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"Our number one goal is to stay on the air

and provide the community with important

news and breaking weather information," he

said. "We can't do that if our systems are

underwater. So, we're trying to be better pre-

pared should the building flood, again."

Before Allison, all weather computers were

stacked in the weather office on the first floor

of the building. Although on the same floor,

some hardware was in different rooms

connected by Avocent LongView

providing access to an individual item from

one room to another. At multiple locations,

eight different PCs or servers were connected

to one KVM switch and each system had a

dedicated monitor, keyboard and mouse.

Users would have to roll among the differ-

ent computer systems throughout the day

and know which servers enabled access to

which box.

After the Allison flood incident, the KHOU-TV

IT staff placed an emphasis on removing

technical hardware off the first floor and that

required a solution that would enable remote

access to their equipment. Learning about

the Avocent AMX switch solution at the

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)

trade show, Lovetinsky was impressed with

how it could address his needs for remote

control in a broadcast environment. At the

same time, the AMX switch delivered addi-

tional benefits like centralized management.

Users could log on at any workstation and

gain access to servers or PCs without having

to travel throughout the building.

"One of the reasons we chose Avocent is

because we used their hardware solutions in

the past and were always pleased with their

performance and reliability," said

Lovetinsky. "The AMX solution has made

relocating our weather systems to another

floor while giving us the connectivity we

need a reality."

KHOU purchased the Avocent AMX5120 user

station, three AMX5010 switches and one

AMX5000 switch. In addition, the station

purchased the Avocent AMIQ server interface

modules for their PS/2, USB and serial-

based devices. The AMIQ module provides

connection from the server to the switch,

reduces cable bulk and saves rack space.

"We began with implementing access to all

of our weather computer systems such as

our on-air weather radars and satellite imag-

ing," said Lovetinsky. "Now we have expand-

ed the solution to include our master control

extenders,

on-air operations, graphic systems and all of

the IT server systems."

Lovetinsky advises others who consider pur-

chasing an Avocent AMX switching system

to buy the biggest one available as there will

always be more devices they will want to

connect to their system. And, in order to

connect more and more devices, you need

additional ports. At KHOU, they have over

120 devices connected to the switches and

plan to add more.

Distance range an added benefit

Although the biggest benefits of the system

are remote access and centralized control,

Lovetinsky also appreciates the cleaner

cabling benefit and distance range. The AMX

system connects to multi-platform KVM

peripherals and sends the KVM signals over

an industry-standard UTP cable to an

Avocent AMX matrix switch.

"Cabling through the CAT 5 cable infrastruc-

ture has been great," he said. "It is much

cleaner and we can use the same cabling for

KVM that we have in the walls for Ethernet.

The other thing that has been super is the

distance range. Before, we could only get a

maximum of 25 feet away from the KVM

switch. Now we can get high bandwidth

video from up to 1,000 feet away."

Moving forward, Lovetinsky anticipates

taking advantage of new features as the AMX

switching system evolves. Of immediate

interest is getting tablet connectivity on cer-

tain user stations and audio capability to

allow IT staff to transmit sound across other

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user stations. For now, Lovetinsky plans to

add more systems to the solution with its

simple plug and play connectivity.

"The Avocent solution gives us the connec-

tivity we need and has allowed us to put our

hardware in a centralized rack room, allow-

ing user access throughout the building,"

Lovetinsky concluded. "We had a need to

locate our computer hardware separate from

our users and the system met that need. It

was very easy to install, easy to reconfigure

and as the product grows and comes out with

new features we intend to implement them."

About Avocent

Avocent

is the leading worldwide supplier

of KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) switch-

ing, remote access and serial connectivity

solutions. IT managers benefit through

access and control of servers and other

network data center devices.

Branded products include switching,

extension, intelligent platform management

interface (IPMI), remote access, wireless,

mobile, and video display solutions.

DSView

3 management software provides

fully redundant failover authentication.

Avocent KVM solutions are in Fortune 100

companies globally. Avocent has sales,

operations and R&D centers worldwide.

Corporate headquarters are in Huntsville,

Alabama. Visit www.avocent.com for more

information about Avocent products.

The Avocent AMX5010 KVM switch captures the

keyboard, video and mouse signals from each

workstation and relays them to the relevant

server. Staff can share information from the same

computer just as if they had direct access.

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