3PAR Example PoC Test Plan - v1

3PAR T400 Test Plan
for
<customer>
Version 1
19th July 2010
Authors
Max Brown
3PAR T400 Test Plan
Document <customer> Test Plan – v1.docx

Name:
Version Number: 1.0
Revision History: Date Change Version
19/07/2010 Document Kick Off 1
Iain Malins
Account Executive
Authors: Max Brown

Systems Engineer
Distribution: <customer>
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3PAR T400 Test Plan
Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................4
Testing Summary...................................................................................................................5
High-Level Feedback...............................................................................................................6
Ease of Installation and Use.....................................................................................................7
Adding a Host........................................................................................................................8
Provisioning...........................................................................................................................9
Snapshots............................................................................................................................11
Dynamic Optimisation............................................................................................................12
Performance Testing..............................................................................................................13
Performance Monitoring - GUI.................................................................................................14
Performance Monitoring Using System Reporter.........................................................................15
Resiliency Test (Hardware Failures).........................................................................................16

3PAR T400 Test Plan
Introduction
The aim of the test plan is enable <customer> to test the key features and functions, as well
as performance testing, proposed by 3PAR for the Insight Stats database solution.
The proposed test period for the T400 is 60 days.

3PAR T400 Test Plan
Testing Summary
Overall Feedback
Description Completed
1. Ease of installation
2. 3PAR support
3. Ease of use
4. Basic functionality
5. Advanced functionality
6. Performance
7. Resiliency

3PAR T400 Test Plan
High-Level Feedback
3PAR Features and Functionality to Be Evaluated:
Items for Testing Completed

1. Ease of Use and Setup Y/N
2. Adding a Host Y/N
3. Provisioning Y/N
4. Snapshot Y/N
5. Dynamic Optimization Y/N
6. Performance Testing Y/N
7. Performance Monitoring - GUI Y/N
8. System Reporter Y/N
9. Resiliency Test Y/N

3PAR T400 Test Plan
Ease of Installation and Use
Test Description Expected Result Pass or Fail
Overall Installation Process: All components:

 Delivery
 Setup  Delivered complete & undamaged.
 Networking  System placed in datacentre
 Alerting  Connected to network
 System Tools deployed  Test email alert sent and received
 GUI and CLI loaded and tested
Comments
 Create User Accounts via Outcome:

GUI
 Check Hardware  New Users profiles created and test log-in
Inventory via GUI completed GUI and CLI
 Enable Host Ports via  All Hardware showing as operational in
GUI GUI
 Target Ports enabled ready for Host
Addition to InServ
Comments
 GUI overview Outcome:

 Provisioning
 Hosts  Client understands the GUI layout
 Reports  Client understands GUI fundamentals
 Client feel comfortable with GUI
operations
Comments
 CLI Log-in Outcome:

 CLI Show Commands
overview  Client can log-in to the CLI
 CLI Stat Commands  Client can run basic CLI commands –
overview show commands
 Client can run basic CLI commands – stat
commands
 Client can navigate to CLI Help page
Comments

3PAR T400 Test Plan
Adding a Host
 Via the GUI Client can Outcome:

create test hosts of
hosts  Use Host tab in GUI to add FC host to the
 Client can add host to InServ
InServ manually  Test LUN can be mapped to hosts
 FC hosts can be added
Comments
 Performance Tab can be Outcome:

used to verify Host is
connected  Create a report using the GUI, FC host
should be available to report on

3PAR T400 Test Plan
Provisioning
 Client understands what Outcome:

a Common Provisioning
Group (CPG) is  Client understands all 4 elements of the
 Client understands what provisioning tab
a Virtual Volume (VV) is  Client can navigate through these tabs
 Client Understands what  Client understands what these items are
a VLUN is and how they interlink
 Client understands what
a Virtual Volume Set is
Comments
 Client can create a CPG Outcome:

or multiple CPGs
 Client understands why  Client can create a CPG for RAID 1
CPGs are valuable volumes
 Client can create a CPG for RAID 5
volumes
 Client can create a CPG for RAID 6
volumes
Comments
 Client can create a fully Outcome:

provisioned volume from
a CPG  Fully provisioned volume is created from
 Client can create Thin CPG
volume from a CPG  Thin Volume is created from CPG
 Client understands the  Snapshot policy is applied or tested
snapshot and Zero
Detect Tabs during
creation
Comments
 Client can Export fully Outcome:

provisioned volume to
host  Test host see’s and can format test fully
 Client can provision Thin provisioned volume
Volume to host  Test host see’s and can format thin
 VLUNs volume
 Read/write test from each test volume is
completed
Comments
 Client can Un-export Outcome:

volume
 Client can delete Volume  Test VLUNs are no longer visible to test
 Client can complete host
Compact CPG  Volume that forms VLUN can be removed
 CPG can be compacted to reclaim space

3PAR T400 Test Plan
Comments
 Virtual Volume Set can Outcome:

be created
 Volumes can be placed  VVS is viable in GUI
in VVS  VVs are in the VVS
 VVS can be exported to  VVS is exported to host
host  VVs in VVS are visible an can be
formatted by test host
 Test read/write to volumes
Comments
 New VVs can be added Outcome:

VVS
 VVS can with new  New VVs appear in VVS
volumes can be  New volumes appear on test host
exported to host  Test read/write of new volumes on host

3PAR T400 Test Plan
Snapshots
3PAR snapshot feature: Outcome:

 Create virtual copy
using GUI  Read only snapshot is created
 Read/write snapshot is created
 Create virtual copy
 Snapshots are viewable from the GUI
using 3PAR scheduler
in GUI
 Create read only
 Create read/write
Comments
Mount snapshot: Outcome:

 Read only snapshot
can be mounted to  Host can read from read only snapshot
 Host can read and write to read/write
host
snapshot
 Read/write snapshot
can be mounted to
host
Comments
Snapshot can be promoted: Outcome:

 Both snapshots can be
promoted  Volume is rolled back to the point-in-time
 Volume can be read from and written to
 Data is per the point-in-time snapshot

3PAR T400 Test Plan
Dynamic Optimisation
Volume tuning is available: Outcome:

 Right click on volume to
ensure tune option is  Tune VV will be available to select during
available right click of volume
 Tunevv command via CLI is available
Comments
Volume can be tuned: Outcome:

 Select volume for tuning
 Right click on volume  Task bar shows status of the tune
and tune  Volume shows tune in progress
 Select target CPG  Tune shown as completed
 Execute tune  Validate in Virtual Volume tab in GUI
Comments
Volume can be tuned under Outcome:

workload:
 Setup IO workload on  Volume shows a tuning in task bar
proposed volume using  IO test continues to operate during tune
IOmeter etc  Tune shows as completed
 Select volume for tuning  IO test continues to run
 Execute tune
Comments
Test multiple tunes: Outcome:

 Select 2-4 volumes
 Start IO on these  Volumes shows a tuning in task bar
volumes from test host  IO test continues to operate during tune
 Execute tune on  Tune shows as completed
volumes  IO test continues to run
Comments

3PAR T400 Test Plan
Performance Testing
Performance testing: Outcome:

 <CUSTOMER> TO ADD
INFO HERE 
Comments

3PAR T400 Test Plan
Performance Monitoring - GUI
Performance monitoring: Outcome:

 Monitoring of host
 Monitoring of ports  Array provides real time performance
 Monitoring of VLUNs reporting vie the GUI
 Monitoring PDs  Graphical graphs are available and
viewable
 Graphs can be exported
Comments

3PAR T400 Test Plan
Performance Monitoring Using System Reporter
Use System Reporter to show Outcome:

historical graphs of (but not
limited to):  System Reporter provides detailed metrics
 VLUN performance
 Port performance
 Throughput
 Latency
 Cache hits
Comments

3PAR T400 Test Plan
Resiliency Test (Hardware Failures)
Following the 3PAR Error Outcome:

Injection Test Cases doc, one of
our installation engineers will  System recovers from hardware failures,
carry out these procedures: with zero downtime.
 Turn Node Power Supply
off
 Remove Node Power
Supply
 Turn Disk Cage Power
Supply off
 Remove Disk Cage
Power Supply
 Turn Battery off
 Remove Battery cable to
Node Power Supply
 Power off Node
 Remove FCAL cable
between Node and Disk
Cage
 Remove Drive Magazine
 Offline a single disk
drive
AC power failure to
InServ
Comments

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19th July 2010

Document <customer> Test Plan – v1.docx

Version Number: 1.0

Revision History: Date Change Version

19/07/2010 Document Kick Off 1

Authors: Max Brown

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The proposed test period for the T400 is 60 days.

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3PAR Features and Functionality to Be Evaluated:

Items for Testing Completed

5. Dynamic Optimization Y/N

6. Performance Testing Y/N

7. Performance Monitoring - GUI Y/N

8. System Reporter Y/N

9. Resiliency Test Y/N

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Ease of Installation and Use

Test Description Expected Result Pass or Fail

Overall Installation Process: All components:

 Create User Accounts via Outcome:

 GUI overview Outcome:

 CLI Log-in Outcome:

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Test Description Expected Result Pass or Fail

 Via the GUI Client can Outcome:

 Performance Tab can be Outcome:

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Test Description Expected Result Pass or Fail

 Client understands what Outcome:

 Client can create a CPG Outcome:

 Client can create a fully Outcome:

 Client can Export fully Outcome:

 Client can Un-export Outcome:

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Test Description Expected Result Pass or Fail

 Virtual Volume Set can Outcome:

 New VVs can be added Outcome:

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Test Description Expected Result Pass or Fail

3PAR snapshot feature: Outcome:

Mount snapshot: Outcome:

Snapshot can be promoted: Outcome:

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Test Description Expected Result Pass or Fail

Volume tuning is available: Outcome:

Volume can be tuned: Outcome:

Volume can be tuned under Outcome:

Test multiple tunes: Outcome:

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Test Description Expected Result Pass or Fail

Performance testing: Outcome:

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Performance Monitoring - GUI

Test Description Expected Result Pass or Fail

Performance monitoring: Outcome:

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Performance Monitoring Using System Reporter

Test Description Expected Result Pass or Fail

Use System Reporter to show Outcome: