Used Protocols Over the Communication Between ITA & DCE

[aashraf]

Dears,

What are the exact protocols used over the communication between ITA & DCE ?

To be more specific,

The FTP protocol is used over the commination flow between DCE server and the data center infrastructure devices (rPDUs, Cooling Units, UPSs, ...etc.) which is a physically separated private network (DCE LAN Port-2).

Is this FTP protocol is used over the communication between the ITA and DCE servers (Customer Public network) ?

[Shaun · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Communication between DCE & ITA is HTTPS in the default configuration, or HTTP if so configured.

Data Center Expert Security Handbook – DCIM Support (ecostruxureit.com)

DCO network firewall port details – DCIM Support (ecostruxureit.com)

[Jef · Accepted solution]

Hi Ashraf,

No, ITA dose not use FTP protocols to communicate with DCE. 
ITA uses the webservices calls to communicate with the integrated DCE (as external system), depending on the configuration (user configurable) communications would be via port 80 or 443.

Kind regards,

Jef