Avocent DSR1021 manual Features and Benefits, Reduce cable bulk

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Product Overview

Features and Benefits

Avocent DSR® switches combine analog and digital technology to provide flexible, centralized control of data center servers and facilitate the OA&M (operations, activation and maintenance) of remote branch offices where trained operators may be unavailable. They provide enterprise customers with a significant reduction of cable volume, secure remote access and flexible server management from anywhere at anytime.

Each DSR1021/1022 switch model consists of a rack mountable keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switch, configurable for analog (local) or digital (remote) connectivity. Video resolutions are supported up to 1280 x 1024 for remote users. Enhanced video quality of up to 1600 x 1200 is available to local users via the video port.

The DSR1021/1022 switch has user peripheral ports for PS/2 keyboards and mice and an SPC port that may be used to connect to an SPC power control device. An SPC device is an 8- or 16-outlet device that you can use to control the power state of any attached target devices through the embedded web server or the DSView 3 software.

Users can access target devices across a 100BaseT LAN port that is used to establish an Ethernet connection, or directly through a local port. Each DSR1021/1022 switch model includes a MODEM port that supports V.34, V.90 or V.92-compatible modems that may be used to access the switch when an Ethernet connection is not available.

The only significant difference between the two models described in this manual is that the DSR1021 supports control of up to eight target devices, while the DSR1022 supports control of up to four target devices. The IP-based DSR1021/1022 switches give you flexible target device management control from anywhere in the world.

Reduce cable bulk

With server densities continually increasing, cable bulk remains a major concern for network administrators.The DSR1021/1022 switches significantly reduce KVM cable volume in the rack by utilizing the innovative DSRIQ module and single, industry-standard Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) CAT 5 cabling. This allows a higher server density while providing greater airflow and cooling capacity.