From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 2 17:29:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A650137B40A for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 17:29:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from columbia ([12.93.208.114]) by mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20011103012935.SQZN29594.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@columbia>; Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:29:35 +0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "John R. Sconiers" , Subject: RE: KVM switches and console ports for servers Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 20:28:26 -0500 Message-ID: <006201c16406$d5ac3a20$6600000a@columbia> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of John R. > Sconiers > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 8:25 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: KVM switches and console ports for servers > > Hi, > > I have about 70 Dell Servers running FreeBSD. I turned on console support > for the newer ones however I need a KVM solution that would allow multiple > people to connect to the KVM via an IP network. for the console ports > (serial) I'm using CMS-32's (from WTC). The only product I've found is > avocent (formerly Apex) ds1800's....but they are extremely expensive. Any > help would be welcomed. Please CC as I am not subscribed to -questions. John, I'm not sure that there really is a product out there, hardware wise, that would fit the bill for this. However, if you'd consider a piece of software, you may be in luck. Friend of mine uses this thing called VNC which allows control of a machine as if you're right at the console. It's a bit laggy as far as performance via the network, but it would get the job done that you're looking for. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message