Secure Console Servers are used to securely monitor and centrally manage up to 48 of your networking systems (servers, routers, switches, etc.). They do so by monitoring the console port of your network center?s devices and systems. Each attached component must have an EIA-232 compatible serial port. Security is maintained through encryption and user passwords. User accounts are set up by the root user, or sysadmin of the SCS. A user can access the attached servers using commands from a local terminal or through an ssh-protocol (secure) network connection. In order to interact with a device the user must have read, review or write access to that port.