A transport link is a secure TCP/IP connection between the AE Services server and a CLAN on Communication Manager. When the AE Services Transport Service starts up, it establishes the transport link between the AE Services server and the Communication Manager server, based on administering a switch connection in AE Services Management Console.

The CLAN IP addresses that you administer from the Edit CLAN IPs page in AE Services Management Console are used to set up TLS connections between AE Services and Communication Manager. These TLS connections are called transport links.