Patent ID: 8463850

Claim:
A method of generating a server side transaction ID (XID′), the method comprising: receiving, at a file virtualization device, a request from a client device to access a server, wherein the request includes a source port, source IP address, protocol information and a client generated transaction ID (XID); determining an endian'ness of the client; generating a Client ID for the client request, the Client ID utilizing the source port, source IP address, protocol information, and a Masked XID generated from the endian'ness determination and the XID; synthesizing a server side transaction ID (XID′) by combining the Client ID and a XID halfword containing least significant bits (LSB) identified from the endian'ness determination; and transmitting the XID′ to the file server, wherein the XID′ is associated with the XID for the corresponding client request.