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+#
+# Copyright(c) 2021 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
+#
+
+import pytest
+from api.cas import casadm, casadm_parser
+from api.cas.cache_config import CacheMode, CleaningPolicy
+from core.test_run_utils import TestRun
+from storage_devices.disk import DiskTypeSet, DiskType, DiskTypeLowerThan
+from test_tools.fio.fio import Fio
+from test_tools.fio.fio_param import ReadWrite, IoEngine
+from test_utils.size import Size, Unit
+
+
+@pytest.mark.require_disk("cache", DiskTypeSet([DiskType.optane, DiskType.nand]))
+@pytest.mark.require_disk("core", DiskTypeLowerThan("cache"))
+@pytest.mark.require_plugin("power_control")
+def test_dirty_load():
+    """
+        title: Loading cache after dirty shutdown.
+        description: Test for loading cache containing dirty data after DUT hard restart.
+        pass_criteria:
+          - DUT should reboot successfully.
+          - Cache should load successfully.
+    """
+    with TestRun.step("Prepare devices."):
+        cache_disk = TestRun.disks['cache']
+        cache_disk.create_partitions([Size(1, Unit.GibiByte)])
+        cache_dev = cache_disk.partitions[0]
+
+        core_disk = TestRun.disks['core']
+        core_disk.create_partitions([Size(2, Unit.GibiByte)] * 2)
+        core_devices = core_disk.partitions
+
+    with TestRun.step("Start cache in Write-Back mode and add cores."):
+        cache = casadm.start_cache(cache_dev, cache_mode=CacheMode.WB)
+        cores = []
+        for dev in core_devices:
+            cores.append(cache.add_core(dev))
+
+    with TestRun.step("Set cleaning policy to nop."):
+        cache.set_cleaning_policy(CleaningPolicy.nop)
+
+    with TestRun.step("Populate cache with dirty data."):
+        fio = Fio().create_command()\
+            .size(Size(1, Unit.GibiByte))\
+            .read_write(ReadWrite.randwrite)\
+            .io_engine(IoEngine.libaio)\
+            .block_size(Size(1, Unit.Blocks4096))
+        for i, core in enumerate(cores):
+            fio.add_job(f"core{i}").target(core.path)
+        fio.run()
+
+        if cache.get_dirty_blocks() <= Size.zero():
+            TestRun.fail("Cache does not contain dirty data.")
+
+    with TestRun.step("Remove one core without flushing dirty data."):
+        casadm.remove_core_with_script_command(cache.cache_id, core.core_id, True)
+
+    with TestRun.step("Reset platform."):
+        power_control = TestRun.plugin_manager.get_plugin('power_control')
+        power_control.power_cycle()
+
+    with TestRun.step("Load cache."):
+        cache = casadm.load_cache(cache_dev)
+
+        caches_num = len(casadm_parser.get_caches())
+        if caches_num != 1:
+            TestRun.LOGGER.error(f"Wrong number of caches. Expected 1, actual {caches_num}.")
+
+        cores_num = len(casadm_parser.get_cores(cache.cache_id))
+        if cores_num != 1:
+            TestRun.LOGGER.error(f"Wrong number of cores. Expected 1, actual {cores_num}.")