1. A method for mapping a set of virtual processing units to a set of physically installed processing units, wherein the set of virtual processing units is presented to a network protocol, and wherein the network protocol uses the virtual processing units as it would the physically installed processing units; the method comprising: receiving a network protocol request from the network protocol to a requested virtual processing unit of the set of virtual processing units; determining a requested physically installed processing unit, of the set of physically installed processing units, to which the requested virtual processing unit is mapped; and directing the network protocol request to the requested physically installed processing unit.