Patent ID: 7533190
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A machine-implemented method comprising: loading in a machine a bus-to-network device driver during a machine boot, the bus-to-network device driver distinguishing between received responses to machine bus commands and other network traffic, the other network traffic being passed through a virtual network driver provided to an operating system protocol stack of the machine, the machine bus commands being passed through a storage protocol driver, the received responses to the machine bus commands being received by the machine via a network, both the other network traffic and the received responses being passed through the bus-to-network device driver, the bus-to-network device driver to select one of the virtual network driver and the storage protocol driver to which to pass the received responses and the other network traffic based upon respective hardware addresses associated with the storage protocol driver and the virtual network driver, wherein the bus-to-network device driver comprises an iSCSI driver and the loading occurs in response to an operating system load of SCSI drivers.