Raritan Engineering Command Center CC-SG - Manual (Page 247)

A PPENDIX B : CC - SG AND NETWORK CONFIGURATION 231
CC-SG Communication Channels
The communication channels are partitioned as follows:
• CC-SG ↔ Raritan Devices
• CC-SG ↔ CC-SG Clustering (optional)
• CC-SG ↔ Infrastructure Services
• Clients ↔ CC-SG
• Clients ↔ Targets (Direct Mode)
• Clients ↔ Targets (Proxy Mode)
• Clients ↔ Targets (In-Band)
• CC-SG ↔ CC-NOC
For each communication channel, the tables in the sections that follow:
• Represents the symbolic IP Addresses used by the communicating parties. These addresses
have to be allowed over any communication path between the entities.
• Indicates the Direction in which the communication is initiated. This may be important for
your particular site policies. For a given CC-SG role, the path between the corresponding
communicating parties must be available and for any alternate re-route paths that might be used
in the case of a network outage.
• Provides the Port Number and Protocol used by CC-SG.
• States the Purpose of the port.
• Indicates if the port is Configurable, which means the GUI or Diagnostic Console provides a
field where you can change the port number to a different value from the default listed due to
conflicts with other applications on the network or for security reasons.
CC-SG and Raritan Devices
A main role of CC-SG is to manage and control Raritan devices (for example, Dominion KX,
KSX, etc.). Typically, CC-SG communicates with these devices over a TCP/IP network (local,
WAN, or VPN) and both TCP and UDP protocols are used as follows:
Communication Direction Port
Number Protocol Purpose Configurable?
CC-SG → Local Broadcast 5000 UDP Device
Discovery yes
CC-SG → Remote LAN IP 5000 UDP Device
Discovery yes
CC-SG → Raritan Device 5000 TCP Device
Control yes
Raritan Device → CC-SG 5001 UDP Device
Events no
CC-SG Clustering
When the optional CC-SG clustering feature is used (that is, two CC-SGs are inter-connected and
function as one unit), the following ports must be available for the inter-connecting sub-
networks. {If the optional clustering feature is not used, none of these ports need to be made
available in the network.}