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We also (like Rich) have one of the Dell 1U rackmount "consoles" which you pull out and flip up to get an integrated keyboard, mouse and LCD flatpanel screen. I love everything but the mouse dealie, which is like a marble-sized trackball embedded into the panel next to the keyboard with a couple of buttons surrounding it. I dislike trackballs in general, and this one especially. (I hate it almost as much as I hate the touchpanels on most laptops.) It works, but that's all. Even so, I would buy another one because the convenience and form-factor are more than worth the mouse-distress it causes me. For the KVM, we have a Dell 8-port that mounts in the rack, but in an interstitial space alongside the rack, not in a slot where the servers and other "nU" devices are. It's not fancy: it only shows one console session at a time, but so far it's been bulletproof. Tom Thomas P. Carter, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1322 -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto: [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Wiggins Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:27 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] KVM Console I'd be glad to arrange a field trip if you'd like to see how the integrated Dell rack KVM functions. Attached are a couple of photos (low-res, taken with a Treo 600)...