Working With The Agent From The Mcafee Epo Server; Agent-Server Communication - McAfee EPOCDE-AA-BA - ePolicy Orchestrator - PC Product Manual

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Working with the agent from the McAfee
ePO server
The McAfee ePO interface includes pages where agent tasks and policies can be configured, and where
agent properties can be viewed.
Contents

Agent-server communication

Viewing agent and product properties
Responding to policy events
Running client tasks immediately
Sending manual wake-up calls to systems
Sending manual wake-up calls to a group
Locate inactive agents
Queries provided by McAfee Agent
Windows system and product properties reported by the agent
Agent-server communication
The agent has to talk to an ePolicy Orchestrator server periodically to ensure all settings are current.
These communications are referred to as agent-server communication. During each agent-server
communication, the agent collects its current system properties, as well as events that have not yet
been sent, and sends them to the server. The server sends new or changed policies and tasks to the
agent, and the repository list if it has changed since the last agent-server communication. The agent
enforces the new policies locally on the managed system and applies any task or repository changes.
ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0 uses a proprietary network protocol. Versions 4.5 and later use an
industry-standard Transport Layer Security (TLS) network protocol for secure network transmissions.
After the agent is installed, it calls in to the server at a random time within ten minutes. Thereafter,
the agent calls in whenever one of the following situations occurs:
• The agent-server communication interval (ASCI) lapses.
• At agent startup.
• Agent wake-up calls are sent from McAfee ePO or Agent Handlers.
• Communication is initiated manually from the managed system (Windows only).
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