diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/fixtures/cliconf_xrd/iosxr/show_inventory b/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/fixtures/cliconf_xrd/iosxr/show_inventory
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ad964fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/fixtures/cliconf_xrd/iosxr/show_inventory
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+                          ^
+% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/fixtures/cliconf_xrd/iosxr/show_running-config_hostname b/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/fixtures/cliconf_xrd/iosxr/show_running-config_hostname
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebc5bf85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/fixtures/cliconf_xrd/iosxr/show_running-config_hostname
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hostname iosxr01
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/fixtures/cliconf_xrd/iosxr/show_version__utility_head_-n_20 b/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/fixtures/cliconf_xrd/iosxr/show_version__utility_head_-n_20
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a4c4022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/fixtures/cliconf_xrd/iosxr/show_version__utility_head_-n_20
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Wed Sep 11 09:56:44.796 UTC
+Cisco IOS XR Software, Version 7.9.1 LNT
+Copyright (c) 2013-2023 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
+
+Build Information:
+ Built By     : ingunawa
+ Built On     : Sun Apr 02 06:50:19 UTC 2023
+ Build Host   : iox-ucs-075
+ Workspace    : /auto/srcarchive15/prod/7.9.1/xrd-control-plane/ws
+ Version      : 7.9.1
+ Label        : 7.9.1
+
+cisco XRd Control Plane
+cisco XRd-CP-C-01 processor with 64GB of memory
+iosxr01 uptime is 1 day, 2 hours, 0 minutes
+XRd Control Plane Containe
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/test_iosxr_xrd.py b/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/test_iosxr_xrd.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3aaa331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/network/iosxr/test_iosxr_xrd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#
+# (c) 2022 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from os import path
+from unittest import TestCase
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
+
+from ansible_collections.cisco.iosxr.plugins.cliconf import iosxr
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleConnectionFailure
+
+
+class TestPluginCLIConfIOSXR(TestCase):
+    """Test class for IOSXR CLI Conf Methods"""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self._mock_connection = MagicMock()
+        self._prepare()
+        self._cliconf = iosxr.Cliconf(self._mock_connection)
+        self.maxDiff = None
+
+    def _prepare(self, platform="iosxr"):
+        b_FIXTURE_DIR = b"%s/fixtures/cliconf_xrd/%s" % (
+            to_bytes(
+                path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__)),
+                errors="surrogate_or_strict",
+            ),
+            to_bytes(platform),
+        )
+
+        def _connection_side_effect(*args, **kwargs):
+            try:
+                if args:
+                    value = args[0]
+                else:
+                    value = kwargs.get("command")
+                if value == b"show inventory":
+                    raise AnsibleConnectionFailure
+                if b"|" in value:
+                    value = value.replace(b"|", b"")
+                fixture_path = path.abspath(
+                    b"%s/%s" % (b_FIXTURE_DIR, b"_".join(value.split(b" "))),
+                )
+                with open(fixture_path, "rb") as file_desc:
+                    return to_text(file_desc.read())
+            except (OSError, IOError):
+                if args:
+                    value = args[0]
+                    return value
+                elif kwargs.get("command"):
+                    value = kwargs.get("command")
+                    return value
+                return "NO-OP"
+
+        self._mock_connection.send.side_effect = _connection_side_effect
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_get_device_info_iosxr(self):
+        """Test get_device_info for nxos"""
+        device_info = self._cliconf.get_device_info()
+
+        mock_device_info = {
+            "network_os_version": "7.9.1 LNT",
+            "network_os": "iosxr",
+            "network_os_hostname": "iosxr01",
+        }
+
+        self.assertEqual(device_info, mock_device_info)
+
+    def test_get_command_output_iosxr(self):
+        """Test _get_command_with_output for iosxr"""
+        self._prepare()
+        cmd = self._cliconf.get_command_output("show running-config hostname")
+
+        self.assertEqual(cmd, "hostname iosxr01")