Method to enable remote storage utilization

摘要: Techniques for enabling remote storage utilization as local disk resources. A virtual drive comprising an emulation of a non-existent (to client) is facilitated via out-of-band (OOB) communications with server in manner that transparent to operating system (OS) running on the client. Storage access requests are processed conventional by client OS, being passed block request firmware driver. The driver redirects agent LAN microcontroller using OOB channel. listener at routes packets agent. performs logical-to-physical translation map appropriate blocks server. In one embodiment, image stored single file scheme supports diskless clients, mirroring and OS provisioning.