[TriLUG] ip kvm switch

[Heath Roberts]

I think the big players are still Raritan, Cyclades (bought by Avocent),
and APC. They're all fine. We use HP, which I think is a rebadged Avocenet,
at work, also fine, and I see a 16-port one of those on eBay for $50. If
you buy a used one, make sure the seller either has or clears the
passwords--IIRC they're not customer recoverable. One thing I like about
the HP is that the server-side 'dongles' (that convert from RJ45 to video
and either PS2 or USB) are pretty low-profile, and have short integral
cables, unlike some of the others that want to plug directly into the
server's video connector.

I've not tried using one from a linux browser--we have linux servers but
not desktops.


On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:34 PM, jason tower <jtower at cerient.net> wrote:

> can anyone suggest a good quality datacenter kvm switch(es)?  haven't
> bought any for quite a while so i'm a little behind on the current state of
> the art.  we have nine racks, each with about six servers.  really only
> need one physical console to handle all of them, so presumably something
> with cat5 extenders would be best.  i also want remote IP capability that
> works well from linux workstations.  beyond that i don't really need any
> other fancy features that the high end models tend to incorporate.
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