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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Wang Zhuo   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) President, CEO LANDesk (Last) (First) (Middle) 698 WEST 10000 SOUTH, SUITE 500 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/07/2006 (Street) SOUTH JORDAN, UT 84095 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               502,354 D   Common Stock               215,292 (1) I Escrow Common Stock               2,795 I Spouse Common Stock               1,197 (1) I Spouse Escrow

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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)

$ 14.9

08/31/2006(2)

10/01/2014

Common Stock

263

263

I

Spouse

Put Option (Right to Sell shares to issuer)

$ 28.211

09/07/2006

J

502,354

02/01/2007(3)

02/10/2007(4)

Common Stock

502,354

$ 0

502,354

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Wang Zhuo 698 WEST 10000 SOUTH SUITE 500 SOUTH JORDAN, UT 84095			President, CEO LANDesk

Signatures

/s/Edward H. Blankenship Attorney-in-Fact for Zhou Wang		09/11/2006
**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)	Shares held in Escrow under the terms of the LANDesk acquisition agreement.
(2)	Assumption date, original grant date was October 1, 2004. 132 options vested on September 1, 2006 and 131 options vest on October 1, 2006.
(3)	This date is approximate. The Put Option is exercisable by the reporting person commencing on the date on which Avocent pays the contingent cash consideration (the "earn out") in connection with its acquisition of LANDesk Group Limited to former LANDesk Shareholders or, if there is no earn out, on certain other dates.
(4)	This date is approximate. The Put Option expires ten (10) days after it becomes exercisable. See Footnote 3.

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