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ww.dell.com/powersolutions Reprinted from Dell Power Solut
i
ons
,
October 2004. Copyri
g
ht © 2004 Dell Inc. All ri
g
hts reserved
.
POWER SOLUTIONS
99
99
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
A
s enterprise demands
f
or computing power grow, IT
organizations must
b
e a
bl
e to respon
d
quic
kl
y w
h
e
n
mission-critical servers need attention. The Dell 2161DS
Remote Conso
l
e Switc
h
is
d
esigne
d
to give a
d
ministrators
t
he capability to mana
g
e their servers worldwide throu
g
h
complete keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) connectivity. If
server needs rebootin
g
, the 2161DS switch enables every
ste
p
o
f
the reboot
p
rocess to be seen—even the BIOS
—
w
ithout requirin
g
additional hardware or software to be
i
nstalled on the server. The 2161DS switch can
p
rovide admin-
i
strators wit
h
access to t
h
e same KVM capa
b
i
l
ity w
h
et
h
er
t
hey are plu
gg
ed in directly to the server or located on the
other side of the globe. The 2161DS switch is also designed
t
o allow administrators to view multi
p
le servers simultane
-
ously in any size window they prefer—helping to simplify
scripted so
f
tware loads and wide-scale planned reboots.
U
nderstandin
g
Dell
2
1
6
1D
S
switch features
a
nd components
T
h
e
D
e
ll 21
6
1D
S
R
e
m
ote
Co
n
so
l
e
S
wi
tc
h
co
n
s
i
sts
o
f
a
r
ac
k-
mountable KVM switch incorporatin
g
KVM over IP tech
-
nology from Avocent. The switch is designed to provide
secure local and remote connectivit
y
to multivendor
p
lat-
f
orms running mixed operating systems such as Microsoft
®
Windows® and Linux® operatin
g
systems. Up to 128 servers
can
b
e connecte
d
to a sing
l
e switc
h
, an
d
eac
h
2161DS sup-
p
orts one local and up to two remote users.
T
he 2161DS switch
p
rovides administrators with
remote, or
d
igita
l
,
contro
l
access to a
ll
attac
h
e
d
servers.
R
emote administrators have the same level o
f
control over
t
h
eir servers t
h
roug
h
t
h
e networ
k
as t
h
ey wou
ld
h
ave at t
h
e
rack throu
g
h the local, or
a
nalo
g
,
console. Servers can be
contro
ll
e
d
d
irect
l
y t
h
roug
h
an ana
l
og port on t
h
e 2161DS
switch
f
or local KVM connectivit
y
and administration,
or remote
l
y across a 10/100BaseT Giga
b
it Et
h
ernet con-
n
ection. Authentication and 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer
(
SSL
)
encr
yp
tion hel
p
p
rovide securit
y
over remote
co
nn
ectio
n
s.
Administrators access the switch locally usin
g
the
on-screen display (OSD) and remotely through the Dell
R
emote Console So
f
tware
(
RCS
)
Java-based client inter-
f
ace (see Figure 1). Key features and capabilities of the
2
1
6
1D
S
s
wi
tc
h in
c
l
ude:
•
1U or 0U rack-mountin
g
option
s
•
S
ixteen Category 5
(
Cat 5
)
RJ-45 ports
f
or
se
rv
e
r
co
nn
ectio
n
s
•
U
p
to 1024×768 video resolution
f
or bot
h
l
oca
l
ana
l
og an
d
remote
d
igita
l
connections
•
Recommended maximum cable len
g
th o
f
50 feet between the 2161DS switch and
t
h
e
se
rv
er
•
Firmware upgra
d
ea
bl
e over t
h
e networ
k
usin
g
RCS softwar
e
BY
S
TEPHEN M. HAHN AND R
O
BERT BERN
S
TEI
N
Using the Dell
2
1
6
1D
S
Remote
C
onsole
S
witch t
o
Control Data Center Servers
The Dell
™
2161DS Remote Console Switch combines local and remote access technology
to help deliver flexible, centralized control of data center servers from virtually any loca-
tion. By enabling administrators to manage multiple servers in multiple locations from a
single location, the 2161DS helps provide IT organizations with ease of administration,
effective use of IT resources, and cost-effective scalability.
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