Rackmount LCD KVM: Cost Efficient Solution for Space Constrained Server Room Environments
A space saving solution for compact server rooms, the Rackmount LCD KVM is a combination of a keyboard, LCD and mouse integrated into a drawer. These drawers can be 1U or 2U depending upon the size of the rack. Classified on the basis of the type of video supported, these drawers are categorized as VGA, DVI, HDMI, Composite RCA or BNC and S-Video. They can also be classified on the basis of features into sunlight readable KVMs, short depth model, SUN KVM and Dual slide KVMs. While the Sunlight KVM drawers are used in high brightness environments, the short depth model is used in server rooms where rack depth is shallow. The SUN KVM is designed specially to work with SUN servers and the Dual slide KVM has two separate slides; one housing the keyboard / mouse and the other housing the LCD. The Rackmount monitor keyboard drawer is also available in PS2 and USB variants. All these models have some features that are common to all such as operating on simple plug and play functionality, easy installation and set up, a flip up design that allows the unit to remain open for easy viewing even when the rack door is closed. While the on-screen display is used to control Brightness, Contrast, Color, Clock, Horizontal Position, Vertical Position, Phase, Scaling, Auto configuration, Input select, Multi window, Clear EEPROM, Save and Adjust, the mode of control of these units are hot keys, front panel push buttons or auto scan. Available with adjustable rack mount brackets, the Rackmount keyboard also has slide rails which prevent movement of the keyboard while typing. The TCP, UDP, IP, ARP, ICMP, HTTP/HTTPS, Telnet, DHCP/BOOTP, PPP, SMTP, DNS, NTP, Dynamic DNS protocols are followed by these units and they are available in screen sizes ranging from 15” to 20”. Offering multi platform support these devices work with Windows, SUN, Dell, UNIX and Linux operating systems. Light weight, they are hot pluggable and allow users to add and remove connected devices for maintenance without powering down the switch. The more advance version of this device allows remote access to servers over the TCP/IP network via web browser and is SSL V2/V3 encrypted for secure transmission. Equipped with built-in microprocessor emulation for each port boot up process, the Rackmount LCD KVM also has the ability to support multiple keyboard languages. Used in various server room applications, this Rackmount device is also required in certain commercial, industrial and military environments.