Raritan Introduces Dominion KX II

Raritan has unveiled its KVM-over-IP switch, the Dominion KX II that delivers – on an easy-to-deploy and scalable appliance platform –productivity features to help IT organizations access and manage servers at the rack and over the Internet in order to improve data center efficiency.



Designed to deliver a user experience to administrators who spend hours at a time in front of a screen managing servers, the Dominion KX II provides the remote video resolution (1600x1200), tight mouse synchronization performance and a new, intuitive browser-based user interface. It also provides Universal Virtual Media to conveniently access storage media on remote servers. For high availability, Dominion KX II comes with dual power supplies and dual gigabit Ethernet ports – both with automatic failover protection.



The Dominion KX II consists of two components: the KVM-over-IP switch and Computer Interface Modules (CIMs). A CIM, which connects to a server's KVM ports, converts the video signals for transmission, as well as delivers keep-alive keyboard/mouse emulation. To protect investments and ease migration to KX II, CIMs from KX I and CIMs from selected Paragon I and Paragon II KVM switches are supported.



All KX II models are CommandCenter Secure Gateway (CC-SG 3.1.1) certified, so that multiple Dominion switches – and connected servers – can be managed from one IP address. CC-SG offers a significant set of convenient tools – such as consolidated enterprise-wide views, remote configuration and firmware updates – as well as a single authentication and authorization access point to all targets connected to Raritan Dominion switches. In addition, CC-SG enables advanced server search, access and remote power control, as well as setup of Virtual Media permissions.