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) ===== Kathy Ange Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Information Systems (804) 786-1340 Voice Mail (804) 786-2110 FAX __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.comReceived on Fri Sep 21 20:45:14 2001
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