diff --git a/dts/framework/remote_session/testpmd_shell.py b/dts/framework/remote_session/testpmd_shell.py
index db3abb7600..a823dc53be 100644
--- a/dts/framework/remote_session/testpmd_shell.py
+++ b/dts/framework/remote_session/testpmd_shell.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2023 University of New Hampshire
 # Copyright(c) 2023 PANTHEON.tech s.r.o.
+# Copyright(c) 2024 Arm Limited
 
 """Testpmd interactive shell.
 
@@ -15,10 +16,25 @@
     testpmd_shell.close()
 """
 
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from enum import auto, Enum, Flag, unique
 import time
-from enum import auto
 from pathlib import PurePath
-from typing import Callable, ClassVar
+from typing import Callable, ClassVar, Literal, NamedTuple
+from framework.params import (
+    BooleanOption,
+    Params,
+    bracketed,
+    comma_separated,
+    Option,
+    field_mixins,
+    hex_from_flag_value,
+    multiple,
+    long,
+    short,
+    str_from_flag_value,
+    str_mixins,
+)
 
 from framework.exception import InteractiveCommandExecutionError
 from framework.params import StrParams
@@ -28,26 +44,79 @@
 from .interactive_shell import InteractiveShell
 
 
-class TestPmdDevice(object):
-    """The data of a device that testpmd can recognize.
+@str_mixins(bracketed, comma_separated)
+class TestPmdPortNUMAConfig(NamedTuple):
+    """DPDK port to NUMA socket association tuple."""
 
-    Attributes:
-        pci_address: The PCI address of the device.
+    port: int
+    socket: int
+
+
+@str_mixins(str_from_flag_value)
+@unique
+class TestPmdFlowDirection(Flag):
+    """Flag indicating the direction of the flow.
+
+    A bi-directional flow can be specified with the pipe:
+
+    >>> TestPmdFlowDirection.RX | TestPmdFlowDirection.TX
+    <TestPmdFlowDirection.TX|RX: 3>
     """
 
-    pci_address: str
+    #:
+    RX = 1 << 0
+    #:
+    TX = 1 << 1
 
-    def __init__(self, pci_address_line: str):
-        """Initialize the device from the testpmd output line string.
 
-        Args:
-            pci_address_line: A line of testpmd output that contains a device.
-        """
-        self.pci_address = pci_address_line.strip().split(": ")[1].strip()
+@str_mixins(bracketed, comma_separated)
+class TestPmdRingNUMAConfig(NamedTuple):
+    """Tuple associating DPDK port, direction of the flow and NUMA socket."""
+
+    port: int
+    direction: TestPmdFlowDirection
+    socket: int
+
+
+@str_mixins(comma_separated)
+class TestPmdEthPeer(NamedTuple):
+    """Tuple associating a MAC address to the specified DPDK port."""
+
+    port_no: int
+    mac_address: str
+
+
+@str_mixins(comma_separated)
+class TestPmdTxIPAddrPair(NamedTuple):
+    """Tuple specifying the source and destination IPs for the packets."""
+
+    source_ip: str
+    dest_ip: str
 
-    def __str__(self) -> str:
-        """The PCI address captures what the device is."""
-        return self.pci_address
+
+@str_mixins(comma_separated)
+class TestPmdTxUDPPortPair(NamedTuple):
+    """Tuple specifying the UDP source and destination ports for the packets.
+
+    If leaving ``dest_port`` unspecified, ``source_port`` will be used for the destination port as well.
+    """
+
+    source_port: int
+    dest_port: int | None = None
+
+
+class TestPmdPortTopology(StrEnum):
+    paired = auto()
+    """In paired mode, the forwarding is between pairs of ports,
+    for example: (0,1), (2,3), (4,5)."""
+    chained = auto()
+    """In chained mode, the forwarding is to the next available port in the port mask,
+    for example: (0,1), (1,2), (2,0).
+
+    The ordering of the ports can be changed using the portlist testpmd runtime function.
+    """
+    loop = auto()
+    """In loop mode, ingress traffic is simply transmitted back on the same interface."""
 
 
 class TestPmdForwardingModes(StrEnum):
@@ -81,6 +150,534 @@ class TestPmdForwardingModes(StrEnum):
     recycle_mbufs = auto()
 
 
+@str_mixins(comma_separated)
+class XYPair(NamedTuple):
+    #:
+    X: int
+    #:
+    Y: int | None = None
+
+
+@str_mixins(hex_from_flag_value)
+@unique
+class TestPmdRXMultiQueueMode(Flag):
+    #:
+    RSS = 1 << 0
+    #:
+    DCB = 1 << 1
+    #:
+    VMDQ = 1 << 2
+
+
+@str_mixins(hex_from_flag_value)
+@unique
+class TestPmdHairpinMode(Flag):
+    TWO_PORTS_LOOP = 1 << 0
+    """Two hairpin ports loop."""
+    TWO_PORTS_PAIRED = 1 << 1
+    """Two hairpin ports paired."""
+    EXPLICIT_TX_FLOW = 1 << 4
+    """Explicit Tx flow rule."""
+    FORCE_RX_QUEUE_MEM_SETTINGS = 1 << 8
+    """Force memory settings of hairpin RX queue."""
+    FORCE_TX_QUEUE_MEM_SETTINGS = 1 << 9
+    """Force memory settings of hairpin TX queue."""
+    RX_QUEUE_USE_LOCKED_DEVICE_MEMORY = 1 << 12
+    """Hairpin RX queues will use locked device memory."""
+    RX_QUEUE_USE_RTE_MEMORY = 1 << 13
+    """Hairpin RX queues will use RTE memory."""
+    TX_QUEUE_USE_LOCKED_DEVICE_MEMORY = 1 << 16
+    """Hairpin TX queues will use locked device memory."""
+    TX_QUEUE_USE_RTE_MEMORY = 1 << 18
+    """Hairpin TX queues will use RTE memory."""
+
+
+class TestPmdEvent(StrEnum):
+    #:
+    unknown = auto()
+    #:
+    queue_state = auto()
+    #:
+    vf_mbox = auto()
+    #:
+    macsec = auto()
+    #:
+    intr_lsc = auto()
+    #:
+    intr_rmv = auto()
+    #:
+    intr_reset = auto()
+    #:
+    dev_probed = auto()
+    #:
+    dev_released = auto()
+    #:
+    flow_aged = auto()
+    #:
+    err_recovering = auto()
+    #:
+    recovery_success = auto()
+    #:
+    recovery_failed = auto()
+    #:
+    all = auto()
+
+
+class TestPmdMempoolAllocationMode(StrEnum):
+    native = auto()
+    """Create and populate mempool using native DPDK memory."""
+    anon = auto()
+    """Create mempool using native DPDK memory, but populate using anonymous memory."""
+    xmem = auto()
+    """Create and populate mempool using externally and anonymously allocated area."""
+    xmemhuge = auto()
+    """Create and populate mempool using externally and anonymously allocated hugepage area."""
+
+
+@dataclass(kw_only=True)
+class TestPmdTXOnlyForwardingMode(Params):
+    __forward_mode: Literal[TestPmdForwardingModes.txonly] = field(
+        default=TestPmdForwardingModes.txonly, init=False, metadata=long("forward-mode")
+    )
+    multi_flow: Option = field(default=None, metadata=long("txonly-multi-flow"))
+    """Generate multiple flows."""
+    segments_length: XYPair | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("txpkts"))
+    """Set TX segment sizes or total packet length."""
+
+
+@dataclass(kw_only=True)
+class TestPmdFlowGenForwardingMode(Params):
+    __forward_mode: Literal[TestPmdForwardingModes.flowgen] = field(
+        default=TestPmdForwardingModes.flowgen, init=False, metadata=long("forward-mode")
+    )
+    clones: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("flowgen-clones"))
+    """Set the number of each packet clones to be sent. Sending clones reduces host CPU load on
+    creating packets and may help in testing extreme speeds or maxing out Tx packet performance.
+    N should be not zero, but less than ‘burst’ parameter.
+    """
+    flows: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("flowgen-flows"))
+    """Set the number of flows to be generated, where 1 <= N <= INT32_MAX."""
+    segments_length: XYPair | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("txpkts"))
+    """Set TX segment sizes or total packet length."""
+
+
+@dataclass(kw_only=True)
+class TestPmdNoisyForwardingMode(Params):
+    __forward_mode: Literal[TestPmdForwardingModes.noisy] = field(
+        default=TestPmdForwardingModes.noisy, init=False, metadata=long("forward-mode")
+    )
+    forward_mode: (
+        Literal[
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.io,
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.mac,
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.macswap,
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.fivetswap,
+        ]
+        | None
+    ) = field(default=TestPmdForwardingModes.io, metadata=long("noisy-forward-mode"))
+    """Set the noisy vnf forwarding mode."""
+    tx_sw_buffer_size: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("noisy-tx-sw-buffer-size"))
+    """Set the maximum number of elements of the FIFO queue to be created for buffering packets.
+    The default value is 0.
+    """
+    tx_sw_buffer_flushtime: int | None = field(
+        default=None, metadata=long("noisy-tx-sw-buffer-flushtime")
+    )
+    """Set the time before packets in the FIFO queue are flushed. The default value is 0."""
+    lkup_memory: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("noisy-lkup-memory"))
+    """Set the size of the noisy neighbor simulation memory buffer in MB to N. The default value is 0."""
+    lkup_num_reads: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("noisy-lkup-num-reads"))
+    """Set the number of reads to be done in noisy neighbor simulation memory buffer to N.
+    The default value is 0.
+    """
+    lkup_num_writes: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("noisy-lkup-num-writes"))
+    """Set the number of writes to be done in noisy neighbor simulation memory buffer to N.
+    The default value is 0.
+    """
+    lkup_num_reads_writes: int | None = field(
+        default=None, metadata=long("noisy-lkup-num-reads-writes")
+    )
+    """Set the number of r/w accesses to be done in noisy neighbor simulation memory buffer to N.
+    The default value is 0.
+    """
+
+
+@dataclass(kw_only=True)
+class TestPmdAnonMempoolAllocationMode(Params):
+    __mp_alloc: Literal[TestPmdMempoolAllocationMode.anon] = field(
+        default=TestPmdMempoolAllocationMode.anon, init=False, metadata=long("mp-alloc")
+    )
+    no_iova_contig: Option = None
+    """Enable to create mempool which is not IOVA contiguous."""
+
+
+@dataclass(kw_only=True)
+class TestPmdRXRingParams(Params):
+    descriptors: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("rxd"))
+    """Set the number of descriptors in the RX rings to N, where N > 0. The default value is 128."""
+    prefetch_threshold: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("rxpt"))
+    """Set the prefetch threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0. The default value is 8."""
+    host_threshold: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("rxht"))
+    """Set the host threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0. The default value is 8."""
+    write_back_threshold: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("rxwt"))
+    """Set the write-back threshold register of RX rings to N, where N >= 0. The default value is 4."""
+    free_threshold: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("rxfreet"))
+    """Set the free threshold of RX descriptors to N, where 0 <= N < value of ``-–rxd``.
+    The default value is 0.
+    """
+
+
+@dataclass
+class TestPmdDisableRSS(Params):
+    """Disable RSS (Receive Side Scaling)."""
+
+    __disable_rss: Literal[True] = field(default=True, init=False, metadata=long("disable-rss"))
+
+
+@dataclass
+class TestPmdSetRSSIPOnly(Params):
+    """Set RSS functions for IPv4/IPv6 only."""
+
+    __rss_ip: Literal[True] = field(default=True, init=False, metadata=long("rss-ip"))
+
+
+@dataclass
+class TestPmdSetRSSUDP(Params):
+    """Set RSS functions for IPv4/IPv6 and UDP."""
+
+    __rss_udp: Literal[True] = field(default=True, init=False, metadata=long("rss-udp"))
+
+
+@dataclass(kw_only=True)
+class TestPmdTXRingParams(Params):
+    descriptors: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("txd"))
+    """Set the number of descriptors in the TX rings to N, where N > 0. The default value is 512."""
+    rs_bit_threshold: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("txrst"))
+    """Set the transmit RS bit threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of ``--txd``.
+    The default value is 0.
+    """
+    prefetch_threshold: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("txpt"))
+    """Set the prefetch threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0. The default value is 36."""
+    host_threshold: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("txht"))
+    """Set the host threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0. The default value is 0."""
+    write_back_threshold: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("txwt"))
+    """Set the write-back threshold register of TX rings to N, where N >= 0. The default value is 0."""
+    free_threshold: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("txfreet"))
+    """Set the transmit free threshold of TX rings to N, where 0 <= N <= value of ``--txd``.
+    The default value is 0.
+    """
+
+
+@dataclass(slots=True, kw_only=True)
+class TestPmdParameters(Params):
+    """The testpmd shell parameters.
+
+    The string representation can be created by converting the instance to a string.
+    """
+
+    interactive_mode: Option = field(default=True, metadata=short("i"))
+    """Runs testpmd in interactive mode."""
+    auto_start: Option = field(default=None, metadata=short("a"))
+    """Start forwarding on initialization."""
+    tx_first: Option = None
+    """Start forwarding, after sending a burst of packets first."""
+
+    stats_period: int | None = None
+    """Display statistics every ``PERIOD`` seconds, if interactive mode is disabled.
+    The default value is 0, which means that the statistics will not be displayed.
+
+    .. note:: This flag should be used only in non-interactive mode.
+    """
+
+    display_xstats: list[str] | None = field(default=None, metadata=field_mixins(comma_separated))
+    """Display comma-separated list of extended statistics every ``PERIOD`` seconds as specified in
+    ``--stats-period`` or when used with interactive commands that show Rx/Tx statistics
+    (i.e. ‘show port stats’).
+    """
+
+    nb_cores: int | None = 1
+    """Set the number of forwarding cores, where 1 <= N <= “number of cores” or ``RTE_MAX_LCORE``
+    from the configuration file. The default value is 1.
+    """
+    coremask: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=field_mixins(hex))
+    """Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores running the packet forwarding test. The main lcore
+    is reserved for command line parsing only and cannot be masked on for packet forwarding.
+    """
+
+    nb_ports: int | None = None
+    """Set the number of forwarding ports, where 1 <= N <= “number of ports” on the board or
+    ``RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`` from the configuration file. The default value is the number of ports
+    on the board.
+    """
+    port_topology: TestPmdPortTopology | None = TestPmdPortTopology.paired
+    """Set port topology, where mode is paired (the default), chained or loop."""
+    portmask: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=field_mixins(hex))
+    """Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the ports used by the packet forwarding test."""
+    portlist: str | None = None  # TODO: can be ranges 0,1-3
+    """Set the forwarding ports based on the user input used by the packet forwarding test.
+    ‘-‘ denotes a range of ports to set including the two specified port IDs ‘,’ separates
+    multiple port values. Possible examples like –portlist=0,1 or –portlist=0-2 or –portlist=0,1-2 etc
+    """
+
+    numa: BooleanOption = True
+    """Enable/disable NUMA-aware allocation of RX/TX rings and of RX memory buffers (mbufs). Enabled by default."""
+    socket_num: int | None = None
+    """Set the socket from which all memory is allocated in NUMA mode, where 0 <= N < number of sockets on the board."""
+    port_numa_config: list[TestPmdPortNUMAConfig] | None = field(
+        default=None, metadata=field_mixins(comma_separated)
+    )
+    """Specify the socket on which the memory pool to be used by the port will be allocated."""
+    ring_numa_config: list[TestPmdRingNUMAConfig] | None = field(
+        default=None, metadata=field_mixins(comma_separated)
+    )
+    """Specify the socket on which the TX/RX rings for the port will be allocated.
+    Where flag is 1 for RX, 2 for TX, and 3 for RX and TX.
+    """
+
+    # Mbufs
+    total_num_mbufs: int | None = None
+    """Set the number of mbufs to be allocated in the mbuf pools, where N > 1024."""
+    mbuf_size: list[int] | None = field(default=None, metadata=field_mixins(comma_separated))
+    """Set the data size of the mbufs used to N bytes, where N < 65536. The default value is 2048.
+    If multiple mbuf-size values are specified the extra memory pools will be created for
+    allocating mbufs to receive packets with buffer splitting features.
+    """
+    mbcache: int | None = None
+    """Set the cache of mbuf memory pools to N, where 0 <= N <= 512. The default value is 16."""
+
+    max_pkt_len: int | None = None
+    """Set the maximum packet size to N bytes, where N >= 64. The default value is 1518."""
+
+    eth_peers_configfile: PurePath | None = None
+    """Use a configuration file containing the Ethernet addresses of the peer ports."""
+    eth_peer: list[TestPmdEthPeer] | None = field(default=None, metadata=multiple())
+    """Set the MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX of the peer port N, where 0 <= N < RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS."""
+
+    tx_ip: TestPmdTxIPAddrPair | None = TestPmdTxIPAddrPair(
+        source_ip="198.18.0.1", dest_ip="198.18.0.2"
+    )
+    """Set the source and destination IP address used when doing transmit only test.
+    The defaults address values are source 198.18.0.1 and destination 198.18.0.2.
+    These are special purpose addresses reserved for benchmarking (RFC 5735).
+    """
+    tx_udp: TestPmdTxUDPPortPair | None = TestPmdTxUDPPortPair(9)
+    """Set the source and destination UDP port number for transmit test only test.
+    The default port is the port 9 which is defined for the discard protocol (RFC 863)."""
+
+    enable_lro: Option = None
+    """Enable large receive offload."""
+    max_lro_pkt_size: int | None = None
+    """Set the maximum LRO aggregated packet size to N bytes, where N >= 64."""
+
+    disable_crc_strip: Option = None
+    """Disable hardware CRC stripping."""
+    enable_scatter: Option = None
+    """Enable scatter (multi-segment) RX."""
+    enable_hw_vlan: Option = None
+    """Enable hardware VLAN."""
+    enable_hw_vlan_filter: Option = None
+    """Enable hardware VLAN filter."""
+    enable_hw_vlan_strip: Option = None
+    """Enable hardware VLAN strip."""
+    enable_hw_vlan_extend: Option = None
+    """Enable hardware VLAN extend."""
+    enable_hw_qinq_strip: Option = None
+    """Enable hardware QINQ strip."""
+    pkt_drop_enabled: Option = field(default=None, metadata=long("enable-drop-en"))
+    """Enable per-queue packet drop for packets with no descriptors."""
+
+    rss: TestPmdDisableRSS | TestPmdSetRSSIPOnly | TestPmdSetRSSUDP | None = None
+    """RSS option setting.
+
+    The value can be one of:
+    * :class:`TestPmdDisableRSS`, to disable RSS
+    * :class:`TestPmdSetRSSIPOnly`, to set RSS for IPv4/IPv6 only
+    * :class:`TestPmdSetRSSUDP`, to set RSS for IPv4/IPv6 and UDP
+    """
+
+    forward_mode: (
+        Literal[
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.io,
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.mac,
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.macswap,
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.rxonly,
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.csum,
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.icmpecho,
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.ieee1588,
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.fivetswap,
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.shared_rxq,
+            TestPmdForwardingModes.recycle_mbufs,
+        ]
+        | TestPmdFlowGenForwardingMode
+        | TestPmdTXOnlyForwardingMode
+        | TestPmdNoisyForwardingMode
+        | None
+    ) = TestPmdForwardingModes.io
+    """Set the forwarding mode.
+
+    The value can be one of:
+    * :attr:`TestPmdForwardingModes.io` (default)
+    * :attr:`TestPmdForwardingModes.mac`
+    * :attr:`TestPmdForwardingModes.rxonly`
+    * :attr:`TestPmdForwardingModes.csum`
+    * :attr:`TestPmdForwardingModes.icmpecho`
+    * :attr:`TestPmdForwardingModes.ieee1588`
+    * :attr:`TestPmdForwardingModes.fivetswap`
+    * :attr:`TestPmdForwardingModes.shared_rxq`
+    * :attr:`TestPmdForwardingModes.recycle_mbufs`
+    * :class:`FlowGenForwardingMode`
+    * :class:`TXOnlyForwardingMode`
+    * :class:`NoisyForwardingMode`
+    """
+
+    hairpin_mode: TestPmdHairpinMode | None = TestPmdHairpinMode(0)
+    """Set the hairpin port configuration."""
+    hairpin_queues: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("hairpinq"))
+    """Set the number of hairpin queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535. The default value is 0."""
+
+    burst: int | None = None
+    """Set the number of packets per burst to N, where 1 <= N <= 512. The default value is 32.
+    If set to 0, driver default is used if defined.
+    Else, if driver default is not defined, default of 32 is used.
+    """
+
+    # RX data parameters
+    enable_rx_cksum: Option = None
+    """Enable hardware RX checksum offload."""
+    rx_queues: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("rxq"))
+    """Set the number of RX queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535. The default value is 1."""
+    rx_ring: TestPmdRXRingParams | None = None
+    """Set the RX rings parameters."""
+    no_flush_rx: Option = None
+    """Don’t flush the RX streams before starting forwarding. Used mainly with the PCAP PMD."""
+    rx_segments_offsets: XYPair | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("rxoffs"))
+    """Set the offsets of packet segments on receiving if split feature is engaged.
+    Affects only the queues configured with split offloads (currently BUFFER_SPLIT is supported only).
+    """
+    rx_segments_length: XYPair | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("rxpkts"))
+    """Set the length of segments to scatter packets on receiving if split feature is engaged.
+    Affects only the queues configured with split offloads (currently BUFFER_SPLIT is supported only).
+    Optionally the multiple memory pools can be specified with –mbuf-size command line parameter and
+    the mbufs to receive will be allocated sequentially from these extra memory pools.
+    """
+    multi_rx_mempool: Option = None
+    """Enable multiple mbuf pools per Rx queue."""
+    rx_shared_queue: Option | int = field(default=None, metadata=long("rxq-share"))
+    """Create queues in shared Rx queue mode if device supports. Shared Rx queues are grouped per X ports.
+    X defaults to UINT32_MAX, implies all ports join share group 1.
+    Forwarding engine “shared-rxq” should be used for shared Rx queues.
+    This engine does Rx only and update stream statistics accordingly.
+    """
+    rx_offloads: int | None = field(default=0, metadata=field_mixins(hex))
+    """Set the hexadecimal bitmask of RX queue offloads. The default value is 0."""
+    rx_mq_mode: TestPmdRXMultiQueueMode | None = (
+        TestPmdRXMultiQueueMode.DCB | TestPmdRXMultiQueueMode.RSS | TestPmdRXMultiQueueMode.VMDQ
+    )
+    """Set the hexadecimal bitmask of RX multi queue mode which can be enabled."""
+
+    # TX data parameters
+    tx_queues: int | None = field(default=None, metadata=long("txq"))
+    """Set the number of TX queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535. The default value is 1."""
+    tx_ring: TestPmdTXRingParams | None = None
+    """Set the TX rings params."""
+    tx_offloads: int | None = field(default=0, metadata=field_mixins(hex))
+    """Set the hexadecimal bitmask of TX queue offloads. The default value is 0."""
+
+    eth_link_speed: int | None = None
+    """Set a forced link speed to the ethernet port. E.g. 1000 for 1Gbps."""
+    disable_link_check: Option = None
+    """Disable check on link status when starting/stopping ports."""
+    disable_device_start: Option = None
+    """Do not automatically start all ports.
+    This allows testing configuration of rx and tx queues before device is started for the first time.
+    """
+    no_lsc_interrupt: Option = None
+    """Disable LSC interrupts for all ports, even those supporting it."""
+    no_rmv_interrupt: Option = None
+    """Disable RMV interrupts for all ports, even those supporting it."""
+    bitrate_stats: int | None = None
+    """Set the logical core N to perform bitrate calculation."""
+    latencystats: int | None = None
+    """Set the logical core N to perform latency and jitter calculations."""
+    print_events: list[TestPmdEvent] | None = field(
+        default=None, metadata=multiple(long("print-event"))
+    )
+    """Enable printing the occurrence of the designated events.
+    Using :attr:`TestPmdEvent.ALL` will enable all of them.
+    """
+    mask_events: list[TestPmdEvent] | None = field(
+        default_factory=lambda: [TestPmdEvent.intr_lsc], metadata=multiple(long("mask-event"))
+    )
+    """Disable printing the occurrence of the designated events.
+    Using :attr:`TestPmdEvent.ALL` will disable all of them.
+    """
+
+    flow_isolate_all: Option = None
+    """Providing this parameter requests flow API isolated mode on all ports at initialization time.
+    It ensures all traffic is received through the configured flow rules only (see flow command).
+
+    Ports that do not support this mode are automatically discarded.
+    """
+    disable_flow_flush: Option = None
+    """Disable port flow flush when stopping port.
+    This allows testing keep flow rules or shared flow objects across restart.
+    """
+
+    hot_plug: Option = None
+    """Enable device event monitor mechanism for hotplug."""
+    vxlan_gpe_port: int | None = None
+    """Set the UDP port number of tunnel VXLAN-GPE to N. The default value is 4790."""
+    geneve_parsed_port: int | None = None
+    """Set the UDP port number that is used for parsing the GENEVE protocol to N.
+    HW may be configured with another tunnel Geneve port. The default value is 6081.
+    """
+    lock_all_memory: BooleanOption = field(default=False, metadata=long("mlockall"))
+    """Enable/disable locking all memory. Disabled by default."""
+    mempool_allocation_mode: (
+        Literal[
+            TestPmdMempoolAllocationMode.native,
+            TestPmdMempoolAllocationMode.xmem,
+            TestPmdMempoolAllocationMode.xmemhuge,
+        ]
+        | TestPmdAnonMempoolAllocationMode
+        | None
+    ) = field(default=None, metadata=long("mp-alloc"))
+    """Select mempool allocation mode.
+
+    The value can be one of:
+    * :attr:`TestPmdMempoolAllocationMode.native`
+    * :class:`TestPmdAnonMempoolAllocationMode`
+    * :attr:`TestPmdMempoolAllocationMode.xmem`
+    * :attr:`TestPmdMempoolAllocationMode.xmemhuge`
+    """
+    record_core_cycles: Option = None
+    """Enable measurement of CPU cycles per packet."""
+    record_burst_status: Option = None
+    """Enable display of RX and TX burst stats."""
+
+
+class TestPmdDevice(object):
+    """The data of a device that testpmd can recognize.
+
+    Attributes:
+        pci_address: The PCI address of the device.
+    """
+
+    pci_address: str
+
+    def __init__(self, pci_address_line: str):
+        """Initialize the device from the testpmd output line string.
+
+        Args:
+            pci_address_line: A line of testpmd output that contains a device.
+        """
+        self.pci_address = pci_address_line.strip().split(": ")[1].strip()
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        """The PCI address captures what the device is."""
+        return self.pci_address
+
+
 class TestPmdShell(InteractiveShell):
     """Testpmd interactive shell.
 
@@ -123,8 +720,8 @@ def _start_application(self, get_privileged_command: Callable[[str], str] | None
 
         assert isinstance(self._app_args, EalParameters)
 
-        if isinstance(self._app_args.app_params, StrParams):
-            self._app_args.app_params.value += " -i --mask-event intr_lsc"
+        if self._app_args.app_params is None:
+            self._app_args.app_params = TestPmdParameters()
 
         self.number_of_ports = len(self._app_args.ports) if self._app_args.ports is not None else 0
 
