KVM strands for Keyboard/Vedio/Mouse. The main purpose of a KVM switch is to control multiple CPUs from a single console. A console consists of three main components: Keyboard, Video, and Mouse. A multiple port KVM switch allows a user to easily access any of the connected CPUs via a simple switching action. Depending on the KVM switch model, this can be accomplished by a mechanical pushbutton, a hot-key sequence, or an OSD (on screen display) menu
