KVM Switch

[William Park]

On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 05:35:29PM -0400, Robert G. Brown wrote:
> On Fri, 11 May 2001, Raghubhushan Pasupathy wrote:
> 
> > Folks,
> >
> > I am looking to buy a KVM switch for an 8-node(16 processor) Beowulf
> > Cluster. Can anyone give me some directions on this since I am completely
> > lost. What specs, brand etc. do you suggest?

I remember seeing few ad in "Linux Journal".  From my experience, I only
needed K/V/M at the beginning; after setup, I just use ethernet.

> 
> Why?  KVM's tend to be very expensive (I know, I have a Raritan which is
> an excellent choice and even keyboard-switchable BUT which costs a whole
> lot -- good KVM's can cost $100 per port or even more).  I also have a
> really cheapo four position mechanical KVM switch that works for
> keyboard and video but cannot switch PS2 mice.  It degrades video

Yes, I found this out the hard way.  Abit VP6 hangs if you unplug/plug
PS/2 mouse.

--William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
  8 CPU cluster, (Slackware) Linux, Python, LaTeX, vim, mutt