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Re: KVM over IP suggestions?

  • From: Alexei Roudnev
  • Date: Mon Aug 22 22:15:00 2005

Not a switch, but if you use DELL 2850 , 1850 and other _modern_ DELL xx8x
servers, DRAC-IV cards provides very good IP-KVM functionality. (Older
DRAC-III cards, used in 1650, are just a piece of junk).


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Mercer" <[email protected]>
To: "Drew Weaver" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: KVM over IP suggestions?


>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:15:23AM -0400, Drew Weaver wrote:
> >             Howdy, I'm looking for a way to give our remote users access
> > to their servers, perhaps a KVM-IP solution. What we need is support for
> > multiple users (more than 2), with access control that limits what users
> > can connect to what ports on the KVM switch, and would allow you BIOS
> > level access and os-installation type control over the server, would
> > also be nice if it worked with windows and linux/unix based systems.
> > Any suggestions would be helpful.
>
> i haven't used it, but you might want to check out:
>
> http://www.realvnc.com/products/KVM-over-IP/
>
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