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"Keyboard, Video, Mouse" is what the acronym means for anyone wondering. Some IT workers will have one at their desk to switch a single set of monitors, keyboar
by jldugger 5y ago
"Keyboard, Video, Mouse" is what the acronym means for anyone wondering. Some IT workers will have one at their desk to switch a single set of monitors, keyboards and mice between multiple computers.
In this context, however, there's an additional expectation that these devices make this happen over a network, so that you can handle things like BIOS configuration fully remotely.
- deckard1 5y ago> so that you can handle things like BIOS configuration fully remotely. Yeah, the important distinction here is that these devices somewhat fulfill the role of a standalone IPMI[1] device. IPMI is typically built into server motherboard (SuperMicro) which allows an administrator to reboot a machine or configure BIOS over a network. Your typical KVM does not feature this. However, where these lack is that they still require a video card. IPMI built into a motherboard can run on an entirely headless system. There are also commercial versions of this, such as the Lantronix Spider KVM over IP[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Managemen... [2] https://www.lantronix.com/products/lantronix-spider/ https://www.lantronix.com/products/lantronix-spider/