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Communication between the server and the SA Core

The server agent communicates with the SA core to provide information about the server to the core and to receive commands from the core.

  • The server agent gathers information about the server and sends it to the SA core. The SA core stores this information about all managed servers.
  • When you initiate an action on the server — for example, a software installation or removal, a patch installation, a software or hardware configuration change, an audit or any other server management action — the SA core sends a command to the server agent. The server agent receives the command from the core and initiates the corresponding actions on the server.

The server agent opens a secure communication channel to the core, presents its IP address and public-key certificate for authentication purposes. If properly authenticated, the agent updates the information about the server in the SA core.