Guangzhou Metro is an urban rail transit system serving Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province and the Pearl River Delta in China. Guangzhou Metro is a member of Community of Metros, and its first line, Guangzhou Metro Line 1, was officially opened on June 28, 1997, making Guangzhou the fourth city in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and the first city in Guangdong Province to open a subway. As of June 9, 2019, the highest daily passenger volume of Guangzhou Metro was 10.620 million on June 6, 2019, and 10.123 million on May 1, 2019.
Requirements
Guangzhou Metro Line 6, 7 and 9 subway stations have different servers and operating systems in each station server room, and each station cabinet has 4-8 servers. Therefore, the customer urgently needs a set of keyboard and mouse to remotely switch and control targeted servers. In this way, the staff can remotely manage all servers of each station via LAN IP easily and conveniently.
- Control servers via a keyboard, a mouse, and a display.
- Set permissions to manage different servers.
- Centrally control servers of all stations via centralized management software.
Solution
In this case, Kinan HT2708, a console with integrated multi-port KVM switching in a 1U height space, controls multiple computers via a keyboard, a mouse, and a display to save space and costs. It is easy to install by connecting cables to the right ports without need for software.
Features
- Hight-definition LED LCD screen and 1080p high-resolution display.
- 1U rack mountable-designed to fit a standard 19″ rack and made of metal.
- Slim keyboard with 99 keys with numeric keypad.
- Support multi-language keyboard layouts-English, Russian, German, Japanese, etc.
- Dual power supply redundancy.
Result
The staff don’t need to enter the server rooms frequently anymore. They can easily control all the connected servers in the control room to guarantee the routine operation of the subway. Kinan KVM over IP switch provided technology support and helped Guangzhou Metro improve the efficiency.
