Cross-Platform Agent Communication
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager has always used HTTP traffic for clients to communicate with their MPs and DPs. The cross-platform agent uses the same method that the Windows-based agents use—port 80 for HTTP communication, and port 443 for HTTPS communication.
Note: Support for the Fallback Status Point Added
Service Pack 1 and Cumulative Update 1 added support for the cross-platform agent to send back fallback status messages to the fallback status point (FSP) if the agent is installed using the -fsp command-line option.
Cross-platform agents cannot use Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) as Windows agents do; however, you can still manage bandwidth control on these agents by changing ...
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