diff --git a/lib/bmc_network_utils.robot b/lib/bmc_network_utils.robot
index 56f1749..e7f02ba 100644
--- a/lib/bmc_network_utils.robot
+++ b/lib/bmc_network_utils.robot
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
     #       (e.g. "machine1" or "9.xx.xx.31").
 
     # Non-pingable IP is unused IP address in the subnet.
-    ${host_name}  ${ip_addr}=  Get Host Name IP
+    ${host_name}  ${ip_addr}=  Get Host Name IP  ${host}
 
     # Split IP address into network part and host part.
     # IP address will have 4 octets xx.xx.xx.xx.
@@ -443,10 +443,14 @@
     #    "VLANEnable": false,
     #    "VLANId": 0
     #  }
+    [Arguments]  ${network_active_channel}=${CHANNEL_NUMBER}
 
-
+    # Description of argument(s):
+    # network_active_channel   Ethernet channel number (eg. 1 or 2)
+    
     ${active_channel_config}=  Get Active Channel Config
-    ${resp}=  Redfish.Get  ${REDFISH_NW_ETH_IFACE}${active_channel_config['${CHANNEL_NUMBER}']['name']}
+    ${resp}=  Redfish.Get
+    ...  ${REDFISH_NW_ETH_IFACE}${active_channel_config['${network_active_channel}']['name']}
 
     @{network_configurations}=  Get From Dictionary  ${resp.dict}  IPv4StaticAddresses
     [Return]  @{network_configurations}
diff --git a/lib/external_intf/vmi_utils.robot b/lib/external_intf/vmi_utils.robot
index 980ba15..a90055c 100644
--- a/lib/external_intf/vmi_utils.robot
+++ b/lib/external_intf/vmi_utils.robot
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 Resource         ../../lib/openbmc_ffdc.robot
 Resource         ../../lib/bmc_redfish_utils.robot
 Resource         ../../lib/state_manager.robot
+Resource         ../../lib/bmc_network_utils.robot
 Library          ../../lib/bmc_network_utils.py
 
 *** Variables ***
@@ -177,3 +178,22 @@
         ...  /redfish/v1/Systems/hypervisor/EthernetInterfaces/eth${i}
     END
     Should Be Equal  ${resp["Members@odata.count"]}  ${number_of_interfaces}
+
+Get And Set Static VMI IP
+    [Documentation]  Get a suitable VMI IP and set it.
+    [Arguments]   ${host}=${OPENBMC_HOST}  ${network_active_channel}=${CHANNEL_NUMBER}
+    ...  ${interface}=eth0  ${valid_status_code}=${HTTP_ACCEPTED}
+
+    # Description of argument(s):
+    # host                    BMC host name or IP address.
+    # network_active_channel  Ethernet channel number (e.g.1 or 2).
+    # interface               VMI interface (eg. eth0 or eth1).
+    # valid_status_code       Expected valid status code from PATCH request. Default is HTTP_ACCEPTED.
+
+    ${vmi_ip}=  Get First Non Pingable IP From Subnet  ${host}
+    ${bmc_ip_data}=  Get Network Configuration  ${network_active_channel}
+
+    Set Static IPv4 Address To VMI And Verify  ${vmi_ip}  ${bmc_ip_data[0]['Gateway']}
+    ...  ${bmc_ip_data[0]['SubnetMask']}  ${valid_status_code}  ${interface}
+
+    [Return]   ${vmi_ip}  ${bmc_ip_data}