diff --git a/tests/telemetry/test_telemetry.py b/tests/telemetry/test_telemetry.py
index fbb983a5ac3..5edb1c2e6a4 100644
--- a/tests/telemetry/test_telemetry.py
+++ b/tests/telemetry/test_telemetry.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+import re
 import pytest
+
 from tests.common.helpers.assertions import pytest_assert
+from tests.common.utilities import wait_until
 
 pytestmark = [
     pytest.mark.topology('any')
 ]
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 # Helper functions
 def get_dict_stdout(gnmi_out, certs_out):
     """ Extracts dictionary from redis output.
@@ -24,21 +29,30 @@ def get_list_stdout(cmd_out):
         out_list.append(result)
     return out_list
 
+def setup_telemetry_forpyclient(duthost):
+    """ Set client_auth=false. This is needed for pyclient to sucessfully set up channel with gnmi server.
+        Restart telemetry process
+    """
+    client_auth_out = duthost.shell('sonic-db-cli CONFIG_DB HGET "TELEMETRY|gnmi" "client_auth"', module_ignore_errors=False)['stdout_lines']
+    client_auth = str(client_auth_out[0])
+    if client_auth == "true":
+        duthost.shell('sonic-db-cli CONFIG_DB HSET "TELEMETRY|gnmi" "client_auth" "false"', module_ignore_errors=False)
+        duthost.service(name="telemetry", state="restarted")
+    else:
+        logger.info('client auth is false. No need to restart telemetry')
+
 # Test functions
 def test_config_db_parameters(duthost):
     """Verifies required telemetry parameters from config_db.
     """
-    gnmi = duthost.shell('/usr/bin/redis-cli -n 4 hgetall "TELEMETRY|gnmi"', module_ignore_errors=False)['stdout_lines']
+    gnmi = duthost.shell('sonic-db-cli CONFIG_DB HGETALL "TELEMETRY|gnmi"', module_ignore_errors=False)['stdout_lines']
     pytest_assert(gnmi is not None, "TELEMETRY|gnmi does not exist in config_db")
 
-    certs = duthost.shell('/usr/bin/redis-cli -n 4 hgetall "TELEMETRY|certs"', module_ignore_errors=False)['stdout_lines']
+    certs = duthost.shell('sonic-db-cli CONFIG_DB HGETALL "TELEMETRY|certs"', module_ignore_errors=False)['stdout_lines']
     pytest_assert(certs is not None, "TELEMETRY|certs does not exist in config_db")
 
     d = get_dict_stdout(gnmi, certs)
     for key, value in d.items():
-        if str(key) == "client_auth":
-            client_auth_expected = "true"
-            pytest_assert(str(value) == client_auth_expected, "'client_auth' value is not '{}'".format(client_auth_expected))
         if str(key) == "port":
             port_expected = "50051"
             pytest_assert(str(value) == port_expected, "'port' value is not '{}'".format(port_expected))
@@ -55,7 +69,7 @@ def test_config_db_parameters(duthost):
 def test_telemetry_enabledbydefault(duthost):
     """Verify telemetry should be enabled by default
     """
-    status = duthost.shell('/usr/bin/redis-cli -n 4 hgetall "FEATURE|telemetry"', module_ignore_errors=False)['stdout_lines']
+    status = duthost.shell('sonic-db-cli CONFIG_DB HGETALL "FEATURE|telemetry"', module_ignore_errors=False)['stdout_lines']
     status_list = get_list_stdout(status)
     # Elements in list alternate between key and value. Separate them and combine into a dict.
     status_key_list = status_list[0::2]
@@ -65,3 +79,24 @@ def test_telemetry_enabledbydefault(duthost):
         if str(k) == "status":
             status_expected = "enabled";
             pytest_assert(str(v) == status_expected, "Telemetry feature is not enabled")
+
+def test_telemetry_ouput(duthost, ptfhost):
+    """Run pyclient from ptfdocker and show gnmi server outputself.
+    """
+    logger.info('start telemetry output testing')
+    setup_telemetry_forpyclient(duthost)
+    # wait till telemetry is restarted
+    pytest_assert(wait_until(100, 10, duthost.is_service_fully_started, "telemetry"), "TELEMETRY not started")
+    logger.info('telemetry process restarted. Now run pyclient on ptfdocker')
+    dut_ip = duthost.setup()['ansible_facts']['ansible_eth0']['ipv4']['address']
+    # pyclient should be available on ptfhost. If not fail pytest.
+    file_exists = ptfhost.stat(path="/gnxi/gnmi_cli_py/py_gnmicli.py")
+    pytest_assert(file_exists["stat"]["exists"] is True)
+    cmd = 'python /gnxi/gnmi_cli_py/py_gnmicli.py -g -t {0} -p 50051 -m get -x COUNTERS/Ethernet0 -xt COUNTERS_DB -o "ndastreamingservertest"'.format(dut_ip)
+    show_gnmi_out = ptfhost.shell(cmd)['stdout']
+    logger.info("GNMI Server output")
+    logger.info(show_gnmi_out)
+    result = str(show_gnmi_out)
+    inerrors_match = re.search("SAI_PORT_STAT_IF_IN_ERRORS", result)
+    pytest_assert(inerrors_match is not None, "SAI_PORT_STAT_IF_IN_ERRORS not found in gnmi_output")
+