Trying to Find the right KVM For my 3 Sunfire v250's
Hello All,
I currently have 3 SunFire v250 systems running Solaris 9/04. I tried using a Belkin PRO2 series KVM with USB ports. When rebooting the systems, I would get USB Timeout Errors, and some if not most of the time the system would not come up. I would need to go into the ALOM to reset each system usually several times before they would actually come up. The documentation for the KVM suggests booting the System up with the KB/Mouse/Monitor directly connected, and once the system is up then adding the KVM in the mix. This works, however when I reboot the system I am back to square one.
I am looking for suggestions for a KVM switch (if there is one) that will work well with SunFire v250's. Also, I am using xvr-100 graphics cards in each system.
Thank you in advance,
-Chris
[917 byte] By [
cfay] at [2007-11-25 22:38:20]
# 1
Hello Chris,
in the past there have been numerous posts on this topic (search for KVM).
Unfortunately there is no easy answer, except that most people would recommend to use a terminal server/console server instead.
Is your KVM listed on the following site or does Belkin recommend this KVM for Sun <b>SPARC</b> systems ?
<a href="http://www.sun.com/io_technologies" target="_blank"><b>I/O TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS</b></a>
Michael
maal at 2007-7-5 14:08:31 >
# 2
Hi Michael,
I have been scouring these posts and have seen quite a bit on this topic. The Belkin I am using (F1DA104T) is not on the list. Would you reccomend that I find a KVM on that list? Do you know if it would be worth contacting the KVM vendor to see what research/testing they have done?
I do currently have the terminal connections, however I am doing Veritas Certification Testing, which requires a console for their GUI test tool.
Thanks,
-Chris
cfay at 2007-7-5 14:08:32 >
