From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 25 14:38:09 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EAAE106566C for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:38:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from atte.peltomaki@iki.fi) Received: from kameli.org (kameli.org [83.150.86.93]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2514D8FC22 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:38:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by kameli.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B9DE611F81E; Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:38:01 +0300 (EEST) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:38:01 +0300 From: Atte =?iso-8859-1?Q?Peltom=E4ki?= To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20120625143801.GN96212@ass.kameli.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAGIC with HP KVM - someone will help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:38:09 -0000 On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 08:14:09AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > I bought used IP 16 port KVM connected to few servers, in between them > FreeBSD 8 server running on Dell PowerEdge T110. > > As this KVM have PS/2 connectors to keyboard and mouse i added USB to > dual-PS/2 converter. This is ancient history now, but I used HP KVM switches 6-12 years ago and they weren't without problems. Regardless of OS and hardware behind the switches, they often acted up. Some combinations were more prone to problems, but since switching back and forth between targets would solve the problem over 99% of the time, I never put any further effort into it. If it's any consolation, I've used other brand KVM switches as well and the only one I've found quite reliable were Raritan and those cost an arm and a leg. -- Atte Peltomäki atte.peltomaki@iki.fi <> http://kameli.org "Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you"