1. A method comprising: generating, by a first device, a first packet having a data portion that is at least approximately equal in size to a native block size of a second device, which is smaller than a native block size of the first device, the first packet further having a first segment of a split identifier; encapsulating the first packet into a data portion of a second packet, the second packet having a control portion with a second segment of the split identifier; and transmitting, by the first device, the first and second packet to the second device over a network.