1. A configuration appliance comprising appliance memory and a computer useable readable medium having computer readable program code disposed therein to configure, format, and test, a data storage subsystem product, the computer readable program code comprising a series of computer readable program steps to effect: discovering an interconnected operable data storage subsystem comprising a storage configuration; creating on said configuration appliance storage configuration data comprising said storage configuration; discovering an interconnected data storage subsystem product comprising one or more data storage devices; powering said data storage subsystem product; exporting said storage configuration data to said data storage subsystem product: formatting said one or more data storage devices; verifying the input/output data transfer rates of said data storage subsystem product, wherein said formatting step and said verifying step are initiated concurrently; wherein said one or more data storage devices are formatted only one time.