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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Test framework utilitty functions tests"""
+
+import unittest
+from framework import VppTestCase, VppTestRunner
+from vpp_mac import mactobinary, binarytomac
+
+
+class TestUtil (VppTestCase):
+ """ MAC to binary and back """
+ def test_mac_to_binary(self):
+ mac = 'aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff'
+ b = mactobinary(mac)
+ mac2 = binarytomac(b)
+ self.assertEqual(type(mac), type(mac2))
+ self.assertEqual(mac2, mac)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ unittest.main(testRunner=VppTestRunner)