def _get_socket(self, sslversion=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1):
        """Sets up an https connection and do an HTTP/raw socket request

        :param sslversion: version of ssl session
        :raises: IloConnectionError, for connection failures
        :returns: ssl wrapped socket object
        """
        err = None
        sock = None
        try:
            for res in socket.getaddrinfo(
                    self.hostname, self.port, 0, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
                af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
                try:
                    sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
                    sock.settimeout(self.timeout)
                    # Connecting to {self.hostname} at port {self.port}
                    sock.connect(sa)
                except socket.timeout:
                    if sock is not None:
                        sock.close()
                    err = exception.IloConnectionError(
                        "Timeout connecting to %(hostname)s:%(port)d"
                        % {'hostname': self.hostname, 'port': self.port})
                except socket.error:
                    if sock is not None:
                        sock.close()
                    e = sys.exc_info()[1]
                    err = exception.IloConnectionError(
                        "Error connecting to %(hostname)s:%(port)d : %(error)s"
                        % {'hostname': self.hostname, 'port': self.port,
                           'error': str(e)})
        except Exception:
            raise exception.IloConnectionError(
                "Unable to resolve %s" % self.hostname)

        if err is not None:
            raise err

        # wrapping the socket over ssl session
        try:
            return ssl.wrap_socket(sock, ssl_version=sslversion)
        except socket.sslerror:
            e = sys.exc_info()[1]
            msg = (getattr(e, 'reason', None) or
                   getattr(e, 'message', None))
            # Some older iLO s don't support TLSv1, retry with SSLv3
            if ('wrong version number' in msg) and (
                    sslversion == ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1):

                return self._get_socket(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3)

            raise exception.IloConnectionError(
                "Cannot establish ssl session with %(hostname)s:%(port)d : "
                "%(error)s" % {'hostname': self.hostname, 'port': self.port,
                               'error': str(e)})