diff --git a/playbooks/switches_config.yml b/playbooks/switches_config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..816b144e23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/switches_config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+- name: Switches configuration requirements
+  hosts: "{{ cifmw_target_host | default('localhost') }}"
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    # end_play will end this current playbook and go the the next
+    # imported play.
+    - name: Early stop ceph related work
+      when:
+        - not cifmw_configure_switches | default(true)
+      ansible.builtin.meta: end_play
+
+    - name: Install required packages
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      ansible.builtin.pip:
+        name:
+          - paramiko
+          - ncclient
+        extra_args: --user
+
+- name: Switches configuration
+  hosts: switches
+  gather_facts: false
+  roles:
+    - switch_config
diff --git a/reproducer.yml b/reproducer.yml
index 2ca9310f32..a680375020 100644
--- a/reproducer.yml
+++ b/reproducer.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
-
-- name: Reproducer Play
+- name: Reproducer prepare play
   hosts: "{{ cifmw_target_host | default('localhost') }}"
   gather_facts: true
   pre_tasks:
@@ -57,11 +56,19 @@
       ansible.builtin.import_role:
         name: repo_setup
         tasks_from: rhos_release.yml
-
   roles:
     - role: ci_setup
-    - role: reproducer
 
+- name: Prepare switches
+  vars:
+    cifmw_configure_switches: "{{ 'switches' in groups }}"
+  ansible.builtin.import_playbook: playbooks/switches_config.yml
+
+- name: Reproducer run
+  hosts: "{{ cifmw_target_host | default('localhost') }}"
+  gather_facts: false
+  roles:
+    - role: reproducer
   post_tasks:
     - name: Allow traffic from OSP VMs to OSP API (needed for shiftstack)
       become: true
diff --git a/roles/ci_setup/vars/main.yml b/roles/ci_setup/vars/main.yml
index 3c6c758eb7..b439d587de 100644
--- a/roles/ci_setup/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ci_setup/vars/main.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ cifmw_ci_setup_packages:
   - bash-completion
   - make
   - tmux
+  - python3-pip
 
 # openshift client
 cifmw_ci_setup_openshift_client_download_uri: "https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/x86_64/clients/ocp"
diff --git a/roles/ci_setup/vars/redhat.yml b/roles/ci_setup/vars/redhat.yml
index 077a9950a3..c251d42152 100644
--- a/roles/ci_setup/vars/redhat.yml
+++ b/roles/ci_setup/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ cifmw_ci_setup_packages:
   - make
   - tar
   - tmux
+  - python3-pip
 
 cifmw_ci_setup_rhel_rhsm_default_repos:
   - 'rhel-*-baseos-rpms'
diff --git a/roles/switch_config/tasks/junos_config.yml b/roles/switch_config/tasks/junos_config.yml
index 41a55c8e3d..4c266695ec 100644
--- a/roles/switch_config/tasks/junos_config.yml
+++ b/roles/switch_config/tasks/junos_config.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ---
 
 # Workaround since Ansible modules lock the database similar to `configure exclusive`
-- name: "Random Duraion Pause"
+- name: "Random duration pause"
+  delegate_to: localhost
   ansible.builtin.pause:
     seconds: "{{ 90 | random(step=6) }}"