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Product Overview
Features and Benefits
The Avocent LongView® IP KVM extender enables the desktop user to have full access to keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) and audio devices. The LongView IP KVM extender provides users with a full workstation experience from anywhere on the corporate TCP/IP network, while maintaining the workstations securely housed in a corporate data center.
The LongView IP KVM extender consists of:
•A transmitter to connect externally to the remote workstation
•A receiver located at the user’s desk
Rack Mounted
Servers and Blades
User 1 | Gigabit Ethernet |
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| Switch |
LongView IP
Receiver
User 1
Figure 1.1: LongView IP KVM Extender - Basic System
