[ale] KVM switch

[James Taylor]

Way back the last time I looked at Avocent, they only supported the management interface on windows. Did they fix that?
-jt
 
 

James Taylor
678-697-9420
james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com



>>> Harold Bieber <harold.bieber at gmail.com> 12/1/2016 3:50 PM >>> 
jim, We use Avocent. Works well, although we aren't using the KVM over IP.
Only issue we have had was a lost/forgotten password after the person that
set it up left the organization. Having to connect to the unit with serial
port and none of the "tricks" support offered worked, had to do a factory
reset of the device. This wasn't that bad as we only had 8 systems
connected, all I had to do was go back in and rename the connections.
Overall been pretty happy with the units.

Harold

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sometimes infrastructure hardware needs a kick in the pants. Like when the
> network board in the KVMoIP switch fails. Again.
>
> I'm looking to replace an existing KVM switch that has no network viewing
> of the consoles with a KVM switch that supports viewing the consoles over a
> web connection.
>
> 32 ports is required. Ideally, it would have 2 local console ports so I
> can plug one into a rack display and the other into the KVM in the next
> rack for dual network access. LDAPS user access would be nice but not a
> deal breaker without it.
>
> I currently have an ancient HP with no console over IP (so why even _have_
> a network port with ability to configure BUT NOT USE!!! ARGH!) and 32 port
> unit from ACME Micro that is waiting for the second replacement network
> board (I'm writing this from a datacenter wearing ear plugs).
>
> What are other people using (and not swearing at)?
>
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>
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