Summary - Information on Sun KVM Switches (very late)

From: Kathy Ange <kathyange_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Sep 21 2001 - 15:45:14 EDT
First I need to apologize for such a long delay in for
the summary.  I received a lot a help for
recommendation but not one vendor stood out.  I was
even more confused as many suggested a terminal or
console server.  So I needed to dig-in and figure it
all out myself.

Original question:
I was looking for recommendation on a KVM switch.

A terminal server or a console sever sounds like a
really great idea but to expensive and more
capabilities than we need at this time.  I'm sill not
really clear on all the advantages.  I know it allows
the system admin to dial-in from home or into remote
locations to work on the machines.  Fortunately we
don't have remote locations and we only have a 9-5
system availability (and that is nice)

So I decide I really wanted a KVM Switch, but I wanted
something native to SUN, not something I need to buy
conversion kits for.  I have narrowed the field down
to two vendors and they have both agreed to loan their
product to me for 30 days so I can test them out.  One
is the Lightwave Server Switch 8200
(www.lightwavecom.com) and the second one is Network
Technologies Inc Universal Multiplatform Switch
(www.networktechinc.com).

Following is the stats of vendors recommended
Blackbox 	6 
Lightwave 8200 	2
Belkin	        4
Raritan    	3
Autoview 400	2
Rose Electronics 2  	I still need to check this one
out
Others 	        7	( recommended by only one) 


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Kathy Ange
Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Information Systems
(804) 786-1340 Voice Mail
(804) 786-2110 FAX

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Received on Fri Sep 21 20:45:14 2001

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