Patent ID: 9021117
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a kernel driver control command at a client machine, the method comprising: receiving the kernel driver control command at the client machine via a user interface; selecting a target server from a set of servers based on the kernel driver control command; selecting a protocol path to use to reach the target server based on the availability of the target server via a set of possible protocol paths; reformatting the kernel driver control command into a protocol format associated with the selected protocol path; and sending the reformatted kernel driver control command to the target server via the selected protocol path for execution by a kernel driver running on the target server; wherein the method further comprises, in response to selecting the target server from the set of servers based on the kernel driver control command, querying the target server over a network connection to determine which protocol paths of the set of possible protocol paths are available.