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+*** Settings ***
+Documentation  This file is resourced by obmc_boot_test.py to set initial
+...            variable values, etc.
+
+Resource  ../lib/openbmc_ffdc.robot
+Library   ../lib/state.py
+
+Library   ../lib/obmc_boot_test.py
+
+*** Variables ***
+# Initialize program parameters variables.
+# Create parm_list containing all of our program parameters.  This is used by
+# 'Rqprint Pgm Header'
+@{parm_list}                openbmc_nickname  openbmc_host  openbmc_username
+...  openbmc_password  os_host  os_username  os_password  pdu_host
+...  pdu_username  pdu_password  pdu_slot_no  openbmc_serial_host
+...  openbmc_serial_port  stack_mode  boot_stack  boot_list  max_num_tests
+...  plug_in_dir_paths  status_file_path  openbmc_model  boot_pass  boot_fail
+...  ffdc_dir_path_style  ffdc_check  state_change_timeout  power_on_timeout
+...  power_off_timeout  ffdc_only  boot_fail_threshold  test_mode  quiet
+...  debug
+
+# Initialize each program parameter.
+${openbmc_host}             ${EMPTY}
+${openbmc_nickname}         ${openbmc_host}
+${openbmc_username}         root
+${openbmc_password}         0penBmc
+${os_host}                  ${EMPTY}
+${os_username}              root
+${os_password}              P@ssw0rd
+${pdu_host}                 ${EMPTY}
+${pdu_username}             admin
+${pdu_password}             admin
+${pdu_slot_no}              ${EMPTY}
+${openbmc_serial_host}      ${EMPTY}
+${openbmc_serial_port}      ${EMPTY}
+${stack_mode}               normal
+${boot_stack}               ${EMPTY}
+${boot_list}                ${EMPTY}
+${max_num_tests}            0
+${plug_in_dir_paths}        ${EMPTY}
+${status_file_path}         ${EMPTY}
+${openbmc_model}            ${EMPTY}
+# The reason boot_pass and boot_fail are parameters is that it is possible to
+# be called by a program that has already done some tests.  This allows us to
+# keep the grand total.
+${boot_pass}                ${0}
+${boot_fail}                ${0}
+${ffdc_dir_path_style}      ${EMPTY}
+${ffdc_check}               ${EMPTY}
+${state_change_timeout}     3 mins
+${power_on_timeout}         14 mins
+${power_off_timeout}        2 mins
+${ffdc_only}                ${0}
+# If the number of boot failures, exceeds boot_fail_threshold, this program
+# returns non-zero.
+${boot_fail_threshold}      ${1000000}
+${test_mode}                0
+${quiet}                    0
+${debug}                    0
+
+# Flag variables.
+# test_really_running is needed by DB_Logging plug-in.
+${test_really_running}      ${1}
+