diff --git a/contrib/jenkins_tests/test.sh b/contrib/jenkins_tests/test.sh
index 292f1100c..59001f0ba 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins_tests/test.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins_tests/test.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ if [ $(test -d ${install_dir} >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo $?) ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ $(command -v ibdev2netdev >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo $?) ]; then
-	echo "[SKIP] ibdev2netdev tool does not exist"
-	exit 0
-fi
-
 cd $WORKSPACE
 
 rm -rf $test_dir
@@ -55,7 +50,7 @@ if [ ! -z "${test_remote_ip}" ] ; then
 	[ -z "${NODE_NAME}" ] && NODE_NAME=${HOSTNAME}
 	sperf_exec_dir="/tmp/sockperf_exec_${NODE_NAME}"
 	rmt_user=root
- 
+
 	rmt_os=$(${sudo_cmd} ssh ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip} ". /etc/os-release ; echo \${NAME,,} | awk '{print \$1}'")
 	[ ! -z "${test_remote_rebuild}" ] && rmt_os="rebuld"
 	local_os=$(. /etc/os-release ; echo ${NAME,,} | awk '{print $1}')
@@ -68,7 +63,7 @@ if [ ! -z "${test_remote_ip}" ] ; then
 			${sudo_cmd} scp -q ${test_app} ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip}:${sperf_exec_dir}
 			${sudo_cmd} scp -q ${test_lib} ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip}:${sperf_exec_dir}
 			eval "pid=$(${sudo_cmd} ssh ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip} pidof ${prj_service})"
-			if [ ! -z "${pid}" ] ;  then 
+			if [ ! -z "${pid}" ] ;  then
 				echo "${prj_service} pid=${pid}"
 				eval "${sudo_cmd} ssh ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip} kill -9 ${pid}"
 			fi
@@ -93,15 +88,16 @@ if [ ! -z "${test_remote_ip}" ] ; then
 		fi
 	fi
 else
-	if [ ! -z $(do_get_ip 'ib') ]; then
-		test_ip_list="${test_ip_list} ib:$(do_get_ip 'ib')"
-	fi
-	if [ ! -z $(do_get_ip 'eth') ]; then
-		test_ip_list="${test_ip_list} eth_ip4:$(do_get_ip 'eth')"
-	fi
-	if [ ! -z $(do_get_ip 'inet6') ]; then
-		test_ip_list="${test_ip_list} eth_ip6:$(do_get_ip 'inet6')"
+	# Get IPv4/6 addresses for net1 interface which is a VF of MLNX NIC
+	test_ip_list="eth_ip4:$(ip -f inet addr show net1 | awk '/inet / {print $2}' | cut -d/ -f1)"
+	# test_ip_list="${test_ip_list} eth_ip6:$(ip -f inet6 addr show net1 | awk '/inet6 / {print $2}' | cut -d/ -f1)"
+	if [ -z "$test_ip_list" ]; then
+		echo "ERROR: Cannot get IPv4/6 address of net1 interface!"
+		exit 1
 	fi
+
+	# start the ssh server as verifyer.pl requiers
+	/etc/init.d/ssh start
 fi
 
 nerrors=0
@@ -112,43 +108,37 @@ for test_link in $test_ip_list; do
 		test_name=${test_in}-${test}
 		test_tap=${WORKSPACE}/${prefix}/test-${test_name}.tap
 
-		for i in $(seq 3); do
-			if [ ! -z "${test_remote_ip}" ] ; then
+		if [ ! -z "${test_remote_ip}" ] ; then
 
-				eval "pid=$(${sudo_cmd} pidof ${prj_service})"
-				[ ! -z "${pid}" ] && eval "${sudo_cmd} kill -9 ${pid}" 
-				eval "${sudo_cmd} ${install_dir}/sbin/${prj_service} --console -v5 & "
+			eval "pid=$(${sudo_cmd} pidof ${prj_service})"
+			[ ! -z "${pid}" ] && eval "${sudo_cmd} kill -9 ${pid}"
+			eval "${sudo_cmd} ${install_dir}/sbin/${prj_service} --console -v5 & "
 
-				echo "BUILD_NUMBER=${BUILD_NUMBER}"
-				eval "pid=$(${sudo_cmd} ssh ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip} pidof ${prj_service})"
-				if [ ! -z "${pid}" ] ;  then
-					echo "${prj_service} pid=${pid}"
-					eval "${sudo_cmd} ssh ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip} kill -9 ${pid}"
-				fi
-				${sudo_cmd} scp -q ${install_dir}/sbin/${prj_service} ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip}:${sperf_exec_dir}
-				eval "${sudo_cmd} ssh ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip} ${sudo_cmd} ${sperf_exec_dir}/${prj_service} &"
+			echo "BUILD_NUMBER=${BUILD_NUMBER}"
+			eval "pid=$(${sudo_cmd} ssh ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip} pidof ${prj_service})"
+			if [ ! -z "${pid}" ] ;  then
+				echo "${prj_service} pid=${pid}"
+				eval "${sudo_cmd} ssh ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip} kill -9 ${pid}"
+			fi
+			${sudo_cmd} scp -q ${install_dir}/sbin/${prj_service} ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip}:${sperf_exec_dir}
+			eval "${sudo_cmd} ssh ${rmt_user}@${test_remote_ip} ${sudo_cmd} ${sperf_exec_dir}/${prj_service} &"
 
-				vutil="$(dirname $0)/vutil.sh"
-				[ ! -e "${vutil}" ] && { echo "error vutil not found" ; exit 1 ; }
+			vutil="$(dirname $0)/vutil.sh"
+			[ ! -e "${vutil}" ] && { echo "error vutil not found" ; exit 1 ; }
 
-				${sudo_cmd} $timeout_exe ${vutil}  -a "${test_app}" -x "--load-vma=${test_lib} " -t "${test}:tc[1-9]$" \
-						-s "${test_remote_ip}" -p "${test_remote_port}" -l "${test_dir}/${test_name}.log" \
-						-e "XLIO_TX_BUFS=20000"
-			else
-				${sudo_cmd} $timeout_exe $PWD/tests/verifier/verifier.pl -a ${test_app} -x " --load-vma=$test_lib " \
-					-t ${test}:tc[1-9]$ -s ${test_ip} -l ${test_dir}/${test_name}.log \
-					-e " XLIO_TX_BUFS=20000 " \
-					--progress=0
-			fi
+			${sudo_cmd} $timeout_exe ${vutil}  -a "${test_app}" -x "--load-vma=${test_lib} " -t "${test}:tc[1-9]$" \
+					-s "${test_remote_ip}" -p "${test_remote_port}" -l "${test_dir}/${test_name}.log" \
+					-e "XLIO_TX_BUFS=20000"
+		else
+			${sudo_cmd} $timeout_exe $PWD/tests/verifier/verifier.pl -a ${test_app} -x " --debug " \
+				-t ${test}:tc[1-9]$ -s ${test_ip} -l ${test_dir}/${test_name}.log \
+				-e " LD_PRELOAD=$test_lib " \
+				--progress=0
+		fi
 
-			cp $PWD/${test_name}.dump ${test_dir}/${test_name}.dump
-			if grep -q 'FAIL' ${test_dir}/${test_name}.dump; then
-				rm -fv ${test_dir}/${test_name}.log ${test_dir}/${test_name}.dump
-			else
-				break
-			fi
-		done
-		grep -e 'PASS' -e 'FAIL' ${test_dir}/${test_name}.dump > ${test_dir}/${test_name}.tmp
+		cp $PWD/${test_name}.dump ${test_dir}/${test_name}.dump
+ 
+ 		grep -e 'PASS' -e 'FAIL' ${test_dir}/${test_name}.dump > ${test_dir}/${test_name}.tmp
 
 		do_archive "${test_dir}/${test_name}.dump" "${test_dir}/${test_name}.log"
 
@@ -175,4 +165,4 @@ done
 rc=$(($rc+$nerrors))
 
 echo "[${0##*/}]..................exit code = $rc"
-exit $rc
\ No newline at end of file
+exit $rc