Patent ID: 8423690
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: generating with a storage driver a storage device request directed to a register of a computing device that is used to access a storage device of the computing device, determining with a media redirection device to redirect the storage device request to a storage device connected to a network, wherein the media redirection device is configured to emulate operation of and appear as a locally connected storage device to the computing device, and software running on the computing device, that generated the storage device request, converting with a drive emulation device of the media redirection device the storage device request to a vendor-defined message (VDM), packetizing with a management controller of the media redirection device the VDM, wherein the packetized VDM comprises encapsulated network packet data, the encapsulated network packet data comprising network routing information, transmitting over a PCI Express interconnect switch of the computing device, the PCI Express interconnect switch being separate from the media redirection device, the packetized VDM representing the storage device request from a VDM interface of the media redirection device to a VDM interface of a network controller, wherein the storage device is connected to the network controller via the network, and transmitting the packetized VDM from the network controller to the network to access the storage device connected to the network per the storage device request.