Thinking more about energy upgrades in the lab: i have a 2U that just acts as a host for a bunch of FPGA devkits to run jtag/uart hosts etc.
I can shut it down if I can manage to connect the relevant USB devices to the VM server (and if they work in passthrough).
The problem is that the cable is going to have to go from the bottom of the rack at right up and over into the tray and down to the rack at left before reaching the hub.
What are the odds of this working well with normal (not active) usb cables? How reliable are active cables, does the added latency sometimes break devices?
I can shut it down if I can manage to connect the relevant USB devices to the VM server (and if they work in passthrough).
The problem is that the cable is going to have to go from the bottom of the rack at right up and over into the tray and down to the rack at left before reaching the hub.
What are the odds of this working well with normal (not active) usb cables? How reliable are active cables, does the added latency sometimes break devices?
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