Bug 1545 - set default switch configuration after handshake

Change-Id: I06d08a66738b9bf10522264a079e5fcf19acf755
Signed-off-by: Martin Bobak <mbobak@cisco.com>
BUG-1458: apply 'create parents' bandaid

Prevents exceptions being thrown, but results in pretty much no
performance at all.

Change-Id: I01306dddc8ed42efdccd22732535a4a464de74d6
Signed-off-by: Robert Varga <rovarga@cisco.com>