Storage test Checklist

Checklist for SAN test

01 verify redundancy of fans, power supplies, processors ... etc. included
02 switch redundancy fail over
03 Raid disk fault tolerance
04 HBA fail over
05 FC cable failure
06 LUN / volume expansion (OS side, SAN side)
07 LUN failover
08 zoning method - soft/hard zone
09 SAN backup
10 Data synchronization (Mirroring) on the same SAN or to a remote SAN
11 Snapshot date backup

Example
HBA - Host Bus Adapter
FC cable - fibre channel cable
switch (port),
switch - Brocade
SPA
SPB