code: def _sys_mgr():
      '''
      Return a pycassa system manager connection object
      '''
      thrift_port = six.text_type(__salt__['config.option']('cassandra.THRIFT_PORT'))
      host = __salt__['config.option']('cassandra.host')
      return SystemManager('{0}:{1}'.format(host, thrift_port)f _sys_mgr():
      '''
      Return a pycassa system manager connection object
      '''
      thrift_port = six.text_type(__salt__['config.option']('cassandra.THRIFT_PORT'))
      host = __salt__['config.option']('cassandra.host')
      return SystemManager('{0}:{1}'.format(host, thrift_port))
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