So now that we know what the management point actually is, what it does, and what makes up the management point, we can start to troubleshoot effectively. Probably the most well-known method of testing management point communication is to use the test URLs.
To test management point availability, use the following link from a web browser:
http://<MP name>/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mplist
This should return something similar to the following XML if your management point is functioning and contactable:
- <MPList> - <MP Name="DEMO-CM01.DOMAIN.COM" FQDN="DEMO-CM01.DOMAIN.com"> <Version>7958</Version> - <Capabilities SchemaVersion="1.0"> <Property Name="SSLState" Value="0" /> </Capabilities> </MP> </MPList>
The preceding URL will list all available management points in our site with information about their SSLState
, which as we can see in the example is 0
for HTTP and will be 1
for HTTPS. The test URL verifies to you that...