-| | ...
-| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
-| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
-| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
-| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize VLAN dot1q sub-interfaces in circular topology
-| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | SUB_ID=${subid}
-| | And Configure L2 tag rewrite method on interfaces
-| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | TAG_REWRITE_METHOD=${tag_rewrite}
-| | And Connect interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces using L2XC
-| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply Startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize layer interface
+| | And Initialize layer dot1q
+| | And Initialize L2 cross connect