A keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switching protocol is disclosed in which KVM
information is applied to a network of workstations. At least one data
converter communicates on the workstation network and retrieves KVM
information from the workstation network that is addressed to a server
assigned to the converter. The converter places the KVM information in a
format suitable to the assigned server and applies the converted KVM
information to the appropriate standard device ports of the server. The
system provides motherboard access to the servers that is characteristics
of KVM switches but provides essentially unlimited scalability not known
in traditional KVM switches.