KVM over IP - Adjust BIOS settings remotely

[tankman1989]

About a year ago I was trying to figure out how to do hardware diagnostics and adjust BIOS settings remotely. I figured that if one could have access to a KVM console with IP then you could hook up the machine which needs work to it, log into the KVM console and do your work. I found one unit that seems to do this but at $800 it seems a bit expensive.

http://www.kvm-switches-online.com/sv1105ipext.html

I would think that it would be possible to make one with a computer, or not? It is essentially like using a virtual machine from a computer. You would need to output the keyboard and mouse from the host (KVM IP Machine) to the target PC and have the video output from the target machine being input into the host KVM machine. From there you would just need to do a remote desktop to the host KVM machine and this could be done with many types of remote software, even VNC. I would think that Linux would be ideal for this.

 

[sjlplat]

This can be done with KVM PCI cards.

 

[tankman1989]

This can be done with KVM PCI cards.

AWESOME! I knew there had to be something out there that would do this. I asked about a VGA input card for this a few months back and everyone jumped on me and said that it would be ridiculous to do this.

Thanks for the link!

 

[sjlplat]

AWESOME! I knew there had to be something out there that would do this. I asked about a VGA input card for this a few months back and everyone jumped on me and said that it would be ridiculous to do this.

Thanks for the link!

I've found that usually if you have an obscure idea for a PC interface, someone has already done it.

 

[tankman1989]

I've found that usually if you have an obscure idea for a PC interface, someone has already done it.

Ain't that the truth! It is really amazing what can be done. Do you use one of these PCI KVM's or know anything about them?

 

[chrisaroz]

I'm trying to figure out how these things work.. any links or feedback before I spend 30 minutes googling?

 

[sjlplat]

Ain't that the truth! It is really amazing what can be done. Do you use one of these PCI KVM's or know anything about them?

I haven't installed them myself, but we had one on a piece of equipment when I worked for a semiconductor manufacturer. It worked like a standard KVM. Switching was done from the keyboard.