RE: Viewsonic smart displays

["Steve Morgan" <wormpurple@xxxxxxx>]

Nik,

A Smart Display won't help you here. It's specifically a client for
Windows XP machines. If XP isn't running, you can't connect - which
means that you can't use it during boot up, or if the OS has crashed.

Smart Display can connect to multiple machines - I believe it gives you
a list when you turn it on - but, again, only if the host machines are
(successfully) running XP.

I'd suggest something a little less high-tech. Perhaps a KVM and leave
a
monitor extension cable dangling out of the front of the rack.

Regards,
Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 02 January 2003 10:04
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Viewsonic smart displays
> 
> 
> Hi,
> I have my node 0 in a cupboard in a mini cabinet. There's no 
> space for monitor there, so my server (soon to be two) runs 
> PC anywhere, and I administer it from my workstation PC. 
> However, if I need to access BIOS or I run into problems and 
> Windows cannot start, I have no option, but to pull the 
> server out of cabinet and attach monitor, which is a pain. 
> Buying one of TFT displays for those servers seems too 
> expensive, if I need to use it only once a month and still 
> takes a precious space in a cupboard (and needs separate 
> keyboard and mouse) Now, I would really like to have one slim 
> display (shape like these), which I can take out of cupboard 
> and use as a display/keyboard/mouse for the servers, and also 
> as a control panel for devices (e.g. running Home
> Automator) and even displaying photos as a screen saver.
> Now, the questions that rise are:
> Can such displays work with any PC, with any OS?
> How do I switch display between servers? KVM switches usually 
> have some key combinations, like pressing Ctrl twice or 
> pressing PrintScreen. There's no keyboard on these... How do 
> I enter BIOS settings? Again, there's no keyboard, OS and 
> drivers are not started yet... Does anyone know if there is 
> something like what I need available on the market or not? Cheers,
Nik

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