[BBLISA] looking for KVM over IP suggestions

[Edward Ned Harvey (bblisa4)]

> From: bblisa [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On Behalf Of stephen g.
> wadlow
> 
> I may need a KVM switch that I can use remotely to access the consoles on
> some remote machines.
> 
> I seem to remember that most units I looked at, when I last looked at such
> units many years ago,
> either required the use of a Java client, or a windows-only client.    Neither of
> these options are
> desirable to me in the modern world.
> 
> Has anyone encountered a KVM-over-IP switch that uses something other
> than Java or a windows-only client?
> Suggestions welcome!

First things first. Many servers nowadays have this functionality built-in to their iLOM or DRAC (dell). In lots of cases, these features are a few extra bucks at the time of server purchase...

Due to the funamentally difficult nature of taking a DVI or VGA output and converting it into something remotely (and securely) accessible, and the very low quantity of such devices that would be sold, and the pressure on that tiny market resulting from having solutions built-in to iLOM ports... There are very few (if any) such products. Basically the industry has gone toward ILOM as the solution.