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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 virtual media, and to 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 DSR2035/8035 switch model consists of the following features:
a rack mountable keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switch, configurable for analog (local) or
digital (remote) connectivity
video resolutions supported up to 1280 x 1024 for remote users
enhanced video quality of up to 1600 x 1200 available to local users via the video port
user peripheral ports for PS/2 and USB keyboards and mice
2 SPC ports that can be used to connect to an SPC power control device
virtual media capability accessed through any one of five USB ports
accessibility to target devices across one of two 1000BaseT LAN ports that are used to
establish dual Ethernet connections with the second Gigabit Ethernet port (LAN2) serving
as a backup during a failover event on LAN1
accessibility to target devices directly through a local port
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 IP-based DSR2035/8035 switches give you flexible target device management control from
anywhere in the world.