[SunHELP] KVM recommendations

Mon Aug 20 15:08:22 CDT 2001

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Folks, thanks to all for your recommendations on KVM switches.

We went with Steve's suggestion of Avocent Autoview 400 and it's a great
switch! I have a mix of Suns and PCs on it and the K/M conversion works
perfectly. And at $35 per port (Sun or PC), the cables are reasonably priced
as well.

--Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Wingate [mailto:steve at velosystems.net] 
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 5:00 AM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] KVM recommendations

For what it's worth we've standardized on Avocent Autoview 400's for our
colocation facilities. They each control a Compaq DL380, a Sun E450 and an
Ultra 5. They support both USB and Sun without external adapters. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Adam Kropelin <mailto:Adam.Kropelin at netlinkaccess.com>  
To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' <mailto:'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'>  
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 12:46 PM
Subject: [SunHELP] KVM recommendations

The good news is that we now have enough Suns to justify needing a KVM
switch for them. The bad news is, well, the same thing.

All I can seem to find are peecee KVMs which require $150-per-port protocol
converters to work with Sun equipment. Can anyone recommend a
reasonably-priced switch that needs no adapters? Or a source of cheaper
adapters? 

-- 
Adam Kropelin 

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<DIV><SPAN class=085520220-20082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Folks, 
thanks to all for your recommendations on KVM switches.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=085520220-20082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>We 
went with Steve's suggestion of Avocent Autoview 400 and it's a great switch! I 
have a mix of Suns and PCs on it and the K/M conversion works perfectly. And at 
$35 per port (Sun or PC), the cables are reasonably priced as 
well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=085520220-20082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=085520220-20082001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>--Adam</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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  <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT 
  face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Steve Wingate 
  [mailto:steve at velosystems.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 10, 2001 5:00 
  AM<BR><B>To:</B> sunhelp at sunhelp.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SunHELP] KVM 
  recommendations<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For what it's worth we've standardized on Avocent 
  Autoview 400's for our colocation facilities. They each control a Compaq 
  DL380, a Sun E450 and an Ultra 5. They support both USB and Sun without 
  external adapters. </FONT></DIV>
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    <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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    style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> 
    <A title=Adam.Kropelin at netlinkaccess.com 
    href="mailto:Adam.Kropelin at netlinkaccess.com">Adam Kropelin</A> </DIV>
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    href="mailto:'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'">'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'</A> </DIV>
    <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 09, 2001 12:46 
    PM</DIV>
    <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [SunHELP] KVM 
    recommendations</DIV>
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    <P><FONT size=2>The good news is that we now have enough Suns to justify 
    needing a KVM switch for them. The bad news is, well, the same 
    thing.</FONT></P>
    <P><FONT size=2>All I can seem to find are peecee KVMs which require 
    $150-per-port protocol converters to work with Sun equipment. Can anyone 
    recommend a reasonably-priced switch that needs no adapters? Or a source of 
    cheaper adapters? </FONT></P>
    <P><FONT size=2>-- </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Adam Kropelin</FONT> 
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