'This information has to be primed for the test harness to run'

def prime_server_versions(self):

    system_local_row = {}
    system_local_row['cql_version'] = CASSANDRA_VERSION
    system_local_row['release_version'] = (CASSANDRA_VERSION + '-SNAPSHOT')
    column_types = {'cql_version': 'ascii', 'release_version': 'ascii'}
    system_local = PrimeQuery('SELECT    cql_version,    release_version    FROM    system.local', rows=[system_local_row], column_types=column_types)
    self.submit_request(system_local)
