Using the Ivanti Endpoint Security Agent

In this section:

• Upgrading Agents on Endpoints
• Agent Notifications
• The Agent Control Panel
• The Summary Panel
• The Proxy Server Panel

The Ivanti Endpoint Security Agent is the software component that executes commands from the Ivanti Endpoint Security server on the agent's host endpoint. After you have installed the agent on an endpoint, you can access its available controls using its user interface.

Following initial installation, the agent registers with the Ivanti Endpoint Security server, and the two components begin communication.

The agent downloads the following data from the Ivanti Endpoint Security server:

• Agent policies, which contain information about how the agent should behave.
• Agent packages, which contain files to modify the agent.

The agent uploads the following messages to the Ivanti Endpoint Security server:

• Host endpoint operating system information.
• Heartbeats, which are notification messages the agent sends to the server. This message is used continually to notify the server that the agent is available within the network.

Additionally, if you are licensed for additional Ivanti Endpoint Security modules, you can install these modules on the Ivanti Endpoint Security Agent, which expands its functions.

Following installation, endpoint users can view the agent using the Agent Control Panel. From this control panel, you can restart the agent, view information for each installed endpoint module, or define a proxy server to mediate communication with the Ivanti Endpoint Security Server.

Functions for each Ivanti Endpoint Security Agent module may only be accessible from separate user interfaces.

After installing the Ivanti Endpoint Security Agent, no additional user action is generally required.