Site Links
Site links control Active Directory replication and connect individual sites directly together. A site link is configured for a particular type of protocol (namely, IP or SMTP) with the frequency and schedule of replication configured within the link. Site links are used by the Active Directory Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) to build the proper connections to ensure that replication occurs in the most efficient manner.
Once again, some administrators do not fully define the site architecture and don’t create sites for locations that do not have a domain controller. The reasoning is that the sites are used by Active Directory for replication, and so domain controller-challenged locations do not need a site defined.
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