DATA COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
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Abstract
Described is a data communication protocol, in which a client and server negotiate in a manner that does not require the client to retry negotiation when servers are not capable of the client-desired protocol. In one example implementation, the desired protocol is SMB 2.0 or greater. The protocol describes a create command with possibly additional context data attached for built-in extensibility, and a compound command comprising a plurality of related commands or unrelated commands. A multi-channel command requests data transfer on a separate data channel, a signed capability verification may be used to ensure that a secure connection is established, and the protocol provides the ability to transfer extended error data from the server in response to a request.
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40 Claims
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21. A method of handling file system requests, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a file server, a communication protocol compound request containing a plurality of file system commands from a client; determining that the communication protocol compound request contains related file system commands to be performed on a file; and in response to determining that the communication protocol compound request contains related commands, handling the related commands sequentially. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, performs a method for handling file system requests, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a file server, a communication protocol compound request containing a plurality of file system commands from a client; determining that the communication protocol compound request contains related file system commands to be performed on a file; and in response to determining that the communication protocol compound request contains related commands, handling the related commands sequentially. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory for storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, performs a method for handling file system requests, the method comprising; receiving, at a file server, a communication protocol compound request containing a plurality of file system commands from a client; determining that the communication protocol compound request contains related file system commands to be performed on a file stored in a file system; and in response to determining that the communication protocol compound request contains related commands, handling the related commands sequentially. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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