A method for enabling restoration of an operational state on a server node is disclosed. The method includes intercepting, by a state directory, traffic between the server node and a client communicably connected to the server node over a network to derive the operational state. At least a part of the traffic between the server node and the client leads to establishment of the operational state on the server node. The method further includes storing the operational state in the state directory, detecting, by the state directory, that the server node has lost the operational state, and providing, by the state directory, the operational state to the server node after detecting that the server node has lost the operational state.