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Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by jldugger on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @04:39PM (#28621474)
"Keyboard, Video, Mouse" is what the acronym means for anyone wondering. Some IT workers will have one at their desk to switch a single set of monitors, keyboards and mice between multiple computers.

In this context, however, there's an additional expectation that these devices make this happen over a network, so that you can handle things like BIOS configuration fully remotely.

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Re:Raspberry Pi KVMs Compared: TinyPilot and Pi-KVM v3 by deckard1 on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @06:40PM (#28622945)
> so that you can handle things like BIOS configuration fully remotely.

Yeah, the important distinction here is that these devices somewhat fulfill the role of a standalone IPMI[1] device. IPMI is typically built into server motherboard (SuperMicro) which allows an administrator to reboot a machine or configure BIOS over a network. Your typical KVM does not feature this.

However, where these lack is that they still require a video card. IPMI built into a motherboard can run on an entirely headless system.

There are also commercial versions of this, such as the Lantronix Spider KVM over IP[2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Managemen...

[2] https://www.lantronix.com/products/lantronix-spider/

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