Agents to DM

Agents, consoles, CLI, and API do not communicate with each other; all their inter-connections are through the DM.

Agents (including consoles, CLI, and API) and the DM communicate over TCP/IP. The default listening port for the DM from the agents is 8100. However, when the agent and the DM first communicate, any open port between 8100 and 8200 can become their regular communication port. This port is configured in the distrizor_port parameter.

The agent might be released from this connection if traffic to the DM reaches the threshold. The DM maintains a pinging schedule and renew the connection when traffic opens. Agents listen to the DM for reconnection on the agent listening port: 8200. This is the agent_port parameter. If the local environment does not allow for 8200 to be used, the scanned range (during installation) is 8200 to 8300.