Re: [SAGE] IP KVM's and PDU which give you the most bang for youbuck

["Lance A. Brown" <lance@bearcircle.net>]

Lucky Dog wrote:
> Check out the Raritan line of PDU and KVM.
> 
> The PDUs have remote control ability via a console port that can also be
> connected to the KVM.  The KVM has network control so you can access the
> console without having to actually be in front of the rack.
> 
> They can be a bit pricy IMHO but it's turning out to be well worth it when
> you can VPN in from home and either connect to the console or power cycle a
> device without having to drive in.

When I last used Raritan equipment (7 months ago), they were selling
Avocent's DSView (previously mentioned here) as the "remote access" part
of their solution.  It sucked to have to rdesktop into a windows machine
from linux Linux box so I could run the DSView client to access the
console on my linux servers. :-\

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