Advice on KVM PS2/USB mixture?

[Ricardo Stella]

Belkin Enterprise Quad Bus KVMs support natively both PS/2 and USB.  
They have special dual port cables that come in either format.

Of course, you can always get the TripLite PS/2 to USB adapters Dell 
sells with their latest servers and then just use a PS/2 KVM

My .02...

Zembower, Kevin wrote:
> I now have a rack of PowerEdge 2450s (2), 2850 (1) and 2950s (2). They
> have a mixture of PS/2 and USB keyboard and mouse ports. Up to this
> time, I haven't done anything fancy with serial terminals or DRAC ports.
> I've just managed them with a PS/2 Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) switch,
> and manually plugging in the USB-only hosts. This has been acceptable
> because often months go by before I need to use the console on these
> hosts.
>
> However, this is becoming unwieldy. I'd like to ask this group's advice
> on how to manage my systems with respect to the local consoles. Does
> anyone make a KVM that combines PS/2 and USB? I've found some by
> searching, but they often seem like pure PS/2 or USB KVMs, with adapters
> for the other interface. My only experience with these adapters was that
> they required a Windows-only driver that I didn't want to use on my
> Linux systems. Are these adapters easy to get working on Linux systems?
>
> Should I bite the bullet and convert to serial terminals or DRAC ports?
> I would have to purchase DRAC ports for my older servers. Is this cost
> efficient compared to KVM?
>
> Thank you in advance for any advice or suggestions you have for me.
>
> -Kevin
>
> Kevin Zembower
> Internet Services Group manager
> Center for Communication Programs
> Bloomberg School of Public Health
> Johns Hopkins University
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