Patent ID: 6965934
Filing Date: 2005-11-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for encapsulating SCSI protocol for data transmission between two or more nodes across a packet-based network, comprising, at each node: (a) identifying all other available nodes, and remote devices attached to each of said nodes, on said network; (b) representing one or more of said remote devices such that they are made available to one or more local hosts; (c) encapsulating an input/output (I/O) phase between one or more of said local hosts and one or more of said remote devices according to a packet-based protocol, wherein messages corresponding to the I/O phase are received by that node according to a second protocol that is different than the packet-based protocol; and (d) repeating step (c) for subsequent I/O phases; wherein neither the one or more hosts nor the one or more remote devices communicate messages corresponding to the I/O phase using the packet-based protocol.