[v4,7/9] dts: add Node base class

diff --git a/dts/framework/node.py b/dts/framework/node.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5c5454ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dts/framework/node.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ 
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright(c) 2022 PANTHEON.tech s.r.o.
+# Copyright(c) 2022 University of New Hampshire
+#
+
+from typing import Optional
+
+from .config import NodeConfiguration
+from .logger import DTSLOG, getLogger
+from .settings import SETTINGS
+from .ssh_connection import SSHConnection
+
+"""
+A node is a generic host that DTS connects to and manages.
+"""
+
+
+class Node(object):
+    """
+    Basic module for node management. This module implements methods that
+    manage a node, such as information gathering (of CPU/PCI/NIC) and
+    environment setup.
+    """
+
+    _config: NodeConfiguration
+    logger: DTSLOG
+    main_session: SSHConnection
+    name: str
+    _other_sessions: list[SSHConnection]
+
+    def __init__(self, node_config: NodeConfiguration):
+        self._config = node_config
+        self.name = node_config.name
+
+        self.logger = getLogger(self.name)
+        self.logger.info(f"Created node: {self.name}")
+        self.main_session = SSHConnection(
+            self.get_ip_address(),
+            self.name,
+            self.logger,
+            self.get_username(),
+            self.get_password(),
+        )
+
+    def get_ip_address(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Get SUT's ip address.
+        """
+        return self._config.hostname
+
+    def get_password(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        """
+        Get SUT's login password.
+        """
+        return self._config.password
+
+    def get_username(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Get SUT's login username.
+        """
+        return self._config.user
+
+    def send_expect(
+        self,
+        command: str,
+        expected: str,
+        timeout: float = SETTINGS.timeout,
+        verify: bool = False,
+        trim_whitespace: bool = True,
+    ) -> str | int:
+        """
+        Send commands to node and return string before expected string. If
+        there's no expected string found before timeout, TimeoutException will
+        be raised.
+
+        By default, it will trim the whitespace from the expected string. This
+        behavior can be turned off via the trim_whitespace argument.
+        """
+
+        if trim_whitespace:
+            expected = expected.strip()
+
+        return self.main_session.send_expect(command, expected, timeout, verify)
+
+    def send_command(self, cmds: str, timeout: float = SETTINGS.timeout) -> str:
+        """
+        Send commands to node and return string before timeout.
+        """
+
+        return self.main_session.send_command(cmds, timeout)
+
+    def node_exit(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Recover all resource before node exit
+        """
+        if self.main_session:
+            self.main_session.close()
+        self.logger.logger_exit()
diff --git a/dts/framework/settings.py b/dts/framework/settings.py
index 4793d550ac..07952b9f9e 100644
--- a/dts/framework/settings.py
+++ b/dts/framework/settings.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@  def wrapper(**kwargs) -> _EnvironmentArgument:
 @dataclass(slots=True, frozen=True)
 class _Settings:
     config_file_path: str
+    timeout: float
 
 
 def _get_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
@@ -52,6 +53,15 @@  def _get_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         help="[DTS_CFG_FILE] configuration file that describes the test cases, SUTs and targets",
     )
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-t",
+        "--timeout",
+        action=_env_arg("DTS_TIMEOUT"),
+        default=15,
+        required=False,
+        help="[DTS_TIMEOUT] The default timeout for all DTS operations except for compiling DPDK.",
+    )
+
     return parser
 
 
@@ -59,6 +69,7 @@  def _get_settings() -> _Settings:
     args = _get_parser().parse_args()
     return _Settings(
         config_file_path=args.config_file,
+        timeout=float(args.timeout),
     )