APC AP5717F rack console 43.2 cm (17") Black

Product Overview

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The APC AP5717F is one of those “just works” rack console units that’s genuinely worth paying for when you don’t want KVM headaches. For the money, £1093 ex-VAT is only sensible if you’re deploying in a real rack environment where uptime matters—think datacentre floors, server rooms, and managed service setups where technicians need reliable access without faffing with USB dongles and sketchy cabling. APC’s consoles tend to behave consistently over time, and the build quality is what you’d expect from the brand: this is meant to live in the rack and be used daily, not treated like a temporary add-on.

Who should buy: teams standardising on APC rack gear, MSPs with repeated deployments, and any UK business that wants a dependable local console for troubleshooting, initial installs, and day-to-day admin. Who might skip it: if you only need occasional access, or you’re already fully comfortable with remote management (and you don’t value the “grab it and fix it” local console), then this is likely overkill. In short—buy it if reliability and operational simplicity are priorities; don’t buy it if your use case is light, or cost discipline beats convenience.