Raritan DSX4 Secure Console Server, Multi-user Remote Serial Access

Secure Console Server: Serial Control and Management via SSH, Telnet and Web Browser

Secure, out-of-band remote management capability with maximum security and integrated power control

Dominion SX enables IT professionals to access, monitor and control all their serial devices securely, anytime, from anywhere. Easy to install, simple to use, secure and scalable, the Dominion SX provides one point of control to manage a wide range of servers and IT devices:

• Servers and headless servers - Sun® Solaris™, HP-UX, UNIX®, Linux®, IBM® AIX® and Windows Server™ 2003
• WAN equipment - ISDN terminal adapters, channel banks, CSU/DSUs, PBX/PABXs and WDM
• Networking equipment - routers, ethernet switches, firewalls
• Fully featured power control for Raritan RPC and Dominion PX with outlet associations for servers and networking devices with multiple power feeds

A cost-effective solution to reduce network downtime and IT costs

With Dominion SX, you can:

• Optimize and troubleshoot networks via proactive event notification and data logs
• Restore network connectivity and server operation via out-of-band direct serial or dial-up access
• Troubleshoot, maintain and manage remote locations 24/7 from a single location, minimizing travel costs
• CPU Watchdog Timer: monitors the health of the software. LED blinking logic is added to indicate activity of Serial port, LAN port and operating system heartbeat

Simple

• Easy and convenient access via SSH/Telnet or browser
• Plug-and-play setup without complicated client software

Secure and highly available

• Encrypts all communications via 128-bit SSL with RC4 encryption or AES/3DES with SSHv2
• Provides common authentication and authorization for all local and remote users and administrators
• Available models with dual power supplies, built-in modem and redundant LAN interface
• Prevents unauthorized or inadvertent adds, changes and deletes

Anytime, anywhere access and control

Scalable

• Models available from 4 to 48 ports
• Scalable to a large number of units when deployed in conjunction with Raritan CommandCenter® Secure Gateway

Applications

• Server and network management
• Remote console management of Remote Offices/ Branch Offices
• Integrated Power Management

Security

• Appliance architecture prohibits access to Linux shell
• Up-to-date SSHv2 and SSL
  • SSHv2 with AES, 3DES encryption modes
  • SSL with 128-bit RC4 encryption
• User ID and flexible strong password support
• Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) attack mitigation utilizing user supplied SSL Client Certificates
• Customizable security profiles
• Customizable security banner with option to audit banner acceptance
• TLS 1.0 support
• Fully-featured firewall and access control lists – with added pre- and post-routing and Static NAT (SNAT) support
• Authentication and authorization at the port level
• Primary and secondary RADIUS, TACACS+, LDAP(S), Kerberos v.5 or Microsoft Active Directory® servers with failover
• Modem call-back with Linux and Windows 2000/XP
• Encrypted username/password database
• Idle timeout and target session timeout for improved security
• Remote reboot and restore to factory default capability

Secure console level management

Console management

• Configurable setting for allowing single or multiple logins per user
• Port sharing between SSH, Telnet, Local Port and Browser SSL users for up to 10 users per port
• Local and remote logging of console messages
• SecureChat allows multiple users to collaborate with 128-bit SSL encryption
• HTTP/HTTPS (Java-enabled browsers: Mozilla® Firefox 1.5+, Internet Explorer 6.0+; Sun JRE1.4.2 or higher)
• Direct port access via IP address for SSH/Telnet/HTTP(S) or TCP port for SSH and Telnet
• Standalone Raritan Serial Client (Java-based) for use on Windows®, Solaris™, and Linux®. Downloadable applet provides a common user-experience
• Copy and paste session information among different ports
• Encrypted session logging to NFS Server
• Standard built-in modem for select models
• Windows Server 2003 EMS support
• Solaris Ready™ certified (Sun "break-safe")
• VT100/220/320 ANSI emulation with dynamic font resizing or fixed fonts
• Optional support for unencrypted access (off by default)
• User controlled write-access sharing with write-lock capability

Management

• Equivalent administration features via HTML-based GUI and Command Line Interface (SSH/Telnet)
• Keyword recognition and alarming (port triggers)
• Event notification via e-mail (SMTP) with persistent attempts (automatic retries) to send SMTP notifications and support for mail server authentication
• SNMP traps
• IPMI support for targets over IP
• Raritan Power Control units managed via CLI or GUI
• Dual Ethernet ports to support separate networks (some models only)
• NTP support (primary and secondary servers)
• Syslog (primary and secondary servers)
• Diagnostic commands to aid in troubleshooting connection problems
• Backup/restore device configurations using FTP server

Command Center Secure Gateway Integration

• Managed with centralized authentication and authorization using a single IP address
• Centralized user, group and role-based permission management
• Remote device access through a simple user GUI interface or direct SSH
• Real-time view and management of active user sessions and active-ports
• Centralized firmware upgrades and backup/restore of devices
• Power control with multi-outlet association

Language

• Available with support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages