Heterogeneous multipath path network test system

1. A program storage device usable by a computer tangibly embodying code executable by the computer to perform operations for testing products in a heterogeneous network, the operations comprising:

evaluating a plurality of status indicators from a plurality of types of test components in a network;

selecting a first test to be performed based on the status indicators of at least one of the test components;

executing the first test;

selecting a second test to be performed based on the status indicators of at least one of the test components and a result of the first test; and

wherein the operations further comprise in response to a test failure having a message be displayed indicating an action to be performed to enable additional tests to be executed.

2. The program storage device of claim 1 wherein evaluating a plurality of status indicators from a plurality of types of test components in a network further comprises:

evaluating a plurality of status indicators from a plurality of types of computer devices to be tested; and

evaluating a plurality of status indicators from a plurality of different code components to be tested.

3. The program storage device of claim 2 wherein the operations further comprise:

storing test results in a database;

updating a likelihood of a test passing based on the stored test results; and

determining whether to execute a test based at least on the likelihood of the test passing.

4. The program storage device of claim 1 wherein the operations further comprise selecting, based on at least a plurality of the status indicator values, a first group of test suites to be executed from a set of potential test suites.

5. The program storage device of claim 1 wherein the operations further comprise selecting a third test to be performed based on a test dependency control module, wherein the test dependency control module selects tests to be executed based on dependencies including at least one dependency selected from the group consisting essentially of: hardware dependencies, firmware dependencies, software dependencies, server dependencies and client dependencies.

6. The program storage device of claim 1 wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to a test failure selecting a test component recovery module for a failing test component;

executing the test component recovery module for the failing test component;

selecting a test to be executed based on a result of executing the test component recovery module.

7. A program storage device usable by a computer tangibly embodying code executable by the computer to perform operations for testing products in a heterogeneous network, the operations comprising:

evaluating a plurality of status indicators from a plurality of types of test components in a network;

selecting a first test to be performed based on the status indicators of at least one of the test components;

executing the first test;

selecting a second test to be performed based on the status indicators of at least one of the test components and a result of the first test;

in response to a test failure having a message be displayed on a plurality of different systems in a plurality of locations indicating recovery actions to be performed on a plurality of systems in a plurality of locations to enable additional tests to be performed;

after receiving confirmation the recovery actions have completed, executing additional tests.