*/
private ConnectStatus initialConnection(final ModelControllerClient client) {
try {
DefaultOperationRequestBuilder builder = new DefaultOperationRequestBuilder();
builder.setOperationName(Util.READ_ATTRIBUTE);
builder.addProperty(Util.NAME, Util.NAME);
client.execute(builder.buildRequest());
// We don't actually care what the response is we just want to be sure the ModelControllerClient
// does not throw an Exception.
return ConnectStatus.SUCCESS;