Advice on KVM PS2/USB mixture?

Todd Lyons tlyons at ivenue.com
Tue May 13 16:09:16 CDT 2008


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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 01:57:03PM -0500, poweredgemark at gmail wrote:

>   Depending on your budget the Dell 2161DS IP KVM might be an option it
>   supports both PS/2 and USB connectors, bit over kill for 5 servers as it

+1 vote

>   is 16 ports. This switch and the management software aren't exactly bullet
>   proof but acceptable. Its really an Avocent switch, so they may have
>   alternative option as well.

Avocent doesn't provide the 8 port multipliers.  I do not know if those
8 port multipliers work with the Avocent devices, we stick with the Dell
2161DS.  We've got exactly 100 hosts on our unit, we have no complaints.
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Regards...		Todd
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