def connectToVChassis(self, chassisIp):
        # Connects to the virtual chassis

        url = self.ixnObj.sessionUrl+'/operations/connecttochassis'
        data = {"arg1": chassisIp}

        response = self.ixnObj.post(url, data=data)
        if response == 1: return 1
        if response.json()['state'] == 'ERROR':
            self.ixnObj.logInfo('connectToVChassis error: %s' % response.json()['result'])
            return 1
        else:
            self.ixnObj.logInfo('connectToVChassis: Successfully connected to chassis: %s' % chassisIp)
            while response.json()["state"] == "IN_PROGRESS" or response.json()["state"] == "down":
                if timeout == 0:
                    break
                time.sleep(1)
                response = request.get(self.ixnObj.sessionUrl)
                state = response.json()["state"]
                self.ixnObj.logInfo("\t\t%s" % state)
                timeout = timeout - 1
            return 0