--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/SimulatedOperationProvider.java b/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/SimulatedOperationProvider.java
+index 3847ce9b..eeae4434 100644
+--- a/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/SimulatedOperationProvider.java
++++ b/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/SimulatedOperationProvider.java
+@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ class SimulatedOperationProvider implements NetconfOperationServiceFactory {
+ @Override
+ public Set<NetconfOperation> getNetconfOperations() {
+ final DataList storage = new DataList();
+- final SimulatedGet sGet = new SimulatedGet(String.valueOf(currentSessionId), storage);
++ final SimulatedGet sGet = new SimulatedGet(
++ String.valueOf(currentSessionId), storage, initialConfigXMLFile);
+ final SimulatedEditConfig sEditConfig = new SimulatedEditConfig(String.valueOf(currentSessionId), storage);
+ final SimulatedGetConfig sGetConfig = new SimulatedGetConfig(
+ String.valueOf(currentSessionId), storage, initialConfigXMLFile);
+diff --git a/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/rpc/SimulatedGet.java b/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/rpc/SimulatedGet.java
+index 0f19b117..3aafa005 100644
+--- a/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/rpc/SimulatedGet.java
++++ b/netconf/tools/netconf-testtool/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/netconf/test/tool/rpc/SimulatedGet.java
+@@ -9,21 +9,56 @@
+ package org.opendaylight.netconf.test.tool.rpc;
+
+ import com.google.common.base.Optional;
++import java.io.File;
++import java.io.IOException;
++import java.util.Collections;
++import java.util.List;
+ import org.opendaylight.controller.config.util.xml.DocumentedException;
+ import org.opendaylight.controller.config.util.xml.XmlElement;
+ import org.opendaylight.controller.config.util.xml.XmlUtil;
+ import org.opendaylight.netconf.api.xml.XmlNetconfConstants;
+ import org.opendaylight.netconf.confignetconfconnector.operations.AbstractConfigNetconfOperation;
++import org.slf4j.Logger;
++import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+ import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
++import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+ public class SimulatedGet extends AbstractConfigNetconfOperation {
+
+ private final DataList storage;
++ private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
++ .getLogger(SimulatedGet.class);
+
+- public SimulatedGet(final String netconfSessionIdForReporting, final DataList storage) {
++ public SimulatedGet(final String netconfSessionIdForReporting, final DataList storage,
++ final Optional<File> initialConfigXMLFile) {
+ super(null, netconfSessionIdForReporting);
+- this.storage = storage;
++
++ if (initialConfigXMLFile.isPresent()) {
++ LOG.info("File is present: {}", initialConfigXMLFile.get()
++ .getName());
++ this.storage = loadInitialConfigXMLFile(initialConfigXMLFile.get());
++ } else {
++ this.storage = storage;
++ }
++ }
++
++ private DataList loadInitialConfigXMLFile(final File file) {
++ LOG.info("Loading initial config xml file: {}", file.getName());
++ DataList configData = new DataList();
++ List<XmlElement> xmlElementList = Collections.emptyList();
++ try {
++ Element element = XmlUtil.readXmlToElement(file);
++ XmlElement xmlElement = XmlElement.fromDomElement(element);
++ xmlElementList = xmlElement.getChildElements();
++ configData.setConfigList(xmlElementList);
++ } catch (IOException e) {
++ LOG.info("IO exception loading xml file: {} ", e.getMessage());
++
++ } catch (SAXException e) {
++ LOG.info("SAXException {}", e.getMessage());
++ }
++ return configData;
+ }
+
+ @Override