Patent ID: 7966422

Claim:
A method for communicating information, the method comprising: in a server comprising a common switch and a plurality of blade servers, said server performing functions comprising: receiving at said common switch, at least one packet from a first blade server of said plurality of blade servers, wherein said at least one packet is designated for at least a second blade server of said plurality of blade servers, and wherein said first blade server and said at least a second blade server are coupled to said common switch via a common bus; determining by said common switch, at least a first identifier identifying said common switch, a second identifier identifying said first blade server, and at least a third identifier identifying said second blade server, wherein said first, second and third identifiers are located within a header portion of said received at least one packet; modifying by said common switch, said at least one packet from said first blade server by changing said first identifier within said header portion; and routing via said common switch, at least a portion of said modified at least one received packet from said first blade server to at least said second blade server, based on said header portion of said modified at least one received packet, wherein said changing of said first identifier within said header portion comprises overwriting within said header portion of said modified at least one packet, said first identifier with said third identifier located within said modified at least one packet, by using said common switch.