diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 95786ca..73a64de 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ script:
    - hack/verify-gofmt.sh
    - export GOPATH=`pwd`/Godeps/_workspace/:$GOPATH
    - go test -v ./pkg/...
-   - dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/tmp/disk.img bs=1024 count=10240
+   - dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/tmp/disk.img bs=1024 count=102400
    - mkdir ${HOME}/.gotgt
    - echo '{"storages":[{"deviceID":1000,"path":"file:/var/tmp/disk.img","online":true}],"iscsiportals":[{"id":0,"portal":"127.0.0.1:3260"}],"iscsitargets":{"iqn.2016-09.com.gotgt.gostor:example_tgt_0":{"tpgts":{"1":[0]},"luns":{"0":1000}}}}' > ${HOME}/.gotgt/config.json
    - ./gotgt daemon --log debug 1>/dev/null 2>&1 &
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de852f6..f0db8d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Note that the examples directory is intended to show static configurations that
 ### Test
 
 You can test this with [open-iscsi](http://www.open-iscsi.com/) or [libiscsi](https://github.com/gostor/libiscsi).
+For more information and example test scripts, please refer to the [test directory](./test).
 
 ## Performance
 
diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb34820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+## Test Coverage
+Note that open-iscsi and libiscsi are separate iSCSI initiator packages 
+and have no interdependency.  We should test the target library with both 
+packages to maximize coverage.
+The open-iscsi has a kernel component and it will rebuild kernel after 
+inserting a few modules. If you have many kernel bootable images, 
+your should remember which one to use for open-iscsi testing.
+
+### Test Scripts
+Five separate example shell scripts are here to facilitate and automate 
+testing, although automatic testing will be submitted to travis.ci.com via 
+the .travis.yml file. As more features are developed and bugs are fixed, 
+please remember to update both the test scripts and the .yml file.
+
+Manual testing by the developers and testers should consult the 
+setup-dev-test.sh, gotgt-daemon.sh libiscsi-gotgt-test.sh,
+openiscsi-gotgt-test.sh and test-cleanup.sh files.
+You need to set up two exported environment variable LIBISCSIPATH and GOTGTPATH.
+These are the location where to have the source code for libiscsi and gotgt.
+Normally, they should be set once for all in your home directory's .bashrc file
+for conveniences. Development and test environment setup is normally done once 
+per client and updated only as required.  Kicking off target daemon is needed 
+before testing and after a successful rebuild of the target library.
+
+The shell script names implies the intended functions,
+You should run setup-dev-test.sh first and then gotgt-daemon.sh.
+Some test scripts leave state information in your environment and make the 
+repeat testing unpredictable.  You can consult and run test-cleanup.sh to do
+some state cleaning.
+These have been tested with Ubuntu Linux versions as of 2017.
+Please update them as more Linux variants and platforms are verified or added.
+
+### Noises in the test results
+Note that the "[FAILED]" lines during the libiscsi test are often 
+due to the standard procedure to check the unknown devices with inquiry command.
+It will not impact the real test.  The "CUnit" testing noises can also 
+be safely ignored.
+Also note that some testing using fdisk and mkfs in the openiscsi-gotgt-test.sh
+create state information for the partition and the file system.
+You should run the test-cleanup.sh to remove those state information.
+That is not foolproof however, and you may need to do some manually.
+
+## Making contributions
+As a way to get you started and get you familiar with the gotgt project,
+you can check out this file at issue [#55]
+(https://github.com/gostor/gotgt/issues/55)
+to improve the target library code to pass more test cases (by libiscsi). 
+Some are relatively straightforward.
diff --git a/test/gotgt-daemon.sh b/test/gotgt-daemon.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4be2c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/gotgt-daemon.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Build and Kick off the gotgt daemon
+
+# Assuming the development and testing environment was setup and all 
+#   required binaries are up-to-date
+
+# For reading compatibility between these scripts and the automated .yml file
+#    TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR=$GOTGTPATH
+cd $GOTGTPATH
+./autogen.sh
+./configure 
+## Normally, above steps are done only once and repeated only as required
+
+# Back up through gotgt, gostor, github.com, and src (4 ..'s)
+# to avoid GOPATH must be absolute problem.
+export GOPATH=`pwd`/../../../..
+make
+
+###### run some formatting check and unit testing
+export GOPATH=`pwd`/Godeps/_workspace/:$GOPATH
+./hack/verify-gofmt.sh
+## TO-DO/TO-RESOLVE supply some test files to do more unit testing
+go test -v ./pkg/...
+
+### create target json configuration file for testing
+### create a flat file for target backend for testing
+[ ! -d ${HOME}/.gotgt ] && mkdir ${HOME}/.gotgt
+#
+echo '{"storages":[{"deviceID":1000,"path":"file:/var/tmp/disk.img","online":true}],' > ${HOME}/.gotgt/config.json
+echo '"iscsiportals":[{"id":0,"portal":"127.0.0.1:3260"}],' >> ${HOME}/.gotgt/config.json
+echo '"iscsitargets":{"iqn.2016-09.com.gotgt.gostor:example_tgt_0":{"tpgts":{"1":[0]},"luns":{"0":1000}}}}' >> ${HOME}/.gotgt/config.json
+
+[ ! -f /var/tmp/disk.img ] && touch /var/tmp/disk.img
+dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/tmp/disk.img bs=1024 count=102400
+
+## kick off the target library daemon for testing purposes
+## Note that the grep command would be always in the ps command output
+[ `ps -ef | grep "gotgt daemon" | wc -l ` -gt 1 ] && killall gotgt
+
+#./gotgt --help
+#./gotgt daemon --help
+
+./gotgt daemon --log debug 1>/dev/null 2>&1 &
+
+# Or watching the daemon
+#./gotgt daemon --log debug 1> debug.daemon 2>&1 &
+# tail -f debug.daemon
+
+#
+sleep 2
+ps -ef | grep "gotgt daemon"
+
+##
+exit 0
diff --git a/test/libiscsi-gotgt-test.sh b/test/libiscsi-gotgt-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bb8d8bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libiscsi-gotgt-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Run libiscsi test cases
+
+# Assuming libiscsi binaries are built and the gotgt daemon is running
+
+LOCALHOSTPORT=127.0.0.1:3260
+TARGET=iqn.2016-09.com.gotgt.gostor:example_tgt_0
+TESTCU=${LIBISCSIPATH}/test-tool/iscsi-test-cu
+
+${LIBISCSIPATH}/utils/iscsi-ls -s iscsi://${LOCALHOSTPORT}/${TARGET}
+echo 
+${LIBISCSIPATH}/utils/iscsi-inq iscsi://${LOCALHOSTPORT}/${TARGET}/0
+echo
+${LIBISCSIPATH}/utils/iscsi-readcapacity16 iscsi://${LOCALHOSTPORT}/${TARGET}/0
+
+NEWCASES="ALL.PrinReadKeys"
+
+TESTCASES="ALL.Inquiry.Standard\
+           ALL.Inquiry.AllocLength ALL.Inquiry.MandatoryVPDSBC\
+           ALL.Inquiry.SupportedVPD ALL.Inquiry.VersionDescriptors \
+           ALL.Inquiry.EVPD ALL.Mandatory ALL.ModeSense6 ALL.NoMedia \
+           ALL.Prefetch10 ALL.Prefetch16 ALL.PreventAllow  \
+           ALL.ReadCapacity10 ALL.ReadCapacity16 ALL.Read6  \
+           ALL.Read10 ALL.Read12 ALL.Read16 ALL.ReadOnly \
+           ALL.ReportSupportedOpcodes.Simple ALL.Reserve6.Simple \
+           ALL.StartStopUnit ALL.TestUnitReady \
+           ALL.Write10 ALL.Write16 ALL.Write12 ALL.WriteVerify10 \
+           ALL.WriteVerify16 ALL.WriteVerify12 ALL.WriteAtomic16.BeyondEol \
+           ALL.WriteAtomic16.ZeroBlocks ALL.WriteAtomic16.WriteProtect \
+           ALL.WriteAtomic16.DpoFua \
+	   ALL.WriteSame10.Simple ALL.WriteSame16.Simple \
+           ALL.Verify10 ALL.Verify12 ALL.Verify16 \
+           ALL.iSCSITMF ALL.iSCSIcmdsn \
+	   "
+
+#for i in $NEWCASES
+
+echo "\n====== Test started"
+date
+for i in $TESTCASES
+do {
+	${TESTCU} -d -A --test=$i iscsi://${LOCALHOSTPORT}/${TARGET}/0
+	echo "===";
+} done
+date
+echo "====== Test ended"
+
+# sanity check example below
+# ./libiscsi-gotgt-test.sh > libiscsi-runoutput.txt 2>&1 &
+# grep "Test:" libiscsi-runoutput.txt | wc
+# grep "passed" libiscsi-runoutput.txt | wc
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/test/openiscsi-gotgt-test.sh b/test/openiscsi-gotgt-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..44d0682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/openiscsi-gotgt-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Run open-iscsi test cases
+
+# Assuming open-iscsi package and binaries are installed properly, and 
+# the gotgt daemon is running
+
+LOCALHOST=127.0.0.1
+
+# track test environment
+date
+uname -a
+df -hT
+sudo lsblk -l
+
+echo "==== iscsi initiator test"
+
+# some simple iscsi initiator tests
+sudo iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p ${LOCALHOST}
+echo
+sudo iscsiadm -m node -L all
+echo
+sudo iscsiadm -m session
+echo "==== end of iscsi initiator test"
+
+# Assuming /dev/sdb is the disk presented at the iSCSI backend
+# You don't want to mess up with your true /dev/sdb in the system if there is
+#  one already. You need to modify this script and other test scripts as needed.
+# Let's confirm that, and error out if necessary. 
+
+# Might need to add clean-up scripts to unmount over /var/tmp/test
+# sudo umount /var/tmp/test
+mount | grep sdb1
+mount | grep "var/tmp/test"
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+then
+	sudo umount /var/tmp/test
+fi
+
+sudo fdisk -l
+echo "====Examine disk /dev/sdb to be be sure ..."
+sudo fdisk -l | grep "Disk /dev/sdb: 100 MiB" 
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+	echo "Warning: /dev/sdb: 100 MiB not found!"
+	echo "Revise your test script as required."
+	exit 1
+fi
+echo "Continue...."
+
+echo "=== Create a partition, mkfs, mount and do some I/O"
+
+## Mount and prepare a test directory for open-iscsi testing
+##
+## n: add a new partition
+## p: primary partition
+## 1: partition number
+## \n: use default (2048) for the first sector
+## \n: use default (20479) for the last sector
+###   This will create a new partition 1 of type 'Linux' and of size 9 MiB.
+## t: change partition type
+## c: change to W95 FAT32 (LBA)
+## a: Enable the bootable flag for partition 1
+## 1: (unknown command ????? XXX)
+## w: write the table to disk and exit
+
+# write a partition table
+
+# In order for the following to work,
+# Delete existing /dev/sdb1 partition if found
+sudo lsblk -l | grep sdb1 
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+then
+	/bin/echo -e "p\nd\nw" | sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
+fi
+
+/bin/echo -e "n\np\n1\n\n\nt\nc\na\n1\nw" | sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
+
+# it might prompt for confirmation if previous file system is detected
+sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1
+
+sudo mkdir -p /var/tmp/test
+sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /var/tmp/test
+
+mount | grep sdb1
+sudo ls -lh /var/tmp/test/
+
+##
+## TO-DO we can do more open-iscsi testing just with this.
+##
+#
+sudo chmod 777 /var/tmp/test
+# should measure performance with large count below on a huge file system
+time sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=/var/tmp/test/mem-file bs=4096 count=100
+cp /var/tmp/test/mem-file /var/tmp/test/mem-file-2
+md5sum /var/tmp/test/mem-file
+md5sum /var/tmp/test/mem-file-2
+
+### umount and remount the file system
+sudo umount /var/tmp/test
+sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /var/tmp/test
+md5sum /var/tmp/test/mem-file
+md5sum /var/tmp/test/mem-file-2
+
+# umount and some clean-up 
+sudo umount /var/tmp/test
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/test/setup-dev-test.sh b/test/setup-dev-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..300f54c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/setup-dev-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# set up environment for both development and testing
+# This should be the fist script to run in the test directory
+
+# Note that it is ASSUMED that before all these test directory scripts are used
+# 0) Go language package is installed
+# 1) gotgt project directory is created
+#       and project is cloned with git per project README.md
+#       build and build verification can be done with gotgt-dameon.sh
+# 2) libiscsi directory is created
+#       git clone and build can be done with this shell script
+# 
+[ ! -n "$LIBISCSIPATH" ] &&  echo "Need LIBISCSIPATH definition" && exit 1 
+[ ! -n "$GOTGTPATH" ] && echo "Need GOTGTPATH definition" && exit 2
+[ ! -d $LIBISCSIPATH ] && echo "Need $LIBISCSIPATH directory" && exit 3
+[ ! -d $GOTGTPATH ] && echo "Need $GOTGTPATH directory" && exit 4
+#exit 0
+
+## This system update could induce errors on updating ubuntu content
+sudo apt-get update
+
+#Make sure that these packages are installed 
+#NOTE: The scripts are tested on Ubuntu, please feel free to generalize to
+#      other platforms.
+
+sudo apt-get install automake
+sudo apt-get install autogen autoconf libtool
+
+##### Get Go dependency tools/fixes package
+# https://github.com/tools/godep
+#    Needed once only and again as required.
+cd $GOTGTPATH
+go get github.com/tools/godep
+
+#
+# libc unit testing package, this is required by libiscsi package
+sudo apt-get install -y libcunit1 libcunit1-doc libcunit1-dev
+#
+
+##### Get libiscsi package and build for testing purposes
+cd $LIBISCSIPATH
+git clone https://github.com/gostor/libiscsi .
+export ISCSITEST=yes
+./autogen.sh
+# TO-DO/TO-RESOLVE
+# autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
+./configure 2>&1 >/dev/null
+make 2>&1 >/dev/null
+
+# TO-DO/TO-RESOLVE
+# ar: `u' modifier ignored since `D' is the default (see `U')
+
+# check expected binaries for successful build
+[ ! -x ./test-tool/iscsi-test-cu ] && echo "./test-tool/iscsi-test-cu not built" && exit 5
+[ ! -x ./utils/iscsi-ls ] && echo "./utils/iscsi-ls not built" && exit 6
+[ ! -x ./utils/iscsi-inq ] && echo "./utils/iscsi-inq not built" && exit 7
+[ ! -x ./utils/iscsi-readcapacity16 ] && echo "./utils/iscsi-readcapacity16 not built" && exit 8
+
+##### Get open-iscsi project package bits
+# open-iscsi project
+# https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi
+#
+# Install open-iscsi package and watch for kernel build
+uname -a
+echo
+sudo apt-get install -y open-iscsi
+#    Need to do this only once and re-do it as required.
+# For example, /boot initrd.img-4.10.19 kernel version
+## Remember the new kernel version for future boot if open-iscsi testing is to
+##   to performed.
+# TO-DO/TO-RESOLVE
+#   cp: cannot stat '/etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi': No such file or directory
+
+## sanity check expected files for successful installation
+[ ! -x /sbin/iscsiadm ] && echo "/sbin/iscsiadm not built" && exit 9
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/test/test-cleanup.sh b/test/test-cleanup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..15ae782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-cleanup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Trying our best to clean up the test environment to repeat the test.
+[ ! -n "$LIBISCSIPATH" ] &&  echo "Need LIBISCSIPATH defintion" && exit 1 
+[ ! -d $LIBISCSIPATH ] && echo "Need $LIBISCSIPATH directory" && exit 3
+[ ! -x /sbin/iscsiadm ] && echo "/sbin/iscsiadm not built" && exit 9
+
+# kill off daemon
+#killall gotgt
+
+# empty backend file 
+echo > /var/tmp/disk.img
+
+# empty config file
+echo > ${HOME}/.gotgt/config.jason
+
+# Delete existing /dev/sdb1 partition if found
+sudo lsblk -l | grep sdb1
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+then
+	/bin/echo -e "p\nd\nw" | sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
+fi
+
+#unmount /var/tmp/test
+sudo umount /var/tmp/test
+
+exit 0