diff --git a/mrsh/lib/mrsh_machine.rb b/mrsh/lib/mrsh_machine.rb
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+libs = %W(
+            #{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/mrsh_settings.rb
+            #{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/mrsh_reporter.rb
+          )
+
+libs.each {|lib| require lib}
+
+require 'resolv'
+
+class Machine
+  def initialize(host,config)
+    @host   = host
+    @config = config
+    
+    @host.hostname = @host.hostname.gsub(/\..*$/,'') # This might not make sense in the general use case
+  end
+  def ==(b)
+    return @host.hostname == b.hostname
+  end
+  def <=>(b)
+    return @host.hostname <=> b.hostname
+  end
+  def process
+    resolve or return
+    
+    ping?   or return
+    
+    execute if rpc?
+  end
+  def resolve
+    @host.ip        = Resolv.getaddress @host.hostname
+  rescue Resolv::ResolvError => e
+    @host.ip        = nil
+    @host.status    = :nodns
+  ensure
+    @host.resolved  = @host.ip.nil? ? false : true
+  end
+  def ping?
+    @host.online  = false
+    @host.status  = :offline
+    
+    command = sprintf @config.ping, @host.hostname
+    output  = %x( #{command} ).chomp
+    status  = ($?.exitstatus == 0)
+    
+    if (status)
+      @host.online      = true
+      @host.status      = :online
+    elsif (output.match(/no answer from/) or output.match(/ 0( packets)? received,/))
+      # Handled by default values
+    elsif (output.match(/unknown host/)
+      @host.resolved    = false
+      @host.status      = :nodns
+    else
+      @host.ping_output = output.split.chomp
+    end
+    
+    return @host.online
+  end
+  def execute
+    @host.output  = Array.new
+    flags         = '-T -o BatchMode=yes -nq'
+    
+    return unless @config.command
+    
+    begin
+      Timeout::timeout(@config.timeout) do
+        IO.popen(%Q{ssh #{flags} #{@host.hostname} "#{config.command}" 2>&1, "r") do |pipe|
+          while (line = pipe.gets) do
+            @host.output.push [ Time.now, line.chomp ]
+          end
+          pipe.close
+          @host.returncode = $?.exitstatus
+        end
+      end
+    rescue Timeout::Error
+      @host.returncode = 999
+      @host.output.push [ Time.now, "-- Timeout encountered, command did not return within #{@config.timeout} seconds -- " ]
+    rescue Exception => e
+      @host.returncode = 998
+      @host.output.push [ Time.now, " Exception: #{ e }" ]
+      e.backtrace.each do |line|
+        @host.output.push [ Time.now, line ]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  def rpc?
+    not @host.os.match(/Windows/Firmware/ESXi/i)
+  end
+  def method_missing(func,*args,&block)
+    @host.send(func,*args,&block)
+  end
+end