Crystal Image Technologies started out over 25 years ago and has evolved to bring valuable cost effective data center solutions to its customers. Within its website, www.rackmountsales.com you will find a wide range of LCD drawers, rack mount LCD panels, an option for integrated KVM switches as well as stand alone KVM switches that are available at the most competitive prices from the company. If you do require KVM with your rack mount LCD monitor, you can choose between USB KVM, IP KVM or Cat5 KVM. The company carries the right Cat5 KVM switch for your KVM LCD setup and has a variety of KVM switches that include an 8 or 16 port KVM switch as well as USB, KVM over IP and Cat5 KVM over IP switches.

A KVM switch is a hardware device that allows a user to control multiple computers from a single keyboard, video monitor and mouse and today, even allows the sharing of USB devices and speakers with multiple computers. A user connects the monitor, keyboard and mouse to a KVM device such as the Cat5 KVM and uses special cables such as USB cables to connect the KVM device to the computers. The user can then switch from one computer to the other using a switch or buttons on the KVM device. These devices are frequently used in data centers where multiple servers are placed in a single rack with a single keyboard, monitor and mouse and a KVM switch allows the data center personnel to connect to any server in the rack.

The Cat5 KVM switches are control units that allow access to multiple computers from a single KVM console and feature RJ-45 connectors and Cat5 cable link to the computers. Signals can travel up to 130 feet and still maintain high video resolution due to its Auto Signal Compensation. At www.rackmountsales.com you will find great prices on the Cat5 KVM and Cat5 KVM over IP switches that utilize both PS/2 and USB adaptor cables for the final linkup. There is a choice of the Cat5 16 or 32 ports KVM switches as well as Cat5 KVM over IP switches with 16 or 32 port. The Cat5 KVM switches can also be integrated into rack mount LCD Drawers while only occupying 1U of space.

FEATURES OF THE CAT5 KVM SWITCHES

" It has multiplatform support - SUN and iMAC servers.

" Extends the distance between computers and Cat5 KVM switch up to 130 feet (40 meters).

" No software required.

" Auto Scan Mode enables continuous monitoring of user-selected computers.

" 8 user profiles, create custom profiles.

" Access rights for specific Cat5 KVM ports using two level password security.

There are many more features of the Cat5 KVM switches that can be viewed at www.rackmountsales.com. The Cat5 KVM switches can cascade up to 8 levels and controls up to 240 servers when adding 32 port switches for the Cat5 16 Port KVM switch and up to 256 servers for the Cat5 32 Port KVM switch. The IP Cat5 KVM switches can be cascaded providing remote BIOS level access for up to 256 servers. www.rackmountsales.com should be your number one store when buying rack mount monitor units, rack mount LCD drawer units, keyboard drawers and much more.