
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode5.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="5" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="5" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start basic SCTP stream tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.2 -P 5679 -l" bg_id="1" dont_stop="true" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 1" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 2" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 3" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 4" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 5" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 6" />
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="kill" value="1"
/>
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/rhel58-guest1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/rhel58-guest1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6ee46f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/rhel58-guest1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<netmachineconfig>
+    <info hostname="10.34.30.233" rootpass="redhat"/>
+    <netdevice type="eth" phys_id="1"
hwaddr="52:54:00:AA:BB:C1"/>
+    <netdevice type="eth" phys_id="2"
hwaddr="52:54:00:AA:BB:C2"/>
+    <netdevice type="eth" phys_id="3"
hwaddr="52:54:00:CF:1F:A7"/>
+    <netdevice type="eth" phys_id="4"
hwaddr="52:54:00:29:66:82"/>
+</netmachineconfig>
diff --git a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/rhel58-guest2.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/rhel58-guest2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a2db26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/rhel58-guest2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<netmachineconfig>
+    <info hostname="10.34.30.236" rootpass="redhat"/>
+    <netdevice type="eth" phys_id="1"
hwaddr="52:54:00:aa:bb:d1"/>
+    <netdevice type="eth" phys_id="2"
hwaddr="52:54:00:aa:bb:d2"/>
+    <netdevice type="eth" phys_id="3"
hwaddr="52:54:00:30:d1:a8"/>
+    <netdevice type="eth" phys_id="4"
hwaddr="52:54:00:b7:fa:36"/>
+</netmachineconfig>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/vlan-tests/vlan-iperf-tcp-udp-test1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/vlan-tests/vlan-iperf-tcp-udp-test1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cd7a57
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/vlan-tests/vlan-iperf-tcp-udp-test1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start basic TCP/UDP stream tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="nc -l
10000 > /dev/null" bg_id="1" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="port" value="10000" />
+                <option name="duration" value="600" />
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="nc -u -l
10000 > /dev/null" bg_id="2" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="port" value="10000" />
+                <option name="duration" value="120" />
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="stream" value="udp" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="2"
/>
+
+<!-- TEST:3  start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="31">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 5" />
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="duration" value="120" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="31"
/>
+
+
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/vlan-tests/vlan-sctp-test1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/vlan-tests/vlan-sctp-test1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bf126c
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel5/vlan-tests/vlan-sctp-test1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start basic SCTP stream tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.2 -P 5679 -l" bg_id="1" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 1" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 2" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 3" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 4" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 5" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 6" />
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="kill" value="1"
/>
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-over-vlan/bov-pktgen-sanitycheck.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-over-vlan/bov-pktgen-sanitycheck.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bce1e8
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-over-vlan/bov-pktgen-sanitycheck.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1" />
+                        <slave id="2" />
+                    </slaves>
+                </netdevice>
+
+                <netdevice id="4" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="3"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1" />
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- do a simple pktgen traffic ... -->
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="PktCounter" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="input_netdev_name"
type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][4]['name']"/>
+                <option name="proto" value="udp"/>
+                <option name="dport" value="9"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="PktgenTx" timeout="40">
+            <options>
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][4]['addresses'][0]"/>
+                <option name="hwaddr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][1]['hwaddr']"/>
+                <option name="netdev_name" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][2]['name']"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="intr"
value="1"/>
+
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode0.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode0.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0baa10e
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode0.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="0" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="0" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="duration" value="600"/>
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b9ece0
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="duration" value="600"/>
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode5.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode5.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bb0497
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-iperf-test-mode5.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="5" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="5" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="duration" value="600"/>
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test0.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test0.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3486d6
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test0.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="0" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="0" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="2">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start a TCP stream in opposite direction -->
+
+        <command type="exec" machine_id="1" value="nc -l
1234" bg_id="3" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 1" />
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"/>
+                <option name="port" value="1234" />
+                <option name="duration" value="300" />
+                <option name="stream" value="udp" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="3"
/>
+
+<!-- start a TCP stream in the same direction -->
+
+        <command type="exec" machine_id="2" value="nc -l
1234" bg_id="4" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 1" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"/>
+                <option name="port" value="1234" />
+                <option name="duration" value="300" />
+                <option name="stream" value="udp" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="4"
/>
+
+<!-- kill background processes -->
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="2"
/>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+    </command_sequence>
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b0c9c7
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="2">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start a TCP stream in opposite direction -->
+
+        <command type="exec" machine_id="1" value="nc -l
1234" bg_id="3" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 1" />
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="NetCat" bg_id="4">
+            <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"/>
+            <option name="port" value="1234" />
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 60" />
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="2"
/>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="3"
/>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="4"
/>
+        
+    </command_sequence>
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test5.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test5.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3535138
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-netcat-iperf-test5.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="5" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="5" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="1">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="bind" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="2">
+            <options>
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/root" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start a TCP stream in opposite direction -->
+
+        <command type="exec" machine_id="1" value="nc -l
1234" bg_id="3" />
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 1" />
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="NetCat" bg_id="4">
+            <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][1]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"/>
+            <option name="port" value="1234" />
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 60" />
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="2"
/>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="3"
/>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="4"
/>
+        
+    </command_sequence>
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode0.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode0.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7a9002
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode0.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="0" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="0" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start basic SCTP stream tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.2 -P 5679 -l" bg_id="1" dont_stop="true" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 1" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 2" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 3" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 4" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 5" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 6" />
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="kill" value="1"
/>
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0810d66
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="1" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start basic SCTP stream tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.2 -P 5679 -l" bg_id="1" dont_stop="true" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 1" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 2" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 3" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 4" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 5" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 6" />
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="kill" value="1"
/>
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode5.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode5.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7528199
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/bond-tests/bond-sctp-test-mode5.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="5" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="../rhel62-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="bond">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="mode" value="5" />
+                        <option name="miimon" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                        <slave id="2"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start basic SCTP stream tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.2 -P 5679 -l" bg_id="1" dont_stop="true" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 1" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 2" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 3" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 4" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 5" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 6" />
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="kill" value="1"
/>
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/rhel62-guest1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/rhel62-guest1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3d2638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/rhel62-guest1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<netmachineconfig>
+    <info hostname="10.34.30.180" rootpass="redhat"/>
+    <netdevice type="eth" phys_id="1"
hwaddr="52:54:00:AB:CD:E1"/>
+    <netdevice type="eth" phys_id="2"
hwaddr="52:54:00:AB:CD:E2"/>
+</netmachineconfig>
diff --git a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/rhel62-guest2.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/rhel62-guest2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fca113a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/rhel62-guest2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<netmachineconfig>
+    <info hostname="10.34.30.181" rootpass="redhat"/>
+    <netdevice type="eth" phys_id="1"
hwaddr="52:54:00:ab:cd:f1"/>
+    <netdevice type="eth" phys_id="2"
hwaddr="52:54:00:ab:cd:f2"/>
+</netmachineconfig>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/vlan-tests/vlan-sctp-test1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/vlan-tests/vlan-sctp-test1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..658a2a9
--- /dev/null
+++
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/vlan-tests/vlan-sctp-test1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="rhel58-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="rhel58-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start basic SCTP stream tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.2 -P 5679 -l" bg_id="1" dont_stop="true" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 1" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 2" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 3" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 4" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 5" />
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="sctp_test
-H 192.168.100.3 -P 1235 -h 192.168.100.2 -p 5679 -s -x 50 -c 6" />
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 3" />
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="kill" value="1"
/>
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>
diff --git
a/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/vlan-tests/vlan-test1.xml
b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/vlan-tests/vlan-test1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f96a55d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_recipes/jtluka_test/network-stack-tests/rhel6/vlan-tests/vlan-test1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<nettestrecipe>
+
+    <machines>
+        <machine id="1">
+            <netmachineconfig source="rhel62-guest1.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.2/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+
+        <machine id="2">
+            <netmachineconfig source="rhel62-guest2.xml"/>
+            <netconfig>
+                <netdevice id="1" phys_id="1"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="2" phys_id="2"
type="eth"/>
+                <netdevice id="3" type="vlan">
+                    <options>
+                        <option name="vlan_tci" value="100" />
+                    </options>
+                    <slaves>
+                        <slave id="1"/>
+                    </slaves>
+                    <addresses>
+                        <address value="192.168.100.3/24" />
+                    </addresses>
+                </netdevice>
+            </netconfig>
+        </machine>
+    </machines>
+
+
+    <command_sequence>
+
+<!-- just a ping check ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="IcmpPing">
+            <options>
+                <option type="recipe_eval" name="addr"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="count" value="3"/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+<!-- start basic TCP/UDP stream tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="nc -l
10000" bg_id="1" />
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="port" value="10000" />
+                <option name="duration" value="600" />
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+            </options>
+        </command>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="1"
/>
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="exec" value="nc -u -l
10000" bg_id="2" />
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="NetCat">
+            <options>
+                <option name="port" value="10000" />
+                <option name="duration" value="600" />
+                <option name="addr" type="recipe_eval"
value="['machines'][2]['netconfig'][3]['addresses'][0]"
/>
+                <option name="stream" value="udp" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="2" value="2"
/>
+
+<!-- TEST:3  start iperf tests ... -->
+
+        <command machine_id="1" type="test"
value="Iperf" bg_id="31">
+            <options>
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/opt" />
+                <option name="role" value="server" />
+                <option name="bind" value="192.168.100.2" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="exec" value="sleep 5" />
+
+        <command machine_id="2" type="test"
value="Iperf">
+            <options>
+                <option name="install_dir" value="/opt" />
+                <option name="role" value="client" />
+                <option name="iperf_server" value="192.168.100.2"
/>
+                <option name="duration" value="600" />
+            </options>
+        </command>
+
+        <command type="kill" machine_id="1" value="31"
/>
+
+
+    </command_sequence>
+
+</nettestrecipe>