1. A method of transferring data to a block of a target storage device using a packet that includes: an address of a storage area of the target storage device; a logical block address (LBA) of the block; and the data, the method comprising: incorporating the address of the storage area of the target storage device into a protocol header of the packet; and incorporating the LBA of the block into the packet; wherein the protocol header is associated with a protocol that operates lower than a universal datagram protocol (UDP) and a transmission control protocol (TCP) in an open systems interconnect (OSI) model, and the address of the storage area distinctly identifies the storage area from at least one other storage area on the target storage device.