def VerifyPortState( stopTime = 40 ):
    # Search for all the created vports and get its state.

    for vPort in ixNet.getList(ixNet.getRoot(), 'vport'):
        # [u'::ixNet::OBJ-', u'availableHardware', u'chassis:"10.219.117.101"', u'card:1', u'port:1']
        connectedTo = ixNet.getAttribute(vPort, '-connectedTo')
        card = connectedTo.split('/')[3].split(':')[1]
        portNum = connectedTo.split('/')[4].split(':')[1]
        port = card+'/'+portNum

        for timer in range(0, stopTime):
            timer = timer + 1
            portState = ixNet.getAttribute(vPort, '-state')

            if portState == 'up':
                print 'VerifyPortState: ', port + ' is up'
                break

            if portState != 'up':
                print 'VerifyPortState: %s is not up yet. Verifying %d/%d seconds' % (port, timer, stopTime)
                time.sleep(1)
            
            if timer == stopTime:
                print 'Port can\'t come up.  Exiting test'
                return 1

    return 0