COMBINED SESSION NEGOTIATIONS FOR NETWORK CONNECTIONS

A combined request may be used to reduce a number of communications between a client and server to establish a remote connection. The combined request can include one or more add session requests along with one or more add queue pair (QP) requests. The server, receiving the combined request, may then evaluate each request in turn to determine whether a session can be established and then to add a QP to that session and provide, in a combined reply, connection information back to the client. The client may then verify the connection information and begin transmitting data. As a result, a total number of communications between the client and server can be reduced.