diff --git a/src/sonic-config-engine/config_samples.py b/src/sonic-config-engine/config_samples.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cb417b9a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sonic-config-engine/config_samples.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
+import sys
+from natsort import natsorted
+
+def generate_t1_sample_config(data):
+    data['DEVICE_METADATA']['localhost']['hostname'] = 'sonic'
+    data['DEVICE_METADATA']['localhost']['type'] = 'LeafRouter'
+    data['DEVICE_METADATA']['localhost']['bgp_asn'] = '65100'
+    data['LOOPBACK_INTERFACE'] = {"Loopback0|10.1.0.1/32": {}}
+    data['BGP_NEIGHBOR'] = {}
+    data['DEVICE_NEIGHBOR'] = {}
+    data['INTERFACE'] = {}
+    port_count = 0
+    total_port_amount = len(data['PORT'])
+    for port in natsorted(data['PORT'].keys()):
+        data['PORT'][port]['admin_status'] = 'up'
+        data['PORT'][port]['mtu'] = '9100'
+        local_addr = '10.0.{}.{}'.format(2 * port_count / 256, 2 * port_count % 256)
+        peer_addr = '10.0.{}.{}'.format(2 * port_count / 256, 2 * port_count % 256 + 1)
+        peer_name='ARISTA{0:02d}{1}'.format(1+port_count%(total_port_amount/2), 'T2' if port_count < (total_port_amount/2) else 'T0')
+        peer_asn = 65200 if port_count < total_port_amount/2 else 64001 + port_count - total_port_amount/2
+        data['INTERFACE']['{}|{}/31'.format(port, local_addr)] = {}
+        data['BGP_NEIGHBOR'][peer_addr] = {
+                'rrclient': 0,
+                'name': peer_name,
+                'local_addr': local_addr,
+                'nhopself': 0,
+                'holdtime': '180',
+                'asn': str(peer_asn),
+                'keepalive': '60'
+                }
+        port_count += 1
+    return data;
+
+def generate_empty_config(data):
+    new_data = {'DEVICE_METADATA': data['DEVICE_METADATA']}
+    if not new_data['DEVICE_METADATA']['localhost'].has_key('hostname'):
+        new_data['DEVICE_METADATA']['localhost']['hostname'] = 'sonic'
+    if not new_data['DEVICE_METADATA']['localhost'].has_key('type'):
+        new_data['DEVICE_METADATA']['localhost']['type'] = 'LeafRouter'
+    return new_data
+
+def generate_l2_config(data):
+    if not data['DEVICE_METADATA']['localhost'].has_key('hostname'):
+        data['DEVICE_METADATA']['localhost']['hostname'] = 'sonic'
+    if not data['DEVICE_METADATA']['localhost'].has_key('type'):
+        data['DEVICE_METADATA']['localhost']['type'] = 'ToRRouter'
+    data['VLAN'] = {'Vlan1000': {'vlanid': '1000'}}
+    data['VLAN_MEMBER'] = {}
+    for port in natsorted(data['PORT'].keys()):
+        data['VLAN_MEMBER']['Vlan1000|{}'.format(port)] = {'tagging_mode': 'untagged'}
+    return data
+
+_sample_generators = {
+        't1': generate_t1_sample_config,
+        'l2': generate_l2_config,
+        'empty': generate_empty_config
+        }
+
+def get_available_config():
+    return _sample_generators.keys()
+
+def generate_sample_config(data, setting_name):
+    return _sample_generators[setting_name.lower()](data)
+
diff --git a/src/sonic-config-engine/setup.py b/src/sonic-config-engine/setup.py
index 1d0c7f99fa4..8375b6af89a 100755
--- a/src/sonic-config-engine/setup.py
+++ b/src/sonic-config-engine/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def get_test_suite():
       author='Taoyu Li',
       author_email='taoyl@microsoft.com',
       url='https://github.com/Azure/sonic-buildimage',
-      py_modules=['portconfig', 'minigraph', 'openconfig_acl', 'sonic_platform'],
+      py_modules=['portconfig', 'minigraph', 'openconfig_acl', 'sonic_platform', 'config_samples'],
       scripts=['sonic-cfggen'],
       install_requires=['lxml', 'jinja2>=2.10', 'netaddr', 'ipaddr', 'pyyaml', 'pyangbind==0.6.0'],
       test_suite='setup.get_test_suite',
diff --git a/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen b/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen
index bdb3c804fc7..463b69c8f16 100755
--- a/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen
+++ b/src/sonic-config-engine/sonic-cfggen
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ from portconfig import get_port_config
 from sonic_platform import get_machine_info
 from sonic_platform import get_platform_info
 from sonic_platform import get_system_mac
+from config_samples import generate_sample_config
+from config_samples import get_available_config
 from swsssdk import ConfigDBConnector
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from natsort import natsorted
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ def main():
     group.add_argument("--var-json", help="print the value of a variable, in json format")
     group.add_argument("--write-to-db", help="write config into configdb", action='store_true')
     group.add_argument("--print-data", help="print all data", action='store_true')
+    group.add_argument("--preset", help="generate sample configuration from a preset template", choices=get_available_config())
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     platform = get_platform_info(get_machine_info())
@@ -244,6 +247,10 @@ def main():
     if args.print_data:
         print(json.dumps(FormatConverter.to_serialized(data), indent=4, cls=minigraph_encoder))
 
+    if args.preset != None:
+        data = generate_sample_config(data, args.preset)
+        print(json.dumps(FormatConverter.to_serialized(data), indent=4, cls=minigraph_encoder))
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()