Testing our management point

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...