Apex Central uses Management Communication Protocol (MCP) agents installed on managed servers to communicate with managed products that do not register to the Apex Central server through the Apex Central management console.
An MCP agent communicates with the Apex Central server by sending a heartbeat at a regular interval to indicate that the managed product is operating normally.
Administrators can configure the Agent Communication Schedule to determine when agents send heartbeats to the Apex Central server.
Apex Central only allows you to configure the Agent Communication Schedule for managed products that register to the Apex Central server through the Apex Central management console.