IP KVM Switch

[netwalker1]

Dear All :
I need to have a console to my servers in the Data center from my room ...
so I need to connect the servers to an IP KVM Switch ...

any idea about models and what is yoru experiance about this ?

Mohamed Farid
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[pgaliardo]

We've been happy with the HP IP KVM 16 port switch. (Don't have a model number off the top of my head.) We've opened up some ports on our router so that we can connect to it over the WAN, so in an emergency, I can be at the console of any of our servers from my home. It's worked out well so far.

 

[wdoellefeld]

Running Dell 2161DS-2 16 port KVMs here.

They work pretty decent for the budget conscience, the HPs are probably better though.

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[LWComputingMVP]

I've used the Dell KVM-over-IP solution - it works, but it's performance wasn't very good. Though in fairness, this was about 4 years ago.

Dell OEM's Avocent boxes, if I recall... you might look into the Avocent boxes directly from Avocent.

 

[NickFerrar]

We have Dell ones to like the person above said they are rebadged Avocents. They SIPs are crazy prices though (compared with the equivalents for Avocent KVMs).