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Product Spotlight: The Dominion SX II Serial Console Server

Michael Bord
August 25, 2015

Next Generation Serial Console Server the Dominion SX II from Raritan

Meet the Dominion SX II, Raritan's next-generation serial console server (also known as a terminal server). For over ten years, thousands of customers have relied on the first generation Dominion SX for access and control of hundreds of thousands of serial devices, representing over 500 million hours of total operation. The SX II builds upon that experience with a wide range of advancements and innovations.

Product Overview

The new SX II is the most powerful, secure, reliable, easy-to-use and manageable serial-over-IP console server on the market. SX II provides convenient and productive access to networking devices, servers, PDUs, telecommunications, and other serial devices.

Who Is This For?

Network admins, IT admins, data center managers, engineers, developers, telecom engineers, and security managers. Basically, anyone who needs out-of-band serial-over-IP access.

How Does it Work?

Here's a simple topology map:

What's New?

The SX II hardware platform is substantially more powerful with a 1GHz CPU, an 8-fold increase RAM, and up to 8 Gb of flash space. SX II supports up to 10 sessions per port and up to 200 total serial sessions. Port configuration is 15 to 23 times faster, with order of magnitude improvements in simultaneous connections, connection speed and serial processing.

How Does the New SX II Compare to the Original SX?

	Original Dominion SX	New Dominion SX II
Hardware	133MHz CPU, 64 MB RAM 32 MB Flash Memory	1GHz CPU, 512 MB RAM Up to 8 GB Flash Memory
Networking	Single and dual models 10/100. IPv4 only	Dual Gigabit LAN (all models) 10/100/1000. IPv4 & IPv6
Power	Single or dual AC models	Dual AC or DC (all models)
Pinout	Fixed Pinout Rollover cables required	Autosensing DTE/DTC No rollover cables!
Security	RC4 Encryption	FIPS 140-2 Certified Encryption 256 Bit AES Encryption
Lifecycle	End-of-Sales 2015 End of Support 2017	2 Year Standard Warranty 3 Additional Years Available
Performance		10 Sessions per Port - 200 Total S 10x to 20X Improvement
Deployment	Manual Configuration	Automatic USB or TFTP Configuration
Local Console	Serial only	Serial, USB & KVM Connections
Cellular Modem	N/A	3G/4G Wireless Modem (USB)
Management	FTP Server Required	No FTP Server, Dominion Compatible