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Switch Network Systems
Proprietary and Standard KVM Protocol Networking Concepts
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The Evolving KVM Network
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The first
Multi-Console Keyboard/Video and Mouse Switches supported four to
sixteen consoles (keyboard, monitor and mouse). The back-plane
could support over a thousand computer inputs, but the initial
applications were not as demanding as today's. Once experienced
networking professionals started to understand the technology, new
business models were designed around KVMS technology. Today, the
packaging and features found in KVM switches has matured almost
entirely from what the end-user market perceived as the ultimate
deployment for remote computer access and control.
By 1998, over a dozen
new multi-console solutions were released. Demand for advanced
features included everything from integrated support for multi
platforms, audio signals, high speed serial port data and ASCII
terminal devices. Advances in signal transportation over category
5 network cable increased the flexibility in the deployment of
these hardware components. And, the distribution of the signals
over cat 5 allowed users to be a great distance from the actual
hardware. Professionals using strategic design methods found they
could exceed the original product specification to visualize and
deploy complex KVM Networks. However, understanding the new
business models using a KVM Network required a comprehensive
perception of IT business as well as the complexity of the
products.
As the market awareness
grew, public opinion continued to shape the design of newer KVMS
products being released. In early 1995, the first multi-console
KVM Switch was released supporting a range of consoles connected
to the same KVM switch chassis. These products allowed multiple
consoles to independently access every computer connected to the
hardware. Now, simultaneously control of individual server systems
could be managed through the same infrastructure.
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