Dynamically selectable transport for kernel driver management

摘要

A method is disclosed for processing a kernel driver control command at a client machine. The method includes (a) receiving the kernel driver control command at the client machine via a user interface, (b) selecting a target server from a set of servers based on the kernel driver control command, (c) selecting a protocol path to use to reach the target server based on the availability of the target server via a set of possible protocol paths, (d) reformatting the kernel driver control command into a protocol format associated with the selected protocol path, and (e) sending the reformatted kernel driver control command to the target server via the selected protocol path for execution by a kernel driver running on the target server. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product for performing the method are also provided.

主权项

1. A method for processing a kernel driver control command at a client machine, the method comprising:
receiving the kernel driver control command at the client machine via a user interface; selecting a target server from a set of servers based on the kernel driver control command; selecting a protocol path to use to reach the target server based on the availability of the target server via a set of possible protocol paths; reformatting the kernel driver control command into a protocol format associated with the selected protocol path; and sending the reformatted kernel driver control command to the target server via the selected protocol path for execution by a kernel driver running on the target server; wherein the method further comprises, in response to selecting the target server from the set of servers based on the kernel driver control command, querying the target server over a network connection to determine which protocol paths of the set of possible protocol paths are available.