+1 for Raritan... I was very happy with their KVM switches at my last job. Owen
On Feb 20, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Matthew Black wrote: > Take a look at Raritan. We use their product to gain remote access to system > consoles. No more driving 100s of miles. Ok, it would be 200 feet for us. > > > matthew black > information technology services bh-188 > california state university, long beach > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Lewis [mailto:jle...@lewis.org] > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 7:35 AM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine > > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, John Osmon wrote: > >> At my $JOB[-1] they laughed at me when I pulled a Wyse out of the >> trash bin and stuck it on a spare crash cart. >> >> Then I fixed something while they were still looking for USB-Serial, >> etc. > > Speaking of that sort of thing, I'd really LOVE if there were a device about > the size of a netbook that could be hooked up to otherwise headless machines > in colos that would give you keyboard, video & mouse. i.e. a folding netbook > shaped VGA monitor with USB keyboard and touchpad. I know there are folding > rackmount versions of this (i.e. from Dell), but I want something far more > portable. Twice in the past month, I'd had to drive > 100+ miles to a remote colo and took a full size flat panel monitor and > keyboard with me. Has anyone actually built this yet? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jon Lewis, MCP :) | I route > Senior Network Engineer | therefore you are > Atlantic Net | > _________ http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_________ > > >
