def createWindowsSession(self, ixNetRestServerIp, ixNetRestServerPort='11009'):
        """
        Description
           Connect to a Windows IxNetwork API Server. This is
           for both Windows and Windows server with IxNetwork Connection Manager.
           This will set up the session URL to use throughout the test.

        Parameter
          ixNetRestServerIp: (str): The Windows IxNetwork API Server IP address.
          ixNetRestServerPort: (str): Default: 11009.  Provide a port number to connect to.
                               On a Linux API Server, a socket port is not needed. State "None".
        """
        # Handle __import__(IxNetRestApi) to not error out
        if ixNetRestServerIp == None: return

        url = '{0}://{1}:{2}/api/v1/sessions'.format(self.httpScheme, ixNetRestServerIp, ixNetRestServerPort)

        if self.serverOs == 'windowsConnectionMgr':
            try:
                self.logInfo('Please wait while IxNetwork Connection Mgr starts up an IxNetwork session...')
                self.logInfo('\t{}'.format(url), timestamp=False)
                response = self._session.request('POST', url, data={}, verify=self.verifySslCert, allow_redirects=True)

            except requests.exceptions.RequestException as errMsg:
                errMsg = 'Creating new session failed: {0}'.format(errMsg)
                raise IxNetRestApiException(errMsg)

            sessionIdNumber = response.json()['links'][0]['href'].split('/')[-1]
            response = self._session.request('GET', url+'/'+str(sessionIdNumber), verify=self.verifySslCert, allow_redirects=False)

            if str(response.status_code).startswith('3'):
                # >= 8.50
                self.httpScheme = 'https'
                # https://192.168.70.3:443/api/v1/sessions/8020
                self.sessionId = response.headers['location']
                match = re.match('https://.*:([0-9]+)/api.*', self.sessionId)
                ixNetRestServerPort = match.group(1)
            else:
                # < 8.50
                self.sessionId = url + '/'+str(sessionIdNumber)

            self.sessionUrl = '{httpScheme}://{apiServer}:{port}/api/v1/sessions/{id}/ixnetwork'.format(
                httpScheme=self.httpScheme,
                apiServer=ixNetRestServerIp,
                port=ixNetRestServerPort,
                id=sessionIdNumber)

            counterStop = 10
            for counter in range(1, counterStop+1):
                response = self.get(self.sessionId)
                if type(response.json()) == list:
                    currentState = response.json()[0]['state']
                else:
                    currentState = response.json()['state']

                self.logInfo('\n\tNew Windows session current state: {0}'.format(currentState), timestamp=False)
                if currentState != 'ACTIVE' and counter < counterStop:
                    self.logInfo('\tWaiting {0}/{1} seconds'.format(counter, counterStop), timestamp=False)
                    time.sleep(1)

                if currentState != 'ACTIVE' and counter == counterStop:
                    raise IxNetRestApiException('New Windows session state failed to become ACTVIE state')

                if currentState == 'ACTIVE' and counter < counterStop:
                    break

            # Version < 8.50 requires more waiting time. And we cannot verify the version number at this point.
            time.sleep(25)

        if self.serverOs == 'windows':
            # windows sessionId is always 1 because it only supports one session.
            self.sessionUrl = url + '/1/ixnetwork'

            try:
                self.logInfo('\nVerifying API server connection: {}'.format(self.sessionUrl))
                response = self._session.request('GET', self.sessionUrl, allow_redirects=False, verify=self.verifySslCert)
                if '307' in str(response.status_code) and response.headers['location'].startswith('https'):
                    # Overwrite the sessionUrl with the redirected https URL
                    self.sessionUrl = response.headers['location']

            except requests.exceptions.RequestException as errMsg:
                errMsg = 'Connection failed: {0}'.format(errMsg)
                raise IxNetRestApiException(errMsg)

            # http://192.168.70.127:11009/api/v1/sessions/1
            self.sessionId = self.sessionUrl.split('/ixnetwork')[0]

        # http://192.168.70.127:11009
        self.httpHeader = self.sessionUrl.split('/api')[0]

        # /api/v1/sessions/{id}/ixnetwork
        self.apiSessionId = '/api/v1/sessions/{0}/ixnetwork'.format(str(self.sessionId))

        self.get(self.sessionUrl)