Console Management Servers

[Kristian Hermansen]

Grant M. wrote:
> If you are just looking for something to connect to the console port of 
> a machine, Avocent (www.avocent.com) makes some reasonably priced 2, 4, 
> 8, and 16 port serial hubs. They run from $200 - $600.

Yeah, and they are poorly designed.  If you run Windows, they work 
great.  Under Linux, you will encounter random X/mouse/keyboard 
freezing.  Also, unless you purchase the more expensive products, you 
will not be able to send certain sequences of keystrokes, like 
CTRL-ALT-BKSP or some others that I forget of the top of my head.  The 
full software client only runs on Windows.  They have a Java web 
interface, but it is really unpleasant to work with.

A guy I work with, Dan Parella, has more experience with them because he 
works remotely much of the time.  He really dislikes the Avocent 
products.  You can sametime/email him if you want gory details.  Is 
there some alternative to Avocent that people have found useful?

Also, just a quick question, do any of them support sending sequences 
like STOP-A for Sun/Solaris?  At least on the model I tested, this was 
not possible...
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Kristian Hermansen

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