Servers in a replica ring require a highly secure connection for transferring NetWare® Core ProtocolTM (NCPTM) packets. These secure connections, called virtual client connections, are established by the connection management process.
If a server-to-server connection is lost, the connection management process establishes the connection again when needed.
The connection management process may also need to establish a virtual client connection for schema synchronization or backlink processes. Time synchronization might also require such a connection, depending on the configuration of time services.