Abstract: A system for validating a power cycle for an emulated Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) storage device, the system including: an emulating and virtualizing unit hosting a virtual machine; a PCIe bridge device; and emulated PCIe storage devices, wherein the PCIe bridge device: receives a bridge register value that indicates a “Power ON” or “Power OFF” condition; receives a request from the virtual machine to perform actions corresponding to the bridge register value; detects a condition associated with the bridge register value; performs the actions corresponding to the detected condition on the emulated PCIe storage devices to emulate the “Power ON” or “Power OFF” condition for the emulated PCIe storage devices; and validates a power cycle of the emulated PCIe storage devices based on a pre-stored vendor value and a corresponding pre-stored condition for the emulated “Power ON” or “Power OFF” condition for the emulated PCIe storage devices.