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Paragon Manager™
User Guide
Release 2.0.3
Copyright © 2009 Raritan, Inc.
PMG-0I-v2.0.3-E
May 2009
255-30-6100-00
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CONTENTS i Contents Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................................. 1 Paragon Manager Overview ......................................................................................................1 Installing Paragon Manager .......................................................................................................1 Chapter 2: Operation ...................................................................... 3 Connection and Login .....
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ii FIGURES Figures Figure 1 Session Menu - Connect............................................................................................................... 3 Figure 2 Paragon Manager Login Dialog - Connect..................................................................................... 3 Figure 3 UMT Profile Dialog......................................................................................................................... 4 Figure 4 Update Progress...................
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 Chapter 1: Introduction Paragon Manager Overview Paragon Manager is Raritan’s appliance management and configuration application, offering one coordinated graphical user interface that displays Device, User, Log, and Outlet information for your Paragon system. Paragon Manager allows you to add, modify, and delete Devices, Users, or Groups, and to specify log events to keep an audit trail of events that is updated in real time. In addition, you can also perform vi
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CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 3 Chapter 2: Operation Connection and Login Only three types of users have permissions to log in to Paragon Manager: • Administrators (the “Admin” account) • Users with administrator privileges • Users with Forced Video privileges Administrators and users with administrator privileges can manage or even modify the user or channel data in Paragon Manager, but users with Forced Video privileges do not have permissions to do this. The only thing they can do is to perf
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4 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Figure 3 UMT Profile Dialog b) Click New. c) Type the name of the device in the UMT field. d) Select the TCP/IP option. • Type the IP address of the Paragon switch in the IP Address field. • Type the Port number of the Paragon switch in the Port field. • Type the appropriate encryption key of the Paragon switch in the Encryption Key field, if applicable. e) Click Save to save this new device. f) Click Close to return to the login window. Note: To delet
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CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 5 7. When connected, the Paragon Manager window appears. Figure 5 Paragon Manager Window Note: See Disconnection for information on disconnecting the existing connection session, or see Closing Paragon Manager for information on closing the application. Paragon Manager Window Components The Paragon Manager window contains the Paragon Manager menu bar and toolbar, the Device panel, User panel, Log panel, and Power Strip View panel. • The Device panel displays all
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6 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Device panel - Multi-Function displays all View (MFV) connected panel – displays devices in the device and/or user Paragon II information system Power Strip View Device View panel – displays Tabs – view power strips and devices by connected ports Channel or by Type User panel – displays users and groups in the system Log panel – displays tracked events by date and time Figure 6 Paragon Manager Window
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CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 7 Customize your view by resizing panels or by displaying or hiding any of these components, except for the Device panel. Select options on the View menu; click the desired panels in the menu to display or to hide them. A check mark before the menu item indicates that it is displayed. Only the Device panel cannot be hidden. Resize the window panels by resting your mouse cursor on the border of two panels until a double-headed arrow appears. Click and drag the arrow to
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8 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE Device Panel The Device panel displays all devices connected to the Paragon switch to which you are connected. To make control easier, view devices either by Channel or by Type using the two tabs at the base of the Device panel (please see next section for additional information on Device views). ICON INDICATES: Power Strip outlet – power off (server) Power Strip outlet – power on (server) Power Strip outlet – power off (PWR) Power Strip outlet –
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CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 9 Device View View by Channel Click the View By Channel tab to display devices in a hierarchical tree by channel number. The icon at the top of the tree is the connected Paragon switch. Click the + symbol next to the Paragon switch to expand the tree and display all devices connected directly to it, listed in port number order. Target servers appear as computer icons. Figure 7 Device Tree by Channel Tiered switches (such as Z-CIM) appear as icons with the + sym
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10 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE View by Type Click the View By Type tab to display devices in a hierarchical tree by device type. Target Systems, Switches, and Power Strips are represented in this view. • Switches are represented by a grey node. • Target Systems are represented by a grey computer • Power Strips are represented by a grey lightning bolt. Click the + symbol before any icon to expand the tree to display all devices of that type in the configuration, displayed by type in
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CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 11 Ghosting In a Paragon system, when a CIM or tier device is removed from the system or powered off (manually or accidentally), a record of the CIM or CIMs connected to that tier device is reserved in the Paragon system. The target (or port) name will continue to appear in black text on the On- Screen Display (OSUI) of local user stations, and will also appear, with inactive status, in clients such as Raritan MPC (Multi-Platform Client), RRC (Raritan Remote Client), Pa
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12 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE System Setting Users of Paragon Manager for standalone Paragon product must set up their Paragon system configuration. Use the System Setting shortcut on the toolbar, or click System Setting on the Setup menu. 1. Choose Setup > System Setting. The System Setting dialog appears. Figure 11 System Settings Dialog 2. Type a name for your Paragon II switch in the System Name field (up to 12 alphanumeric characters). It is important for Paragon switches t
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CHAPTER 2: OPERATION 13 5. Click the Login Sleep drop-down arrow and choose OFF, Saver or Green. If you choose Saver or Green, specify the amount of time in minutes that the local user station can remain inactive at the Login Menu before the monitor enters the power-saving mode (press any of the keys on the keyboard to restore normal video). Using leading zeroes if necessary, type in a two-digit number of minutes from 01 to 99 in the Interval (Min.) field which is next to the Login Sleep f
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14 PARAGON MANAGER USER GUIDE User Panel The User panel displays users stored on the connected Paragon system and displays each user’s profile. Double-click a user to display the User Information dialog. As an Administrator, you can change account properties for users selected in this dialog. ICON INDICATES: Admin logged in and Connected Admin logged in and Disconnected Admin logged out and Disconnected User logged in and Connected User logged in and Disconnected User l
