[rescue] Avocent AMX KVM Sun Modules

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Hi Mike

I've put together a rack of Sun's in an old 19" rack I had in the workshop, and after quite a bit of research I went with standard HP KVMs. There are quite a few variants of these and they are 'fairly' cheap on eBay these days. 

Unfortunately as you've found - the Sun dongles are hard to find. I use a modern USB dongle for the newer Suns which captures most of what I need for general use. I also have some old Belkin Sun keyboard -> PS/2 adapters which I use with HP PS2 dongles. It's not ideal.

One advantage of the HP KVMs is that you can open multiple sessions, and I have a console switch which allows 4 simultaneous sessions. You can run the remote HP 'viewer' on an older Windows box. I use Windows 7 and its works OK. 

The main issue I find with Sun's is the mouse handling is not 100%, and you get lag if you are using the remote viewing. Using the console directly with a monitor plugged in works fine.

- Ian