diff --git a/internal/util/cluster_mapping.go b/internal/util/cluster_mapping.go
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+++ b/internal/util/cluster_mapping.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2021 The Ceph-CSI Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// clusterMappingConfigFile is the location of the cluster mapping config file.
+var clusterMappingConfigFile = "/etc/ceph-csi-config/cluster-mapping.json"
+
+// ClusterMappingInfo holds the details of clusterID mapping and poolID mapping.
+type ClusterMappingInfo struct {
+	// ClusterIDMapping holds the details of clusterID mapping
+	ClusterIDMapping map[string]string `json:"clusterIDMapping"`
+	// rbdpoolIDMappingInfo holds the details of RBD poolID mapping.
+	RBDpoolIDMappingInfo []map[string]string `json:"RBDPoolIDMapping"`
+	// cephFSpoolIDMappingInfo holds the details of CephFS Fscid mapping.
+	CephFSFscIDMappingInfo []map[string]string `json:"CephFSFscIDMapping"`
+}
+
+// Expected JSON structure in the passed in config file is,
+// [{
+// 	"clusterIDMapping": {
+// 		"site1-storage": "site2-storage"
+// 	},
+// 	"RBDPoolIDMapping": [{
+// 		"1": "2",
+// 		"11": "12"
+// 	}],
+// 	"CephFSFscIDMapping": [{
+// 		"13": "34",
+// 		"3": "4"
+// 	}]
+// }, {
+// 	"clusterIDMapping": {
+// 		"site3-storage": "site2-storage"
+// 	},
+// 	"RBDPoolIDMapping": [{
+// 		"5": "2",
+// 		"16": "12"
+// 	}],
+// 	"CephFSFscIDMapping": [{
+// 		"3": "34",
+// 		"4": "4"
+// 	}]
+// ...
+// }]
+
+func readClusterMappingInfo() (*[]ClusterMappingInfo, error) {
+	var info []ClusterMappingInfo
+	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(clusterMappingConfigFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("error fetching clusterID mapping %w", err)
+
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(content, &info)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal failed (%w), raw buffer response: %s",
+			err, string(content))
+	}
+
+	return &info, nil
+}
+
+// GetClusterMappingInfo returns corresponding cluster details like clusterID's
+// poolID,fscID lists read from configfile.
+func GetClusterMappingInfo(clusterID string) (*[]ClusterMappingInfo, error) {
+	var mappingInfo []ClusterMappingInfo
+	info, err := readClusterMappingInfo()
+	if err != nil {
+		// discard not found error as this file is expected to be created by
+		// the admin in case of failover.
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch cluster mapping: %w", err)
+	}
+	for _, i := range *info {
+		for key, val := range i.ClusterIDMapping {
+			// Same file will be copied to the failover cluster check for both
+			// key and value to check clusterID mapping exists
+			if key == clusterID || val == clusterID {
+				mappingInfo = append(mappingInfo, i)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// if the mapping is not found return response as nil
+	if len(mappingInfo) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	return &mappingInfo, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/util/cluster_mapping_test.go b/internal/util/cluster_mapping_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15c66ed6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/util/cluster_mapping_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2021 The Ceph-CSI Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestGetClusterMappingInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	mappingBasePath := t.TempDir()
+
+	// clusterID,poolID on site1
+	clusterIDOfSite1 := "site1-storage"
+	rbdPoolIDOfSite1 := "1"
+	cephfsFscIDOfSite1 := "11"
+
+	// clusterID,poolID on site2
+	clusterIDOfSite2 := "site2-storage"
+	rbdPoolIDOfSite2 := "3"
+	cephfsFscIDOfSite2 := "5"
+
+	// clusterID,poolID on site3
+	clusterIDOfSite3 := "site3-storage"
+	rbdPoolIDOfSite3 := "8"
+	cephfsFscIDOfSite3 := "10"
+
+	clusterMappingInfos := make([]ClusterMappingInfo, 2)
+
+	// create mapping between site1 and site2
+	clusterIDmappingOfSite1To2 := make(map[string]string)
+	clusterIDmappingOfSite1To2[clusterIDOfSite1] = clusterIDOfSite2
+	rbdMappingOfSite1To2 := make([]map[string]string, 1)
+	rbdMappingOfSite1To2[0] = map[string]string{rbdPoolIDOfSite1: rbdPoolIDOfSite2}
+	cephFSMappingOfSite1To2 := make([]map[string]string, 1)
+	cephFSMappingOfSite1To2[0] = map[string]string{cephfsFscIDOfSite1: cephfsFscIDOfSite2}
+	mappingOfSite1To2 := ClusterMappingInfo{
+		clusterIDmappingOfSite1To2,
+		rbdMappingOfSite1To2,
+		cephFSMappingOfSite1To2,
+	}
+
+	// create mapping between site3 and site2
+	clusterIDmappingOfSite3To2 := make(map[string]string)
+	clusterIDmappingOfSite3To2[clusterIDOfSite3] = clusterIDOfSite2
+	rbdMappingOfSite3To2 := make([]map[string]string, 1)
+	rbdMappingOfSite3To2[0] = map[string]string{rbdPoolIDOfSite3: rbdPoolIDOfSite2}
+	cephFSMappingOfSite3To2 := make([]map[string]string, 1)
+	cephFSMappingOfSite3To2[0] = map[string]string{cephfsFscIDOfSite3: cephfsFscIDOfSite2}
+	mappingOfSite3To2 := ClusterMappingInfo{
+		clusterIDmappingOfSite3To2,
+		rbdMappingOfSite3To2,
+		cephFSMappingOfSite3To2,
+	}
+
+	clusterMappingInfos[0] = mappingOfSite1To2
+	clusterMappingInfos[1] = mappingOfSite3To2
+
+	mappingFileContent, err := json.Marshal(clusterMappingInfos)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to marshal mapping info %v", err)
+	}
+	// expected output of mapping
+	expectedSite2Data := clusterMappingInfos
+	expectedSite1To2Data := clusterMappingInfos[:1]
+	expectedSite3To2Data := clusterMappingInfos[1:]
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                    string
+		clusterID               string
+		mappingFilecontent      []byte
+		expectedData            *[]ClusterMappingInfo
+		createMappingConfigFile bool
+		expectErr               bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:                    "mapping file not found",
+			clusterID:               "site-a-clusterid",
+			createMappingConfigFile: false,
+			mappingFilecontent:      []byte{},
+			expectedData:            nil,
+			expectErr:               false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                    "mapping file found with empty data",
+			clusterID:               "site-a-clusterid",
+			createMappingConfigFile: true,
+			mappingFilecontent:      []byte{},
+			expectedData:            nil,
+			expectErr:               false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                    "cluster-id mapping not found",
+			clusterID:               "site-a-clusterid",
+			createMappingConfigFile: true,
+			mappingFilecontent:      mappingFileContent,
+			expectedData:            nil,
+			expectErr:               false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                    "site2-storage cluster-id mapping",
+			clusterID:               clusterIDOfSite2,
+			createMappingConfigFile: true,
+			mappingFilecontent:      mappingFileContent,
+			expectedData:            &expectedSite2Data,
+			expectErr:               false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                    "site1-storage cluster-id mapping",
+			clusterID:               clusterIDOfSite1,
+			createMappingConfigFile: true,
+			mappingFilecontent:      mappingFileContent,
+			expectedData:            &expectedSite1To2Data,
+			expectErr:               false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                    "site3-storage cluster-id mapping",
+			clusterID:               clusterIDOfSite3,
+			createMappingConfigFile: true,
+			mappingFilecontent:      mappingFileContent,
+			expectedData:            &expectedSite3To2Data,
+			expectErr:               false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+			if tt.createMappingConfigFile {
+				clusterMappingConfigFile = fmt.Sprintf("%s/mapping.json", mappingBasePath)
+			}
+			if len(tt.mappingFilecontent) != 0 {
+				err = ioutil.WriteFile(clusterMappingConfigFile, tt.mappingFilecontent, 0o600)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Errorf("GetClusterMappingInfo() error = %v", err)
+				}
+			}
+			data, mErr := GetClusterMappingInfo(tt.clusterID)
+			if (mErr != nil) != tt.expectErr {
+				t.Errorf("GetClusterMappingInfo() error = %v, expected Error %v", mErr, tt.expectErr)
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(data, tt.expectedData) {
+				t.Errorf("GetClusterMappingInfo() = %v, expected data %v", data, tt.expectedData)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	clusterMappingConfigFile = fmt.Sprintf("%s/mapping.json", mappingBasePath)
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(clusterMappingConfigFile, mappingFileContent, 0o600)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to write mapping content error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// validate site-3 to site-2 and site-1 to site-2 mappings when failover to
+	// site-2.
+	// The volumeId's from site-1 looks like `0001-0013-site1-storage-xyz` we
+	// need to have validate `site1-storage` to `site2-storage` mapping exists
+	// The volumeId's from site-3 looks like `0001-0013-site3-storage-xyz` we
+	// need to have validate `site3-storage` to `site2-storage` mapping exists
+	mappedClusterCount := 2
+	err = validateMapping(t, clusterIDOfSite2, rbdPoolIDOfSite2, cephfsFscIDOfSite2, mappedClusterCount)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	// validate site-2 and site-1 mappings when failback to site-1.
+	// The volumeId's from site-2 looks like `0001-0013-site2-storage-xyz` we
+	// need to have validate `site2-storage` to `site3-storage` mapping exists
+	mappedClusterCount = 1
+	err = validateMapping(t, clusterIDOfSite1, rbdPoolIDOfSite1, cephfsFscIDOfSite1, mappedClusterCount)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	// validate site-2 and site-3 mappings when failback to site-3
+	// The volumeId's from site-2 looks like `0001-0013-site2-storage-xyz` we
+	// need to have validate `site2-storage` to `site3-storage` mapping exists
+	mappedClusterCount = 1
+	err = validateMapping(t, clusterIDOfSite3, rbdPoolIDOfSite3, cephfsFscIDOfSite3, mappedClusterCount)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func validateMapping(t *testing.T, clusterID, rbdPoolID, cephFSPoolID string, mappingCount int) error {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	mapping, err := GetClusterMappingInfo(clusterID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve mapping %w", err)
+	}
+	// verify we are able to retrieve both site-1:site2 and site-2:site3 mapping
+	if mapping == nil || len(*mapping) != mappingCount {
+		return fmt.Errorf(
+			"clusterID mapping got length=%v, expected length=%v",
+			len(*mapping),
+			mappingCount)
+	}
+	// check mapping rbd pool mapping exists in mapping
+	foundRBDPoolMappingCount := 0
+	foundCephFSPoolMappingCount := 0
+	for _, c := range *mapping {
+		for _, rp := range c.RBDpoolIDMappingInfo {
+			for k, v := range rp {
+				if k == rbdPoolID || v == rbdPoolID {
+					foundRBDPoolMappingCount++
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		for _, cp := range c.CephFSFscIDMappingInfo {
+			for k, v := range cp {
+				if k == cephFSPoolID || v == cephFSPoolID {
+					foundCephFSPoolMappingCount++
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if foundRBDPoolMappingCount != mappingCount {
+		return fmt.Errorf(
+			"rbd pool mapping got length= %v, expected length=%v",
+			foundRBDPoolMappingCount,
+			mappingCount)
+	}
+	if foundCephFSPoolMappingCount != mappingCount {
+		return fmt.Errorf(
+			"cephFS filesystem mapping got length= %v, expected length=%v",
+			foundCephFSPoolMappingCount,
+			mappingCount)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}