Blicube BliKVM V4: Is This the Best Linux IP KVM Yet?

You sold them out. Way to go.

cool

I wish this with Tailscale = Real work from anywhere

I like these things when you only need to attach usb to your remote machine and can do reset or poweroff without these pins and cables on the motherboard

can POE and USB-C and or barrel jack DC power be used at the same time for power fail over power, in case one power source fails?

Any competition at this price tag?

THANK YOU! Actually stating the price up front makes the review for me. So many times creators bury the price comparisons or don't even give the price in their reviews. I got your channel from a random suggestion from YT, and am now subscribed. Again, thank you!

What’s the antenna for?

If blikvm came up with a 4/6 port hdmi/ATX switcher to pair with this then it would be a great combo

Sigh… no USB 2.0 forwarding?

Tom, good video. I ordered one of these little boxes about a week ago. It arrives around January 9. I have a couple of questions, if you'd indulge me. What are the full-height and short brackets for? I am looking to use the device with a bunch of 1 liter tiny/mini/micro machines, which have vPro built in, but I find are impossible to fully manage with just that.

Regarding using the device with multiple machines, I saw that you could use the BliKVM to front a KVM switch. I saw one YouTube video where a pushbutton KVM switch was used. Can I use an IP KVM? Would you recommend one? I have seven total of these small 1 liter machines (four are a vSAN cluster, and three are a second/remote vSphere site to a pair of primary site PowerEdge servers).

Thanks for your time and guidance over the years. Have a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

Any power consumption results?

neat and not super expensive, odd little rack ears though

I'm curious, how does it control the keyboard & mouse? I don't see any type B ports on the back of that thing, only a type A port.

Nanlite pavotube over your left shoulder glowing orange?

How well does the hdmi out work? Is it a physical actual loop out or going through some software processing chip and then outputted

would love to see some future work with a KVM switch. To cycle through different systems. (maybe in addition a custom switch for the ATX managment?)
Adding to this maybe a multimount rack kit to mount 1-8 side by side into a rack to manage different systems similar to what mikrotik is doin with their 10 inch mountable switches

You can't even buy it!

As an independent IT&T tech in the MSP/MSSP space, I have added two to my shopping list, and that is in Australia where former prime minister/pig farmer Paul "Cheating" Keating referred to Australia as "like a pimple on the backside of Australia" – so the exchange rate & freight nearly doubles the price here.

Being able to do the following appeals a mighty strong argument to support investing in at least one or two of them for a workshop.
– senior technicians continue service (ie: rebuilding/restoring) a machine out of hours from home office with full control over it; or
– oversee the technical service delivery from the comforts of your office desk;
– share access with other technical staff to collaborate (such as a higher level technician or technical support from manufacturers who integrate MSP technical support agreements for those curve-ball problems);
– use OBS to record the footage without the need of those gaming recorders (which cost approximately the same amount) to CYA ;

For clients who have remote VPN access for technicians, I would carry one in my kit for those situations that occur above where it may not be an option to take the machine into custody for workshop service. It would be nice if these units had an option to be cloud platform accessible or integrate as a managed device to a managed services cloud platform (an agent installed into the OS of the device customized to function with it, assuming it has the computational power to handle this as well).

From a six-sigma perspective, I see this product being added to best practices, increasing the productivity and reducing time to resolution of problems & completion of tasks.

From a marketing/sales/customer relationship perspective, this product combined with competent technicians and vendor support can significantly enhance the value of quality service that appeals to prospective clients and strengthen client relationships. I think we have all experienced new prospective clients who have cut corners by not purchasing corporate grade equipment and in desperate need of the sort of technical support that would move their minds to a better way of doing IT&T which would possibly transform them into a viable client. A tool like this can compensate for their mistakes and show them better planning & design, best practices and wiser investment gives them access to more efficient solutions.

From an accounting perspective this can increase operational margin, give you more headroom to compete or monetize that efficiency to support higher fee-for professional service rates making your elite technicians more profitable. The additional cost of these units in comparison to the existing costs of employing a quality technician and kitting him/her out with the tools to do the job barely quantifies.

It seems to me, it would be a no-brainer for motherboard manufacturers to come up with a universal shared standard for an expansion module that can be installed on workstation, server and upper-end desktop motherboards that does this. More advanced versions could provide a universal version of HP-ILO/IBM-IMM/Dell-iDRAC functionality. Ideally, hot-installable/removable/swap. Selfishness/greed seems to be the only barrier to this as intellectual property licensing for any patented technology is only a matter of negotiation, as they did with RAID.

I DID SAY:
There will be a FAIRLY priced ARM KVM at some point, didn't I?

is this working with a kvm switch?

I have been using in it for the last 2 months. While it is a nice concept, it's not that well executed. Updates need to be done via command line, uploading an image for the mass storage drive to allow the remote computer to boot from it takes forever and often fails. They have good support via email. There is still some items on the user interface that are written in Chinese. On the plus side, the web interface is very responsive and the remote image drawing latency is very low. Considering the price, I guess it is not bad.