diff --git a/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerComputeServiceAdapterLiveTest.java b/sandbox-providers/softlayer/src/test/java/org/jclouds/softlayer/compute/SoftLayerComputeServiceAdapterLiveTest.java
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+/**
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+ */
+package org.jclouds.softlayer.compute;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import org.jclouds.softlayer.compute.strategy.SoftLayerComputeServiceAdapter;
+import org.jclouds.softlayer.domain.Datacenter;
+import org.jclouds.softlayer.domain.ProductItem;
+import org.jclouds.softlayer.features.BaseSoftLayerClientLiveTest;
+import org.jclouds.softlayer.features.ProductPackageClientLiveTest;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeGroups;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.jclouds.softlayer.predicates.ProductItemPredicates.categoryCode;
+import static org.jclouds.softlayer.predicates.ProductItemPredicates.units;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertEquals;
+
+@Test(groups = "live", testName = "SoftLayerComputeServiceAdapterLiveTest")
+public class SoftLayerComputeServiceAdapterLiveTest extends BaseSoftLayerClientLiveTest {
+
+   private SoftLayerComputeServiceAdapter adapter;
+
+   @BeforeGroups(groups = { "live" })
+   public void setupClient() {
+      super.setupClient();
+      adapter = new SoftLayerComputeServiceAdapter(context.getApi(), ProductPackageClientLiveTest.CLOUD_SERVER_PACKAGE_NAME);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testListLocations() {
+      assertFalse(Iterables.isEmpty(adapter.listLocations()));
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testListHardwareProfiles() {
+      Iterable<Set<ProductItem>> profiles = adapter.listHardwareProfiles();
+      assertFalse(Iterables.isEmpty(profiles));
+
+      for( Set<ProductItem> profile: profiles) {
+         // CPU, RAM and Volume
+         assertEquals(profile.size(), 3);
+         ProductItem cpuItem = Iterables.getOnlyElement(Iterables.filter(profile, units("PRIVATE_CORE")));
+         ProductItem ramItem = Iterables.getOnlyElement(Iterables.filter(profile,categoryCode("ram")));
+         Assert.assertEquals(cpuItem.getCapacity(),ramItem.getCapacity());
+      }
+   }
+
+}