method for issuing commands on remote nodes (i.e. restarting node manager)

diff --git a/qaapi/qa/modules/plc/remote_call.py b/qaapi/qa/modules/plc/remote_call.py
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+++ b/qaapi/qa/modules/plc/remote_call.py
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+import os
+from qa.Test import Test
+from qa import utils
+
+class  remote_call(Test):
+    """
+    Attempt to connect to a node using the plc root key and
+    issue a command.
+    """
+
+    def call(self, root_key_path, hostname, command):
+       if not os.path.isfile(root_key_path):
+           raise Exception, "no such private key file %(root_key_path)s" % locals()
+        
+       full_command = "ssh -i %(root_key_path)s root@%(hostname) %(command)s" % locals()
+       if self.config.verbose:
+           utils.header(full_command)
+       (stdout, stderr) = utils.popen(full_command)
+       if self.config.verbose:
+           utils.header("\n".join(stdout))
+
+
+       return 1