To start the file server to retrieve remote files

The network layer opens the user’s remote user file $BSE/lib/user/r<user> and retrieves from that file the required information to start ipc_boot remotely. By default, you can start the remote ipc_boot by means of rexec. However, you can use baanlogin instead.

On the remote host, the ipc_boot process retrieves from the ipc_info file ($BSE/lib/ipc_info) the path of the fs executable, as well as the transport protocol. That information overwrites the ipc_boot process with an fs process. The fs is the Enterprise Server internal file server that enables remote file access.

The client process can now retrieve the required configuration file from the remote fs server to identify which server name you must start.