Re: [SAGE] IP KVM's and PDU which give you the most bang for you buck

["Michael T. Halligan" <michael@halligan.org>]

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Nate, given the fact that remote PDUs are about $20 per port, and IP  
kvms seem to be somewhere
in the ballpark of $200 - $400 per port.. If you're not using  
windows, a serial console goes a long way.

Michael T. Halligan
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On Jan 27, 2006, at 9:21 AM, nmedbery@museverte.net wrote:

> We currently use a Raritan Dominian KX 32 port KVM over IP.  I don't
> really like it.  You have to install their client software and it uses
> some Internet Explorer components (ActiveX actually).  The KVM itself
> locks up from time to time and needs to be reset.  Sometimes it  
> recovers,
> sometimes it does not.  I upgraded the firmware recently and then  
> grabbed
> the new Java client, but I thought the interface got worse!  The older
> interface (which still works thankfully) has nice keyboard  
> shortcuts to
> refresh the screen etc.  On the new client, you had to use a key  
> sequence
> just to bring up the menu giving you the option of a screen  
> refresh, which
> had to be clicked with your mouse.  It's possible that a keyboard  
> sequence
> could have been used, but it was not intuitive enough for me to  
> figure out
> quickly, so I went back to the old client.
>
> The mouse synchronization seems a little off to me as well and the  
> screen
> refreshes are not very good.  Maybe that is more to do with the  
> "over IP"
> part, but I doubt it.  I just have not used other products so I cannot
> compare.  I do know that I don't get a warm fuzzy from using this  
> thing
> though.
>
> I have used Cyclades TS-series equipment and always liked those.  I  
> do not
> know what their KVM over IP products are like and would be  
> interested in
> hearing what others have to say about them.
> 	-Nate
>
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Lance A. Brown wrote:
>
>> Lucky Dog wrote:
>>> Check out the Raritan line of PDU and KVM.
>>>
>>> The PDUs have remote control ability via a console port that can  
>>> also be
>>> connected to the KVM.  The KVM has network control so you can  
>>> access the
>>> console without having to actually be in front of the rack.
>>>
>>> They can be a bit pricy IMHO but it's turning out to be well  
>>> worth it when
>>> you can VPN in from home and either connect to the console or  
>>> power cycle a
>>> device without having to drive in.
>>
>> When I last used Raritan equipment (7 months ago), they were selling
>> Avocent's DSView (previously mentioned here) as the "remote  
>> access" part
>> of their solution.  It sucked to have to rdesktop into a windows  
>> machine
>> from linux Linux box so I could run the DSView client to access the
>> console on my linux servers. :-\
>>
>> --[Lance]
>

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