Today’s data center management environment encompasses many devices and applications. This complex environment can include in-band and out-of-band access, power control and management solutions of different technologies, vendors and product generations. Simple, speedy and secure ways to provide services and problem resolution are therefore necessary to locate, access and utilize different components in the IT environment. These components may include:

• Connectivity to nodes via KVM and Serial-over-IP switches such as Raritan’s Dominion® KX and SX
• Access to both virtual and physical servers
• The ability to control power to devices via a managed or smart PCU such as Raritan’s Dominion PX
• Connectivity to servers for either console or power control via embedded service processors such as HP iLO, Dell RAC and IBM RSA
• Control of access to nodes via applications such as RDP, VNC, SSH and TELNET
• Access to devices, applications, or other systems providing Web browser based interfaces

A centralized management solution provides you with a simplified yet flexible single point of access to all of your devices. It offers a comprehensive and granular system for controlling and auditing all user and administrator transactions. It can also help simplify processes, and give you an expedited method to reduce the time you need to resolve problems. Plus it has a solid ability to conform and comply with company and industry security procedures and standards.

CommandCenter Secure Gateway is Raritan’s centralized management solution. CC-SG offers a comprehensive and robust system to control access and power devices and activities and a granular user group privilege and policy management. The system also offers an intuitive HTML-based user access system that focuses on providing all the necessary functions and capabilities.

Five top reasons to buy our centralized management solution:

1. One point of access for all your physical and virtual servers
   • Simplifies virtualization
   • It’s easy to find the server you need and connect to it
   • Offers an intuitive HTML interface for system users
   • It can be set up for single sign-on login capabilities to servers and systems


2. Consolidates audit trail reporting for access to all of your IT infrastructure
   • Tracks all access activities and provides detailed and storable reports
   • Provides a list of all activity, login and other errors and failures


3. Aggregates all In-band, Out-of-band and remote power control methods on one intuitive screen
   • Supports KVM, Serial, and Power over IP
   • Supports embedded service processors (IBM® RSA, Dell® DRAC, HP iLO and IPMI)
   • Supports software applications (RDP, VNC, SSH and TELNET)
   • Supports Web browser access to targets (nodes)


4. Provides one point of management for all of your Raritan devices
   • Manages Raritan Dominion KX, KSX and SX. Alsp, Paragon® and Dominion PX power strips


5. Secure access, communications and other activities
   • Supports AES encryption
   • Supports both direct and proxy modes
   • Supports both local and remote authentication (LDAP, Active Directory®, TACACS+, Radius and RSA SecureID with RSA servers)
   • Supports authorization with Active Directory
   • Supports the most sophisticated and granular access policy management system
   • IP-Access Control List support