KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) switches and serial console management appliances for personal computer, server, and network device management; computer peripherals hardware for transmitting keyboard, mouse and video signals between a local computer and a remote computer over a computer communications link; electronic switching and console server devices for interfacing to personal computers, workstations, servers and other computer networking equipment and parts therefor to enable the coaxial cable-based, Category 5/5e/6/7 UTPbased, LAN-based, WAN-based, modem-based, and Interet/web-based access and control of multiple devices from a single keyboard, monitor, mouse and other computer peripheral devices, namely, network routers, network switches, network hubs, network bridges, firewalls, Virtual Private Network (VPN) appliances, Network Attached Storage, Storage Area Network (SAN) equipment, fibre channel switches/directors/routers/hubs/bridges, server appliances, power control devices, environmental monitoring devices, network/server load balancers, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, tape backup-librarychangers, tape automation devices, converters, drivers, host adaptors, receivers, connectors, cables, decoders, encoders, keyboard and mouse emulation device and converter, microprocessors, pc monitoring equipment, server cards, testing devices, and network server management devices; cable splitters and telephone-activated power switches - extension and expansion apparatus and cables for linking computers with peripherals, keyboards, video display monitors and mice; computer hardware, namely, display terminals, monitors and interface cards and computer operating software; computer hardware and associated software for on-screen programming of computer peripherals; client/server computer console switching systems comprising computer hardware and software to connect servers and manuals sold as a unit with each of the aforesaid goods