Apparatus, system, and method for isolating a storage application from a network interface driver

1. A method for providing an independent interface to update a function of a storage application independent from the storage application, and to update a function of a network interface driver independent from the network interface driver, the method comprising:

isolating the storage application from the network interface driver;

defining the set of storage application functions and a set of network interface driver functions;

utilizing the storage application functions to exchange messages between the storage application and an isolation layer;

utilizing the network interface driver functions to exchange messages between the network interface driver and the isolation layer;

translating each of the storage application functions to one or more network interface driver functions;

transferring data blocks between the storage application and the network interface driver through a data buffer;

translating each of the network interface driver functions to one or more storage application functions;

wherein the storage application exchanges messages with a plurality of network interface drivers through the isolation layer; and

wherein the isolation layer is configured to allow continued functionality between the storage application and a plurality of existing network interface drivers after an addition of another network interface driver and before an update to the storage application.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the network interface driver comprises a Storage Area Network (SAN) interface driver.