Raritan Engineering Command Center CC-SG - Manual (Page 17)

C HAPTER 1: I NTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 1: Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of CommandCenter Secure Gateway (CC-SG), Raritan’s
convenient and secure method for managing various UNIX servers, firewalls, routers, load
balancers, Power Management devices, and Windows servers.
CC-SG provides central management and administration, using a set of serial and KVM
appliances. It is designed to operate in a variety of environments, from high-density Data Centers
to Service Provider environments to corporate environments handling large remote offices.
CC-SG, when used in conjunction with Raritan’s Dominion or IP-Reach port-level management
appliances, streamlines and simplifies the management of the target devices, easing
administration of data center equipment by connecting to the IP network and presenting the serial
console and KVM ports of all the target devices within the managed network.
Prerequisites
Before configuring a CC-SG according to the procedures in this document, refer to Raritan’s
CommandCenter Secure Gateway Setup Guide for instructions on how to quickly install CC-
SG and its managed devices. Refer to Raritan’s Digital Solution Deployment Guide for more
comprehensive instructions on deploying Raritan devices that are managed by CC-SG.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for Administrators who reside in the System Administrator user group.
These administrators typically have all privileges
⎯please see Appendix D: User Group
Privileges. Users that reside outside these groups usually have fewer privileges, such as being
granted only the Ports Access privilege
⎯please refer to Raritan’s CommandCenter Secure
Gateway User Guide for additional information.
Product Photos
Figure 1 CC-SG Front View
Figure 2 CC-SG - Rear Panel