Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
DRIVER R BYRON
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AVOCENT CORP [AVCT] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior VP, Operations
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
4991 CORPORATE DRIVE		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/27/2005
(Street)

HUNTSVILLE, AL 35805		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 01/27/2005   M   37,000 A $ 21.77 44,299 D  
Common Stock 01/27/2005   M   21,332 A $ 12 65,631 D  
Common Stock 01/27/2005   S   58,332 D $ 36.051 7,299 D  
Common Stock               168 I spouse

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Options (rights to buy) $ 9.48             04/27/1998(1) 04/27/2008 Common Stock 33,750   33,750 D  
Options (rights to buy) $ 12 01/27/2005   M     21,332 04/23/1999(2) 04/23/2009 Common stock 21,332 $ 0 1,168 D  
Options (rights to buy) $ 26.94             05/02/2000(3) 05/02/2010 Common stock 15,000   15,000 D  
Options (rights to buy) $ 52.4375             09/18/2000(4) 09/18/2010 Common Stock 175,000   175,000 D  
Options (rights to buy) $ 21.77 01/27/2005   M     37,000 04/15/2002(5) 04/15/2012 Common Stock 37,000 $ 0 3,000 D  
Options (rights to buy) $ 27.25             03/07/2003(5) 03/07/2013 Common Stock 25,000   25,000 D  
Common Stock $ 40.98             02/05/2004(5) 02/05/2014 Common Stock 15,000   15,000 D  
Options (rights to buy) $ 28.96             08/19/2004(5) 08/19/2014 Common Stock 10,000   10,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
DRIVER R BYRON
4991 CORPORATE DRIVE
HUNTSVILLE, AL 35805		       Senior VP, Operations  

Signatures

 R Byron Driver   01/31/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Grant date, options exercisable 20% annually each year on the grant date anniversary.
(2) Grant date, 25% vests immediately and then 3 equal annual installments.
(3) Grant date, 50% vest and become exercisable on the first anniversary of the grant date and 25% on each grant date anniversary thereafter.
(4) Grant date, 15% vests every six months for the first 12 months, 6.25% vests quarterly for the following 24 months and 5% vests quarterly for the remaining 12 months.
(5) Grant date, 25% vests after 6 months and in 10 equal quarterly installments thereafter.

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