[geeks] 1U rackmount KVM switch

[Shannon]

On 18-Apr-2012 10:27, Andrew Jones wrote:
> On 04/17/2012 11:31 PM, Shannon wrote:
>>
>> The Avocent stuff costs little more than IOGear, some of it less.
>>
>> The main issue with Avocent is the cables are grossly overpriced, but not
>> enough to bother us.
>>
>> They have some very, very nice datacenter management equipment. Boss
>> pretty
>> happy so I'll probably be spec'ing out a KVM-over-IP setup since we
>> can't run
>> the analog cable (easily) for the satellite KVMs.
>>
> 
> I have nothing bad to say about Avocent local KVMs.
> 
> I've never been happy with any KVM-over-IP solution.  The clients are
> usually terrible.  ActiveX, Java applets that can't handle mouse
> acceleration etc.  Avocent is no worse than usual on that front.
> 
> Some stuff is just *weird*.  The last Avocent IP KVM I used implemented
> serial support by pretending to be a glass screen terminal and giving
> you a java applet to show you the glass screen.

I was sorta worried about that myself having tried similar solutions.

But, the ability to avoid the analog cabling appeals to the shop.

> P.S. Is there a reason you can't just buy ILO/DRAC options for these hosts?

I don't know what that is.

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