- Raritan Secure Gateway Administrator Guide

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 3
• Comprehensive Logging
− Logs events locally.
− Can use an external syslog server for event logs (events are immediately posted or
exported) and the ability to have other Raritan products use it as a syslog server.
− Provides full auditing and tracking capabilities.
− Keeps an audit trail for tracking user activity.
• Support for SNMP Agents and Traps
− Provides SNMP GET/SET operations with third-party enterprise Management Solutions,
such as HP OpenView. To support the operations, you must provide SNMP agent
identifier information such as these MIB-II System Group objects: sysContact, sysName,
and sysLocation.
− Provides System level trap notification of CC-SG’s operational events.
− Provides Application level trap notification regarding the monitoring of managed devices,
availability events, and the audit events of user access and authorization to CC-SG.
• Infrastructure Support for Customizable Applets via GUI
− Customizable applets control ranges of devices including power strips, HP’s iLO/RILOE
cards, etc.
− Target systems accessed through applets – remote access to servers and other data center
equipment managed by Raritan management appliances through downloadable
applets/COM controls.
− Power strip outlet user authorization setting, mapping, parameter-passing, target server-
mapping.
• Access to CommandCenter NOC® (CC-NOC)
For detailed auditing, monitoring and notification of infrastructure and Raritan devices.
• Operational Flexibility/Ease of Use/Administrator Presentation
Enhanced system setup entirely through graphical user interface (state-of-the-art UI standards
with professional look and feel).
• Designed for High Availability
− ATA Raid-1 card and two ATA hard drivers to provision for fault-tolerance at the
hardware and OS level.
− Two network interfaces for failover or to be configured for public and private IP
addresses on separate NICs.
− Redundant power supplies and ECC memory.
− Auto-recovery (watchdog timer).
− Modem access for emergency administration.
− Support for primary and secondary servers.
• Support for Clustering and Geographic Redundancy
Enabling backup availability with CC-SGs located on the same or different networks.
• Internationalization
Language, keyboard, scope of support; documentation available in French, German, Japanese,
Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean.
Terminology/Acronyms
Terms and acronyms found in this document include:
• Associations—is the relationship between categories, elements of a category, and ports or
devices or both. For example, if you want to associate the “Location” category with a device,
Create associations first before adding devices and ports in CC-SG.
• Category—is a variable that contains a set values or elements. An example of a Category is
Location, which may have elements such as “New York City, “Philadelphia”, or “Data
Center 1”. When you add devices and ports to CC-SG, you will associate this information
with them. It is easier if you set up associations correctly first, before adding devices and
ports to them. Another example of a Category is “OS Type”, which may have elements such
as “Windows®” or “Unix®” or “Linux®”.