Raritan Simplifies Data Centre Management

February 7th, 2007: Raritan is looking to strengthen its data centre management position with the release of its new CommandCenter Secure Gateway (CC-SG).

In what the company has dubbed the first single solution for “real-time view and status of all IT equipment, remote access methods and remote power control options”, CC-SG 3.1 has been update with further tools to help IT admins locate, access and control servers and devices in data centres and branch offices.

The new version features a revamped GUI and a user-definable Node View that enables IT administrators to view target servers and devices, all available remote access methods and remote power management on/off/recycle options for each device from a single screen.

Raritan claims that a single solution with all these capabilities is an industry first as other vendors require multiple solutions to deliver the same functionality.

The company has also taken the shrink-wrap off its new CC-SG E1 appliance for larger enterprise deployments. According to Raritan, the 2U form factor CC-SG E1 provides dual processors, each with a dedicated memory chip, dual power supply, and dual Ethernet connections for redundancy or network gateway configurations. It also includes super-user access and strong-user name and password authentication features.

“With CC-SG 3.1, Raritan delivers a complete solution and user experience designed to support the unique needs of different IT workers in the data centre,” says Shai Laronne, CommandCenter Secure Gateway Product Manager at Raritan. “System administrators, for example, can now enjoy real-time physical and logical views of nodes, users and devices on one screen.

“By providing multiple access and user experience options to our customers they can streamline and simplify IT management in order to reduce time to repair and improve service uptime and availability,” added Laronne.

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