Patent ID: 8429242
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a computer system comprising a first server having at least one client application executing thereon, at least one block I/O storage system that stores a plurality of logical volumes, a second server different from the first server, and a storage area network, the method comprising acts of: (A) receiving, at a block I/O storage system of the at least one block I/O storage system, from the second server via the storage area network, at least one request to: (B) in response to receipt of the at least one request, the block I/O storage system performing acts of: (B1) recognizing the at least one request as a request to provide content to a target address specified separately from an address of the second server generating the at least one request; (B2) based on the network address of the host bus adapter of the first server being specified as the target address in the at least one request, initiating, from the block I/O storage system, the communication session with the first server through the storage area network; and (B3) returning the at least one content unit to the host bus adapter of the first server, rather than the second server, through the storage area network without receiving an additional request for the at least one content unit from the first server.