Chapter 1: Product Overview

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Chapter 1: Product Overview

Features and Benefits

The Avocent DSR™1021 switch combines 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. This solution provides enterprise customers with a significant reduction of cable volume, secure remote access and flexible server management from anywhere at anytime.

The DSR1021 switch is a rack mountable keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switch configurable for analog (local) or digital (remote) connectivity. The DSR1021 switch has ports for connecting servers and serial devices via DSRIQ modules. A video resolution of 1280 x 1024 is supported for remote users of the DSR switching system. Enhanced video quality of up to 1600 x 1280 is available for the local user via the keyboard, video and mouse ports.

The DSR1021 switch includes an SPC, LAN and MODEM port. The SPC port may be used to connect an SPC power control device to the DSR1021 switch. An SPC device is an 8- or 16-outlet device that can be used to control the power state of any attached servers or serial devices using the DSView® software residing on the user PC. The LAN port is used to establish an Ethernet connection to the switch. The MODEM port may be used by remote users to access the switch using a dial-up connection when an Ethernet connection is not available.

The DSR1021 switch works over standard LAN connections. Users can access servers or serial devices using:

•A 100BaseT Ethernet connection

•A V.34, V.90 or V.92-compatible modem for remote KVM access and administration

•The local port

The IP-based DSR1021 switch gives you flexible server management control from anywhere in the world.

Reduce cable bulk

With server densities continually increasing, cable bulk remains one of the major concerns of every network Administrator. The DSR1021 switch significantly reduces 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.