Re: OT KVM recommondation

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:42:37 -0700

We have a couple of raritan IP based KVMs at clients. I like them. You just buy the type of dongle you need with it. Probably nothing you need to worry about, but I found out their regular USB dongles didn't work with some sun boxes and we needed to order different dongles for those. 

Bill

James Kerr wrote:

Tis a nice box. I'll add it to my server buy and see if it gets approved.

Thanks!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew W. Ross" <mr...@ephrataschools.org> 
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Subject: Re: OT KVM recommondation
Correct, but they were inexpensive as well. We've noticed most other KVMs did not include the cables, either. 


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


----- Original Message -----
From: James Kerr
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12:24:53 -0700
Subject: Re: OT KVM recommondation
I take it it doesn't come with the cables based on the fact that it isn't 
mentioned as coming with any when I checked it out at CDW.
  ----- Original Message -----   From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
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  No, those 16 ports connect to proprietary dongles via CAT5e/CAT6. The
dongles plug into the USB/PS2 ports.



  It is a nice unit. If I'm serious about KVM, I would either go with
Raritan or Avocent, which someone else mentioned a little bit ago. It
depends on what your needs (and possibly budget) are as to which one you
should go with. I honestly don't remember what the differences are now, but 
at the time I made the decision, Raritan was a better choice for us.
One cool thing is that you can mount a local drive over the IP connection, so as long as your connection is fast enough, you potentially would never 
have to visit the server, even to do a bare-metal rebuild/restore.



  Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE
  Technology Coordinator
  Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA
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  From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
  Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:10 PM
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  You know, I've never messed around with KVM over IP. That looks like a
nice unit. I assume those 16 ports connect to the ILO ports on the servers? 



  James

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle

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    Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:54 AM

    Subject: RE: OT KVM recommondation
We've got the 16 port version of this one, and it supports practically 
everything. I like it and have not had any issues. They have an 8 port.



    http://www.raritan.com/products/kvm-over-ip/dominion-kx-ii/





    Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE
    Technology Coordinator
    Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA
    jra...@eaglemds.com
    www.eaglemds.com
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    From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:48 AM
    To: NT System Admin Issues
    Subject: OT KVM recommondation



    Buying a couple of new servers and they dont have PS/2 ports so my
current KVM won't work for them. Can anyone recommend a simple rack mount 8 
port USB/VGA KVM?



    Thanks,



    James

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