Patent ID: 7711805

Claim:
A method of tracking commands between devices on a network comprising: providing a system comprising a routing device having a first controller operable to interface with a first data transport medium, a second controller operable to interface with a second data transport medium, a buffer and a processing unit coupled to the first controller, the second controller and the buffer, wherein the routing device further comprises a set of executable instructions, wherein the processing unit is operable to execute the set of instructions to perform the steps of; receiving a command from a first device on the first data transport medium according to a first data transport protocol, wherein the command is intended for a particular target device operating according to a second data transport protocol; assigning the command a unique identification; and recording state information for the command in one or more tables in the buffer, wherein the state information comprises state information corresponding to the first data transport protocol in a first table for the first data transport medium and state information corresponding to the second data transport protocol in a second table for the second data transport medium, wherein the state information is associated with the unique identification in the one or more tables.