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+*** Settings ***
+
+Documentation  Verify that connected USB device can be detected by the
+...  OS and exercised in HTX or written to.
+
+# TEST PARAMETERS:
+#   OPENBMC_HOST                The BMC host name or IP address.
+#   OPENBMC_USERNAME            The BMC user name.
+#   OPENBMC_PASSWORD            The BMC password.
+#   OS_HOST                     The OS host name or IP address.
+#   OS_USERNAME                 The OS user name.
+#   OS_PASSWORD                 The OS Host password.
+#   USB_DEVICE_NAME             The USB device to be used in test.
+#   TIMEOUT                     Amount of time to wait for the device
+#                               being exercised to reach 1 cycle.
+
+Resource           ../syslib/utils_os.robot
+
+Test Setup         Test Setup Execution
+Test Teardown      Test Teardown Execution
+
+*** Variables ***
+
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+
+Verify Write To USB Device
+    [Documentation]  Verify that the given device can be written to.
+    [Tags]  Verify_Write_To_USB_Device
+
+    OS Execute Command  mkdir -p /mount-dev/
+    OS Execute Command  mount -rw /dev/${USB_DEVICE_NAME} /mount-dev/
+    ${stdout}  ${stderr}  ${rc}=  OS Execute Command
+    ...  echo "Write to file" /mount-dev/file.txt  ignore_err=1
+    Should Be Empty  ${stderr}  msg=Could not write to USB device.
+
+
+Exercise USB Device
+    [Documentation]  Verify that the given device can be exercised with
+    ...  HTX.
+    [Tags]  Exercise_USB_Device
+
+    Run MDT Profile
+    # If the htxcmdline -status does not include this device then it is
+    # not a device that can be exercised with HTX, fail.
+    ${stdout}  ${stderr}  ${rc}  OS Execute Command
+    ...  htxcmdline -status | grep ${USB_DEVICE_NAME}
+
+    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds
+    ...  ${TIMEOUT}  10s  Verify Device Cycle Completion
+
+
+*** Keywords ***
+
+Verify Device Cycle Completion
+    [Documentation]  Verify that the USB device has completed at least
+    ...  one HTX cycle.
+
+    # Grep htxcmdline -status to get the device's cycle count.
+    ${stdout}  ${stderr}  ${rc}=  OS Execute Command
+    ...  htxcmdline -status | grep ${USB_DEVICE_NAME} | awk '{print $5}'
+    Should Not Be Empty  ${stdout}  msg=Device is not running HTX
+    Run Keyword If  ${stdout} < 1
+    ...  FAIL  msg=Device has not completed at least one cycle.
+
+
+Test Setup Execution
+    [Documentation]  Do initial test setup task(s).
+
+    OS Execute Command  ls /dev/${USB_DEVICE_NAME}
+
+
+Test Teardown Execution
+    [Documentation]  Perform post test case tasks.
+
+    # Even if the tests fails, device should be unmounted and HTX idle.
+    Run Keyword If  '${TEST_NAME}' == 'Verify Write To USB Device'
+    ...    OS Execute Command  umount /mount-dev/
+    ...  ELSE
+    ...    Shutdown HTX Exerciser
+    FFDC On Test Case Fail
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