True, but I've added it to our Cisco ACS server boxes so at least didn't need more hardware. A couple of models (DSR2161 certainly) have alternative firmware available on the Dell site which removes the requirement for the authentication server, but most of the access control goes with it. -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Glenn [mailto:aaron.glenn@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 9:42 AM To: Simon Hamilton-Wilkes Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: KVM over IP Suggestions? On 8/22/05, Simon Hamilton-Wilkes <simon@jettis.com> wrote:

They support P/S2 / USB / Sun and serial - though are a very expensive

way to do serial.

And (last time I looked, at least) they required an expensive, proprietary, Windows-only authentication server (DSView) in addition to the client software licenses and hardware costs. aaron.glenn