try {
FeederReplicaHandshake handshake =
new FeederReplicaHandshake(repNode,
Feeder.this,
feederReplicaChannel);
protocol = handshake.execute();
protocolVersion = protocol.getVersion();
replicaNameIdPair = handshake.getReplicaNameIdPair();
/*
* Rename the thread when we get the replica name in, so that