To start the remote server process

The network layer of the client process starts ipc_boot on the remote host by means of rexec or Baanlogin. Next, the network layer informs the ipc_boot process which service name the user is expected to start. The ipc_boot process searches the requested service name in the ipc_info file and extracts the related transport protocol and path of the executable. It then starts the requested executable.

After the initialization, the following processes will be running: the client process on the local host and the server process on the remote host.