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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def request_server_info(self):
        ''' Ask for information about the server.

        Returns:
            A dictionary of server attributes.

        '''
        if self._server_info is None:
            self._server_info = self._send_request_server_info()
        return self._server_info