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Terms and acronyms found in this document include:
Access Client - HTML-based client intended for use by normal access users who need to access a node managed by CC-SG. The Access Client does not allow the use of administration functions.
Admin Client - Java-based client for CC-SG useable by both normal access users and administrators. It is the only client that permits administration.
Associations - relationships 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 before adding devices and ports in CC-SG.
Category - a variable that contains a set of 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.”
CIM (Computer Interface Module) - hardware used to connect a target server and a Raritan device. Each target requires a CIM, except for the Dominion KX101, which is attached directly to one target and therefore does not require a CIM. Target servers should be powered on and connected to CIMs, and CIMs should be connected to the Raritan device BEFORE adding the device and configuring ports in CC-SG. Otherwise, a blank CIM name will overwrite the CC-SG port name. Servers must be rebooted after connecting to a CIM.
Device Group - defined group of devices that are accessible to a user. Device groups are used when creating a policy to control access to the devices in the group.
Devices - Raritan products such as Dominion KX, Dominion KX II, Dominion SX, Dominion KSX, IP-Reach, Paragon II System Controller, and Paragon II UMT832 with USTIP that are managed by CC-SG. These devices control the target servers and systems, or "nodes" that are connected to them. Check the CC-SG Compatibility Matrix on the Raritan Support web site for a list of supported devices.
Elements - values of a category. For example, the “New York City” element belongs to the “Location” category, and the “Windows” element belongs to the “OS Type” category.
Ghosted Ports - when managing Paragon devices, a ghosted port can occur when a CIM or target server is removed from the system or powered off (manually or accidentally). See Raritan's Paragon II User Guide.
Hostname - can be used if DNS server support is enabled. See About Network Setup.
The hostname and its Fully-Qualified Domain Name (FQDN = Hostname + Suffix) cannot exceed 257 characters. It can consist of any number of components, as long as they are separated by “.”.
Each component has a maximum size of 63 characters and the first character must be alphabetic. The remaining characters can be alphabetic, numeric, or “-” (hyphen or minus).
The last character of a component may not be “-”.
While the system preserves the case of the characters entered into the system, the FQDN is case-insensitive when used.
iLO/RILOE and iLO2/RILOE2 - Hewlett Packard's Integrated Lights Out/Remote Insight Lights Out servers that can be managed by CC-SG. Targets of an iLO/RILOE device are powered on/off and recycled directly. iLO/RILOE devices cannot be discovered by CC-SG; they have to be manually added as nodes. In this guide, the term iLO/RILOE includes both iLO/RILOE and iLO2/RILOE2.
In-band Access - going through the TCP/IP network to correct or troubleshoot a target in your network. KVM and Serial devices can be accessed via these in-band applications: RemoteDesktop Viewer, SSH Client, RSA Client, VNC Viewer.
IPMI Servers (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) - servers that can be controlled by CC-SG. IPMI are discovered automatically but can be added manually as well.
Out-of-Band Access - using applications such as Raritan Remote Console (RRC), Raritan Console (RC), Multi-Platform Client (MPC), Virtual KVM Client (VKC) or Active KVM Client (AKC) to correct or troubleshoot a KVM or serial managed node in your network.
Policies - define a user group's access within the CC-SG network. Policies are applied to a user group and have several control parameters to determine the level of control, such as date and time of access.
Nodes - target systems, such as servers, desktop PCs, and other networked equipment, that CC-SG users can access.
Interfaces - the different ways a Node can be accessed, whether through an out-of-band solution such as a Dominion KX2 connection, or through an in-band solution, such as a VNC server.
Node Groups - a defined group of nodes that are accessible to a user. Node groups are used when creating a policy to control access to the nodes in the group.
Ports - connection points between a Raritan device and a node. Ports exist only on Raritan devices, and they identify a pathway from that device to a node.
SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) - method for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols.
SSH - clients, such as PuTTY or OpenSSH, that provide a command line interface to CC-SG. Only a subset of CC-SG commands is provided via SSH to administer devices and CC-SG itself.
User Groups - sets of users that share the same level of access and privileges.