Patent ID: 8639769

Claim:
A system for handling data transfer, the system comprising: a first server; and a LAN-free server coupled to the first server, wherein the system performs operations, the operations comprising: sending data from the at least one client partition of the first server to at least one partition of the LAN-free server through a Local Area Network (LAN) on TCP/IP protocol, wherein the sending comprises: transmitting the data from a first virtual adapter through a virtual LAN to a second virtual adapter; and transmitting, by the second virtual adapter, the data to a LAN-free storage agent comprising a LAN-SAN Application Programming Interface (API); converting the sent data from the TCP/IP protocol into Fibre Channel protocol; and sending the converted data to a tape library of a Storage Area Network (SAN) through at least one Fibre Channel card, wherein SAN tape sharing is performed between client partitions via virtualization by sharing Fibre Channel cards coupled to the SAN which is coupled to the tape library, wherein no Fibre Channel cards are installed on each of the client partitions, wherein the virtual LAN has same attributes as a physical LAN but defines a logical grouping of networking devices, and wherein the at least one client partition is configured to move dynamically between servers via live partition mobility (LPM).