Patent ID: 9077718
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A server coupled to a client computer via a network, comprising: a network interface; a memory having stored therein an OS including a plurality of VNASs (Virtual Network Attached Storage), each comprising a plurality of server applications, said OS further including a network processor, said network processor having formed therein a transmission source address setting processor; and a CPU coupled to the transmission source address setting processor, wherein the transmission source address setting processor comprises: a first retrieving unit for retrieving, from a process management table, an identification number for one of the VNASs which includes one of the server applications of a packet in response to a request from the client computer or the server; a second retrieving unit for retrieving information, from a routing table, as to one of the a plurality of network interfaces to be used for returning the packet in response to a request from one of the client computer or the server; a third retrieving unit for retrieving an ANY address management information from an ANY address management table; a judging unit for judging whether or not the VNAS identification number retrieved by the first retrieving unit and the network interface retrieved by the second retrieving unit are respectively equivalent to the VNAS identification number and the network interface in the ANY address management table; and an IP address setting unit for setting an IP address of the ANY address management information to the source address of the packet.