On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 02:57, Steve Shockley<steve.shock...@shockley.net>
wrote:
> stan wrote:
>>
>> I have a few locations where I have installed 1U rack mount
>> KVM/monitor/keyboards, and quite frankly. I'm not happy with any of the
>> ones I have tried.
>>
>> I recognize this is off topic, but the people on this list are pretty hard
>> to please. Given that I was wondering if anyone would like to recomend
>> anything that they have used for these, and been happy with?
>
> A few people mentioned serial connections, but that doesn't really answer
> your question, since you'd still need a KVM. B You'd also need computers
that
> properly do serial console.
>
> The 1U KVM consoles I've used range from adequate to suck. B My best
> suggestion is KVM/IP (Avocent, etc.), serial as others have mentioned, or
> ILO/DRAC. B That way you don't have to stand next to the servers.
>
>
We use Cyclades at work... you can SSH to that, and then connect to
the server using the serial connection.
