AIX 4.3 and KVM over IP switch

[sddyer]

Hi. Does anyone know of any kvm-over-ip switches that work with AIX 4.3? Forgive me as I am not familiar with AIX, but my understanding is that the keyboard and mouse protocols in version 4.3 are IBM proprietary, which can lead to keyboard issues. I am looking for an ip enabled kvm switch which can be used with an AIX 4.3 server for remote management.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[DukeSSD]

I think you might be barking up the wrong tree.
I think you will need to use X11 / Xwindows / Xserver / Xhost over IP if you want GUI access over to an AIX / unix machine.
Try hummingbird exceed as a search argument in google to see if that is the sort of thing you are after.
From that you should be able to find some of the other solutions available.

 

[sddyer]

Thanks for the tip. However, I am not looking to use the KVM over IP switch for normal client activity. You're right that X11/XWindows, etc would be a much better solution for client/server activity. The KVM over IP switch is just for remote management of the box itself, for boot issues, etc. However, the keyboard is not working with the switch we are using. That's why I am looking to see if anyone knows of any KVM over IP switches that are compatible with AIX 4.3.

Any further help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[plamb]

The problem may be the hardware not AIX level.

 

[DukeSSD]

I don't know is this will help but since the MCA machines all of the ISA/PCI and PCI machines use standard PS2 keyboards.
The MCA machines had proprietary keyboards but everything since, with a PS2 keyboard socket, should work with any PS2 keyboard.
Obviously some of the fancier PS2 keyboards that require some sort of driver will give problems but any "standard" 102 or 103 key PS2 keyboard should work.

 

[gecko27]

A roundabout solution we use is the command terminal is an old laptop w/ a bad screen. It's running terminal emulation software to function.

You could use the KVM to connect to a PC running terminal software or, what I do, run something like Remote Administrator, VNC, etc to remote monitor the PC from anywhere.

 

[RMGBELGIUM]

Normally , VNC has a version for AIX, downloadable at :

http://www.bullfreeware.com/download/aix43/vnc-3.3.3.2.exe

This could get the job done

greetz

R.

 

[plamb]

why not upgrade your AIX O/S it is way behind and not supported

 

[DukeSSD]

2 thoughts:
1, Yse a terminal server (serial / RS232), if you don't need a GUI interface.
2, If you persist with the KVM, are you sure the console settings are set to LFT ?