rarItan From PaGe 29 words. istration system, and
the Raritan Dominion D u r i n g t e s t s , t h e I could tightly define
PX, which started ship- Dominion PX inte- access and control
ping earlier this year grated with my Win- for each. For exam-and works with Rari- dows Active Directory ple, I created a net-tan’s CommandCen- infrastructure to ease work group that could
access only the outlets that powered the
switches and routers
in the network. The
systems group, meanwhile, was allowed
to view only real-time
power usage and
remotely control those
outlets used by servers.
The electrician group
was the “god operator,” with full control
over the switch, while
the raritan dominion PX smart power distribution unit provided own-to-the-outlet energy usage information. the security group was
able to see all power
ter Secure Gateway. u s e r m a n a g e m e n t activity on the Domin-
The Dominion PX’s while enabling me to ion PX, but wasn’t able
embedded operating keep a close watch to power cycle the
system is inaccessible on who was authorized outlets.
from the outside, and to access the power I have to admit that
the power manage- managementfeatures. I had a fair amount of
ment system uses 256- I was especially happy trepidation when I first
bit AES (Advanced with the granular con- installed the Domin-
Encryption Standard) trol afforded by the ion PX because of
to secure command outlet-levelpermissions this extensive remote
a n d c o n t r o l d a t a I established for vari- po wer cycle ability.
betweenthemanage- ous users and groups And IT managers with
ment interface and of users. any doubts about the
the device itself. The I created several strength of their inter-
product also supports g r o u p s i n s i d e t h e nal security systems—
the use of strong pass- Dominion PX admin- ContInued on PaGe 31
A Guide to Effectively Managing
Enterprise Wi-Fi Networks
White Paper by Motorola Good Technology Group
Not so very long ago, wireless LAN access was a novelty in the corporate
world, largely reserved for curious engineers and privileged executives. Back
then, managing the radio activity on a wireless network was often as simple
as making sure the CEO could use a notebook computer to gain intranet
access from the conference room down the hall. These days, radio frequency (RF) management involves overseeing and controlling all the devices and
all the activity on an enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN)—and chances are that
it’s a great deal of activity. RF management is a challenging job that grows
more challenging as Wi-Fi gains in popularity. Thus, the person in charge of
the enterprise WLAN has the daunting task of ensuring that employees have
ubiquitous, consistent, secure access to the Wi-Fi network, from myriad mobile devices. And in order to meet that challenge, it’s important that a WLAN
can address the many facets of RF management. This paper will present
ways to control and manage the WLAN, from planning and monitoring the
network to device management and network security.
Quick Sizing Guide for SAS Grid
Computing: How Much is Just Right?
White Paper by Hewlett-Packard
Today most customers using PC SAS have no control over where the data resides.
It may be on PC hard drives, externally attached drives (e.g. USB), personal LAN
drives or anywhere else users can store data. One of the drivers for moving from a
PC environment to a centralized server environment is an attempt to get control
of the data and where it resides. A solution to this issue is SASGrid Manager which
allows the centralization and sharing of data. SAS Grid Computing is an enterprise-class solution that enables SAS applications to take better advantage of computing resources. SAS Grid Manager manages the SAS workload dynamically across all
nodes in the SAS Computing Grid. It provides dynamic load balancing, job priori-tization and SAS job control. SAS Grid Computing enables the implementation of
SAS to proceed in a seamless manner. As users are added to the implementation it
is an easy task to add a blade and scale the application. If a user has a job that is
urgent, it may be possible to allow that job to be divided and run across more than
one processor, something that running with many separate PCs would make difficult, if not impossible. It is the intent of this PC Consolidation Quick Sizing Guide to
share assumptions and experiences as the number of users is increased.
