Appendix E: Frequently Asked Questions169Question AnswerDo I have to physically connectDominion KX III devices together?Multiple Dominion KX III units do not need tobe physically connected together. Instead,each Dominion KX III unit connects to thenetwork, and they automatically work togetheras a single solution if deployed with Raritan’sCommandCenter Secure Gateway (CC-SG)management appliance.CC-SG acts as a single access point forremote access and management.CC-SG offers a significant set of convenienttools, such as consolidated configuration,consolidated firmware update and a singleauthentication and authorization database.Customers using CC-SG for centralized remoteaccess can make good use of the KX III’stiering (cascading) feature to consolidate thelocal ports of multiple KX III switches andlocally access up to 1024 servers from a singleconsole 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 interoperateand scale together via the IP network. MultipleDominion KX III switches can be accessedfrom the KX III Web-based user interface.Can I connect an existing analogKVM switch to Dominion KX III?Yes. Analog KVM switches can be connectedto one of Dominion KX III’s server ports. Simplyuse a USB computer interface module (CIM),and attach it to the user ports of the existinganalog KVM switch.Analog KVM switches supporting hotkey-basedswitching on their local ports can be tiered to aDominion KX III switch and switched via aconsolidated port list, both remotely and in thedata center.Please note that analog KVM switches vary intheir specifications and Raritan cannotguarantee the interoperability of any particularthird-party analog KVM switch. Contact Raritantechnical support for further information.Computer Interface Modules (CIMs)
