Patent ID: 7007142
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A first adapter to use in a first server in a network, the first adapter comprising: circuitry to cause, in response to a first request received by the first adapter, execution of a first data storage-related operation associated with a first set of mass storage devices and to issue, also in response to the first request, a second request from the first adapter to a second adapter in a second server in the network to cause the second adapter to perform, in response to the second request, a second data storage-related operation associated with a second set of mass storage device; additional circuitry to issue, in response to a first message from the second adapter, a second message to a process in the first server, the first message indicating that the second data storage-related operation has been completed, the second message indicating that a respective data storage-related operation requested by the first request has been completed, wherein the second request and the first message each include a respective message identification field, and respective message identification fields in the second request and the first message contain identical message identification values.