Know of a reasonably priced KVM over IP switch?

[Les Mikesell]

drew einhorn wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 8:10 AM, drew einhorn <drew.einhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 5:30 PM, drew einhorn <drew.einhorn at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> So far the only ones I have found are far from reasonable.
>>> I realize you are looking for hardware, but I have heard that some
>>> people are happily using FreeNX in lieu of a KVM.
>>>
>>> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2006/02/09/freenx.html
>>
>> FreeNX is great!  We use it all the time.  But every now and then you
>> have to be able to see what's going on while the system is booting,
>> before FreeNX is up and running.  Maybe reconfigure the hardware
>> raid controller, etc.
>>
> 
> Recently some bozo (me) was adjusting the network configuration,
> and a typo resulted in losing connectivity.  Had to wait for someone
> to arrive on site to fix it.   Duhhh!!!!
> 
> With a KVM over IP switch, I would have been able to fix it.

Some servers have an extra management NIC to do this internally - like 
the Dells where you can connect to their consoles with the openmanage 
software.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com