providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module, the data center asset client module including an endpoint extension;

associating an endpoint with the endpoint extension, the endpoint extension comprising a module which is added to the data center asset client module to allow the endpoint to communicate with the data center asset client module;

establishing a connection between the data center asset client module and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a connectivity management system aggregator, the establishing the connection between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system establishing the connectivity management system client in a trusted and claimed state, the trusted state indicating a channel of communication between the data center asset and the connectivity management system aggregator is guaranteed, the claimed state indicating the data center asset can be authenticated and bound to a user; and,

communicating between the endpoint and the connectivity management system via the data center asset client extension.