1. A method for operating a network including client nodes, server nodes and resources and each of the resources coupled to at least two of the server nodes, and the method for operating comprising the acts of: redirecting an I/O request for a resource from a first server node coupled to the resource to a second server node coupled to the resource; and splitting the I/O request at the second server node into an access portion and a data transfer portion and passing the access portion to a corresponding administrative server node for the resource, and completing at the second server node subsequent to receipt of an access grant from the corresponding administrative server node a data transfer for the resource.