Re: [foxboro] P92 Quad KVM Extension

  • From: Kevin Fitzgerrell <fitzgerrell@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:45:53 +0900

Shaun,
My solution may not work for you, but I'll chime in here anyway.  We're
going another route for our workstation upgrades.
I'm putting P91s in our cabinets (big cabinets!) and using IGEL 2110 LX thin
clients at the operator stations.  Thin clients have come a very long way
since we struggled with the WYSE ones 4 or 5 years ago.  I'm pretty pleased
with these things, the following is me being enthusiastic, not a sales pitch
or recommendation:

These IGELs have two video outputs so I can run dual headed.  The resolution
runs up to 1920x1440 on the VGA and 1600x1200 on the DVI.  Mine run Linux
(the LX model) but they are also available with CE or XP embedded.  There is
a 4 headed version that might work for you in lieu of KVM extenders, but
I've never tried to RDP a really big desktop with multiple monitors.

I can use these to connect to ALL of my IA boxes - they will get RDP
sessions from my P91s, and X windows from my Solaris 10 and 51 series
boxes.  I can connect to a different server on each head for redundancy, or
I can extend a single desktop across both heads.  I get an XDMCP session
from a 51 series box and run it at 256 colors for DM on session or head and
another XDMCP session from a Solaris 10 box with 65K colors for FoxView to
do side by side evaluations as I migrate from DM to FoxView - makes it very
easy for the operators to show me their concerns.

Although I do have access to the shell, I haven't needed it, as the setup &
configuration menues are excellent.  For around US$250 I'm very pleased with
these.  They have an evaluation program, so if you want to try some you
don't have to buy first.

My overall plan is to have 2 P91s and a P82 in each major plant area, and
run the 2 headed thin clients in the control rooms off of these, with each
client connecting to two of the servers, one session on each head.  I'll
preserve a local head on each server for engineering or emergency operator
access.  This should let me go from about 50 workstations to 15 over the
next few years, and actually improve reliability in most plant areas.

Cheers,

Kevin







On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Goldie, Shaun S <
Shaun.Goldie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi List
> Has anybody out there tried the P90's Remote Graphics Unit in a P92
>
> I purchased a P92 Quad 21" NEC LCD's and Foxboro 100 foot (30M) VGA
> Extension cables the video quality is un-acceptable (operations told me
> to go away).
> I tried UTP extenders and they are not much better
> To do a tidy install I need about 40M
>
> The RGU is not qualified for a P92 by Foxboro and it aint cheap but it
> compares well with 4*Fibre VGA Extension + Keybord extension
> The RGU also achieves DVI extension which is probably the video mode we
> should be aiming for now
> Shaun
>
>
>
>
>


 
 
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