diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index f3f9c91190d75d96e34312293043cc9bee77535d..087f32fed0686372355c5b13e18df6d3010b3472 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -4522,6 +4522,28 @@ SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/test/tgenerateStationStreams.sh eol=lf
SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/test/tstartBGL.in_parset -text
SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/test/tstartBGL.run -text
SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/test/tstartBGL.sh -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/gpu/persistence-mode.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/hardware/sata-ahci.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/mpi/basic-mpi.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/mpi/custom-openmpi-config.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/hosts.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/resolvconf.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt001 -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt002 -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt003 -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt004 -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt005 -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt006 -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt007 -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt008 -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt009 -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/os/gdb.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/os/limits.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/atop.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/autogen.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/ipmitool.test -text
+SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/linux-tools.test -text
/jenkins_make -text
/lofar_config.h.cmake -text
/lofstorman -text
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/gpu/persistence-mode.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/gpu/persistence-mode.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..37f4beb4a17ce6e1ad3a39ec2b9cdee16b77a41f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/gpu/persistence-mode.test
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# All GPUs need to be in persistent mode
+nvidia-smi -q | grep 'Persistence Mode *: Disabled' && exit 1
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/hardware/sata-ahci.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/hardware/sata-ahci.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..75c03191145806f7f25d018a76c9c8bdb5f08020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/hardware/sata-ahci.test
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check whether the SATA controller is in AHCI mode
+lspci -vvv | awk '/SATA/,/^$/ { print; }' | grep 'Kernel driver in use: ahci' || exit 1
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/mpi/basic-mpi.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/mpi/basic-mpi.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..88c85231f04f1bfcb5bce0020733ee8f3a49d76d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/mpi/basic-mpi.test
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd `dirname $0`
+/opt/openmpi/bin/mpicc mpi-hello-world.c -o mpi-hello-world
+/opt/openmpi/bin/mpirun --tag-output -H localhost,localhost ./mpi-hello-world | sort | fgrep 'Hello world' | wc -l | grep '^2$'
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/mpi/custom-openmpi-config.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/mpi/custom-openmpi-config.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a5221c19511422ae97ca07ab25c5f871c2249038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/mpi/custom-openmpi-config.test
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check whether we use our custom OpenMPI configuration file
+fgrep 'OpenMPI parameters for cbt00X' /opt/openmpi/etc/openmpi-mca-params.conf || exit 1
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/hosts.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/hosts.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..61a626d476291f689ced5d3b38682e624a251e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/hosts.test
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check for specific /etc/hosts entries
+
+fgrep ccu001 /etc/hosts || exit 1
+fgrep kis001 /etc/hosts || exit 1
+fgrep lhn001 /etc/hosts || exit 1
+
+fgrep lcs015 /etc/hosts || exit 1
+
+for i in `seq -w 1 102`
+do
+ fgrep "locus$i" /etc/hosts || exit 1
+done
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/resolvconf.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/resolvconf.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bce80bf9940366f56f9cf8cdc1ebfb6301545be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/resolvconf.test
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check for the presence of the various LOFAR domains
+for DOMAIN in cep2.lofar online.lofar control.lofar
+do
+ grep "^search.*\b$DOMAIN\b" /etc/resolv.conf || exit 1
+done
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt001 b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt001
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt001
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new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt002
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new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt003
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diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt004 b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt004
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1dd618024bb537cd6b4cf0a2549c7c7a8457c99a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt004
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
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new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt005
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
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diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt006 b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt006
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt006
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
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diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt007 b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt007
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2f50bced0b0e85c15e010c2f3ec71d5122f7cd96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt007
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
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+10.135.254.0/24 via 10.175.255.203 dev eth4
+10.135.255.0/24 via 10.175.255.204 dev eth5
+10.144.0.0/13 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.149.128.7
+10.168.0.0/13 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.102.1
+10.168.0.0/13 dev eth4 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.102.3
+10.168.0.0/13 dev eth3 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.102.2
+10.168.0.0/13 dev eth5 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.102.4
+10.175.1.1 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.1.2 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.1.3 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.1.4 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.1.7 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.1.8 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.1.9 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.1.10 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.51.1 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.51.2 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.51.3 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.51.4 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.51.7 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.51.8 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.51.9 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.51.10 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.149.1 dev eth5 scope link
+10.175.149.2 dev eth5 scope link
+10.175.149.3 dev eth5 scope link
+10.175.149.4 dev eth5 scope link
+10.175.177.1 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.177.2 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.177.3 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.177.4 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.177.7 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.177.8 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.177.9 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.177.10 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.182.1 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.182.2 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.182.3 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.182.4 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.201.1 dev eth5 scope link
+10.175.201.2 dev eth5 scope link
+10.175.201.3 dev eth5 scope link
+10.175.201.4 dev eth5 scope link
+10.175.255.201 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.255.202 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.255.203 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.255.204 dev eth5 scope link
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt008 b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt008
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ca2d0b9c291b1be2b10a4218e7d67f5efee23c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt008
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+default via 10.151.255.254 dev eth0 metric 100
+10.135.252.0/24 via 10.175.255.201 dev eth2
+10.135.253.0/24 via 10.175.255.202 dev eth3
+10.135.254.0/24 via 10.175.255.203 dev eth4
+10.135.255.0/24 via 10.175.255.204 dev eth5
+10.144.0.0/13 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.149.128.8
+10.168.0.0/13 dev eth5 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.103.4
+10.168.0.0/13 dev eth3 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.103.2
+10.168.0.0/13 dev eth4 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.103.3
+10.168.0.0/13 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.103.1
+10.175.4.1 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.4.2 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.4.3 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.4.4 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.4.7 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.4.8 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.4.9 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.4.10 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.131.1 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.131.2 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.131.3 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.131.4 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.131.7 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.131.8 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.131.9 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.131.10 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.134.1 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.134.2 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.134.3 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.134.4 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.167.1 dev eth5 scope link
+10.175.167.2 dev eth5 scope link
+10.175.167.3 dev eth5 scope link
+10.175.167.4 dev eth5 scope link
+10.175.200.1 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.200.2 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.200.3 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.200.4 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.255.201 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.255.202 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.255.203 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.255.204 dev eth5 scope link
+10.211.0.0/16 dev vlan2011 proto kernel scope link src 10.211.1.50
+10.212.0.0/16 dev vlan2012 proto kernel scope link src 10.212.1.50
+10.213.0.0/16 dev vlan2013 proto kernel scope link src 10.213.1.50
+10.214.0.0/16 dev vlan2014 proto kernel scope link src 10.214.1.50
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt009 b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt009
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a7f0813b854e636d68f889674d62c8cb7498c5e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.cbt009
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+default via 10.151.255.254 dev eth0 metric 100
+10.135.252.0/24 via 10.175.255.201 dev eth2
+10.135.253.0/24 via 10.175.255.202 dev eth3
+10.135.254.0/24 via 10.175.255.203 dev eth4
+10.135.255.0/24 via 10.175.255.204 dev eth5
+10.144.0.0/13 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.149.128.9
+10.168.0.0/13 dev eth5 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.104.4
+10.168.0.0/13 dev eth4 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.104.3
+10.168.0.0/13 dev eth3 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.104.2
+10.168.0.0/13 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 10.168.104.1
+10.175.255.201 dev eth2 scope link
+10.175.255.202 dev eth3 scope link
+10.175.255.203 dev eth4 scope link
+10.175.255.204 dev eth5 scope link
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..91ab62fe432374030b993a010f03eb3a799c9003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/network/routes.test
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+CWD=`dirname $0`
+
+diff <(sort $CWD/routes.`hostname`) <(ip route | sort) || exit 1
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/os/gdb.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/os/gdb.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..36a9308aa5427a0b7b370ae33f29428bbccf65df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/os/gdb.test
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# We need kernel.yama.ptrace_scope == 0 to be able to attach
+# gdb to our processes.
+[ `sysctl -n kernel.yama.ptrace_scope` == "0" ] || exit 1
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/os/limits.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/os/limits.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec9d18ec77aefb152360ed5c7e19a4e7302b5918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/os/limits.test
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# For now, require exact settings for all users
+grep '\*\s*-\s*memlock\s*unlimited' /etc/security/limits.conf || exit 1
+grep '\*\s*-\s*nice\s*19' /etc/security/limits.conf || exit 1
+grep '\*\s*-\s*rtprio\s*99' /etc/security/limits.conf || exit 1
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/atop.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/atop.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..60671bde3c2179f3f3d07404941360cf8d7236f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/atop.test
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+dpkg -l atop || exit 1
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/autogen.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/autogen.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eac6bf503bd105675b744b4feddc50980d0ecf40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/autogen.test
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+dpkg -l autogen || exit 1
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/ipmitool.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/ipmitool.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fd70461034f0af348d979a8fa57fbfa1786e48f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/ipmitool.test
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+dpkg -l ipmitool || exit 1
diff --git a/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/linux-tools.test b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/linux-tools.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..770b6c194dbfb0bf264bae0e91d73576523974fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SubSystems/Online_Cobalt/validation/tests/packages/linux-tools.test
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+dpkg -l linux-tools || exit 1