if (localAddress != null) {
                socketChannel.bind(localAddress);
            }

            socketChannel.connect(remoteAddress);
            socket = socketChannel.socket();
            socket.setTcpNoDelay(true);
            socket.setKeepAlive(true);

            state = RdmaConnectionState.CONNECTED;
            log.debug("TCP RDMA connection established to {}", remoteAddress);

        } catch (IOException e) {