Appendix E: Frequently Asked Questions
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Question
Answer
Do I have to physically connect
Dominion KX III devices together?
Multiple Dominion KX III units do not need to
be physically connected together. Instead,
each Dominion KX III unit connects to the
network, and they automatically work together
as a single solution if deployed with Raritan’s
CommandCenter Secure Gateway (CC-SG)
management appliance.
CC-SG acts as a single access point for
remote access and management.
CC-SG offers a significant set of convenient
tools, such as consolidated configuration,
consolidated firmware update and a single
authentication and authorization database.
Customers using CC-SG for centralized remote
access can make good use of the KX III’s
tiering (cascading) feature to consolidate the
local ports of multiple KX III switches and
locally access up to 1024 servers from a single
console when in the data center.
Is CC-SG required?
For customers wanting stand-alone usage
(without a central management system),
multiple Dominion KX III units still interoperate
and scale together via the IP network. Multiple
Dominion KX III switches can be accessed
from the KX III Web-based user interface.
Can I connect an existing analog
KVM switch to Dominion KX III?
Yes. Analog KVM switches can be connected
to one of Dominion KX III’s server ports. Simply
use a USB computer interface module (CIM),
and attach it to the user ports of the existing
analog KVM switch.
Analog KVM switches supporting hotkey-based
switching on their local ports can be tiered to a
Dominion KX III switch and switched via a
consolidated port list, both remotely and in the
data center.
Please note that analog KVM switches vary in
their specifications and Raritan cannot
guarantee the interoperability of any particular
third-party analog KVM switch. Contact Raritan
technical support for further information.
Computer Interface Modules (CIMs)
