Steve Shockley wrote:
stan wrote:
I have a few locations where I have installed 1U rack mount
KVM/monitor/keyboards, and quite frankly. I'm not happy with any of the
ones I have tried.
I recognize this is off topic, but the people on this list are pretty
hard
to please. Given that I was wondering if anyone would like to recomend
anything that they have used for these, and been happy with?
A few people mentioned serial connections, but that doesn't really
answer your question, since you'd still need a KVM. You'd also need
computers that properly do serial console.
The 1U KVM consoles I've used range from adequate to suck. My best
suggestion is KVM/IP (Avocent, etc.), serial as others have mentioned,
or ILO/DRAC. That way you don't have to stand next to the servers.
best thing i've seen is the adder vnc-capable kvm switch, have one in
production. it still requires e.g. a laptop to work so it's not quite as
self-contained as a 1U standalone kvm interface.
that you can access it on remote makes it even better than an actual kvm
setup imo.
cheers,
jake
