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Cisco Intersight is the #15 ranked solution in top Cloud Management tools and #34 ranked solution in Infrastructure Monitoring tools. PeerSpot users give Cisco Intersight an average rating of 7.8 out of 10. Cisco Intersight is most commonly compared to Cisco UCS Manager: Cisco Intersight vs Cisco UCS Manager. Cisco Intersight is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 73% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 33% of all views.
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What is Cisco Intersight?

Cisco Intersight is Cisco’s systems management platform that delivers intuitive computing through cloud-powered intelligence. This platform offers a more intelligent level of management that enables IT organizations to analyze, simplify, and automate their environments in ways that were not possible with prior generations of tools. This capability empowers organizations to achieve significant savings in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and to deliver applications faster, so they can support new business initiates. The advantages of the model-based management of the Cisco UCS platform plus Cisco Intersight are extended to Cisco UCS servers and Cisco HyperFlex and Cisco HyperFlex Edge systems. Cisco HyperFlex Edge is optimized for remote sites, branch offices, and edge environments.

Cisco Intersight was previously known as Intersight.

Cisco Intersight Customers

EXMAR, RapidScale

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What users are saying about Cisco Intersight pricing:
  • "Cisco Intersight is not cheap, but it's not the most expensive product either."
  • "Cisco Intersight has competitive pricing. On a scale of one to five, my rating for its pricing is four."
  • "It's just the standard licensing cost. There are no additional fees."
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    Hussein Taha - PeerSpot reviewer
    IT Enterprise System Administrator at Misr Technology Services
    Real User
    Top 5Leaderboard
    Expands well, offers great features, and gives a great inside view of all our data centers
    Pros and Cons
    • "We enjoy having an inside view of all the data centers and all the EdgeX nodes within a single portal rather than going into the EdgeX connections one by one."
    • "It's a very complex solution."

    What is our primary use case?

    While it is a very complex solution. We have managed to deploy it for ten data centers across our environment.

    It's doing pretty well. We're managing our EdgeX nodes and doing all the upgrades.

    How has it helped my organization?

    It has helped us in many ways. Since our team is only six members and we have ten data centers across the site, it's difficult for us to manage the patching for EdgeX plus the firmware upgrades. Both are very heavy and very critical. Using Intersight with this small team makes our job easy. That's the biggest benefit - the ease of management.

    What is most valuable?

    I have had a very good experience. 

    It has many great features. 

    We enjoy having an inside view of all the data centers and all the EdgeX nodes within a single portal rather than going into the EdgeX connections one by one.

    The solution can scale. 

    What needs improvement?

    It's a very complex solution.

    Sometimes it's lacking upgrades in the UCS, and I have to deal with the firmware from the UCS manager. 

    We're now looking towards expansion and adding vCenters in Intersight. We are currently exploring the new features with our partner. Since we have the on-prem version, its features are fewer than the cloud. It would be nice to have more features for the on-prem option. 

    There is room for enhancement in a feature called Robo. 

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    For how long have I used the solution?

    I've been using the solution for almost four years. 

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The major challenge for us and for Cisco Intersight is the upgrade process. Sometimes when we ask for the upgrade, we had to have a discussion internally with the team and with our Cisco tech engineer regarding the latest version. The current version for us was 4.52B and we were exploring the idea of moving to 2C, and they recommended going first to 2E. When we asked why they told us that version was very stable and came highly recommended. 

    I know there is a difference between the long-term upgrade and the feature upgrade. Sometimes you need the new batches to eliminate any vulnerabilities or fix any bugs.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    It's easily scalable. 

    Only the system administrators are using the solution. That's six people. 

    I'm not sure if there are plans to increase usage right now. 

    How are customer service and support?

    Regarding support, our tech engineer is always available 24/7. We had one major issue at the beginning of the new year last year. and the tech engineer was with us right away at the time. The issue started at 10:00 PM in Egyptian local time, which means GMT plus two. We were stuck on the issue for almost six or seven hours. He stuck with us and was very professional and handled the job very professionally.

    Technical support is always there whenever we need them.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    I have not used a different solution. 

    How was the initial setup?

    I wasn't there attending to the implementation for Intersight. That said, I managed to deploy the EdgeX nodes and the clusters for the standard and the edge clusters for the standard edge. I have been there to witness how to deploy the extended nodes as well. It's very complex, and it requires lots of technical skills. That said, the process was very enjoyable for me, exploring new tech from Cisco.

    You only need two people to deploy the solution - one member of the IT team and one administrator. Typically you want to ensure the person with the most experience is handling the implementation. 

    What was our ROI?

    While I'm sure there is an ROI based on the benefits I've seen, I don't have any hard statistics. 

    The hyper-converged technology is one of the major technologies right now, especially in consolidating the network and the storage tiers. It relieves us from a lot of pain and a lot of workload regarding the storage tier and network tier, and also the environment for it.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    I do not handle the licensing aspect of the solution. 

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    I have heard of Nutanix and VxRail as other options. We looked into these and after some long discussions chose to instead go with Cisco. We do use a lot of Cisco in our infrastructure. 

    What other advice do I have?

    We're currently using the EdgeX nodes M5, and the next generation is M6. I really recommend using these servers. It's really solid and actually has very long-term stability.

    I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    On-premises
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    Senior Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
    Reseller
    Top 5
    Scalable and easy to set up portfolio of services; good for remote device management and other functions
    Pros and Cons
    • "Scalable portfolio of services for remote device management, with good cloud integration. It's also easy to set up."
    • "Cisco Intersight needs some improvement in terms of stability. Hybrid cloud management and proper hyperscaler tie-up are other areas for improvement."

    What is our primary use case?

    Cisco Intersight has multiple use cases. It has developed into a bigger portfolio. Earlier, it was used mostly to manage the devices remotely. It was initially from Meraki, but then I saw it trickling down to switches. Now it is for HyperFlex, so now they're also developing: CBO, IWO, etc., are now being brought onto Cisco Intersight as part of its product portfolio. The product can be used for many things, mostly for management.

    What is most valuable?

    What I like best about Cisco Intersight is the way it's developing and converging into everything that the cloud has to offer, e.g. it's converging into one platform which is good. It's good for cloud integration, so it can be a Kubernetes cluster. It can be your on-premise cluster. It can be hybrid cloud. All of that can be managed through different suites within Cisco Intersight. It is a good product.

    What needs improvement?

    What could be improved in Cisco Intersight is hybrid cloud management, especially when compared to the likes of VMware Tanzu, though VMware Tanzu is quite mature, while Cisco Intersight is just new. Hybrid cloud management is a segment of the product that would need a lot of improvement.

    An additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of Cisco Intersight is for it to have a proper hyperscale tie-up, e.g. it can be Amazon, Azure, GCP, etc. It should also have SDN solutions, and the ACI solution should be as competitive as NSX. ACI is good, but it's mostly good as an underlay solution, so on the contrary, NSX does it on the overlay, and you can call them as a proper SDN solution. When it comes to microservices, NSX is the de facto.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Cisco Intersight is a stable product, but it needs some improvement. From one to five, I'm scoring it a three.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Cisco Intersight is a scalable product.

    How was the initial setup?

    The initial setup for Cisco Intersight was quite easy. It was not that difficult. From one to five, one being difficult and five being easy, I'm rating it 3.5.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    Cisco Intersight is not cheap, but it's not the most expensive product either. If I would rate the price from one to five, I'd rate it a three.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    I evaluated VMware Tanzu.

    What other advice do I have?

    We are partners with Cisco. We are solution integrators. We are not customers.

    Cisco will be focusing more on Cisco Intersight, so that's where we are going. That's the solution we're using.

    We do both on-premises and cloud deployment with Cisco Intersight. We can also do SaaS.

    For one organization, two people is enough to maintain Cisco Intersight, particularly for a mid-size customer.

    The number of Cisco staff here is large enough, but the technical staff, are not as many as you'd desire. They have a local presence, but not as big as Dell EMC. We are the biggest partner of Cisco here in our region.

    Cisco Intersight has a lot of competitors, e.g. GCP, Azure, AWS, etc., but it's quite a new product on the rack, so it'll take some time for it to develop.

    Cisco Intersight is a recommended product, but you should have a Cisco install base. It's not meant for a non-Cisco install base. It's a very good tool if you have a Cisco house, but if not, you won't see much from the product, because it's not a very heterogeneous solution. It's primarily for Cisco workloads. It's not mature enough, so I don't think there are a lot of options in Cisco Intersight for non-Cisco workloads.

    I would rate Cisco Intersight eight out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Hybrid Cloud
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    Hussein Taha - PeerSpot reviewer
    IT Enterprise System Administrator at Misr Technology Services
    Real User
    Top 5Leaderboard
    Provides a great overall view and manages nodes very well
    Pros and Cons
    • "Provides an overall view using a single portal."
    • "The solution needs some enhancement in order to build the cluster in two nodes."

    What is our primary use case?

    I'm an IT enterprise system administrator.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Implementing this solution has helped us in many ways. We have 10 data centers across the site, so there's a lot to manage. The patching for the HX and the firmware upgrade is very heavy and critical. Given that we are a small team, Intersight has simplified the work for us. 

    What is most valuable?

    The most valuable feature is the view we get for all the data centers and all the HX nodes using a single portal, rather than having to go into the HX Connect one by one. We've deployed Intersight across our environment and it's doing well, managing our HX nodes and doing all the upgrades. 

    What needs improvement?

    This is a complex solution and I sometimes end up having to deal with the firmware from the UCS manager because the UCS isn't upgraded. There's room for building the cluster in two nodes but it needs some enhancement for that. It would benefit us having that and it doesn't require much additional technology, or extra cost.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I've been using this solution for four years. 

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I think the major challenge for us and for Cisco Intersight, is the upgrades. We've sometimes asked to go for an upgrade and Cisco has recommended that we take a previous version because it's more stable. There is a difference between the long-term upgrade and the feature upgrade but sometimes you need the new batches to eliminate any vulnerabilities or to fix any bugs.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    We only have six users in the company but the solution is scalable. 

    How are customer service and support?

    The technical support is great. They are always there whenever they're needed regarding the heavy workload that we have in our environment. 

    The tech engineers are available 24/7 up there. We had a major issue a year ago and the tech engineer was with us when the problem came up at around 10:00pm. It took about six or seven hours to solve and he was very professional did his job very well.

    How would you rate customer service and support?

    Positive

    How was the initial setup?

    I wasn't around for the initial implementation, but I deployed the HX nodes and the clusters for the standard and the edge clusters. It's very complex and requires lots of technical skills, but I enjoyed exploring the new tech. We had an IT system administrator, and a team leader assisting as they have the most experience with the solution. 

    What was our ROI?

    We do get a return on our investment. Hyperconverge technology is one of the major technologies right now, especially in consolidating the network and storage tiers. The ROI is a big reduction in pain points and workload regarding the storage and network tier, and also the environment for it.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    We didn't evaluate anything else because we have a big profile with Cisco in terms of our network and our scope as system administrators. 

    What other advice do I have?

    We're currently looking to expand and add the vCenters in Intersight. We're currently working out how to add vCenter and the other nodes, and make sure that all of them are in a healthy state. We're also considering a move to the cloud because of the additional features available. I really recommend using the next-generation M6 servers. It's solid with long-term stability.

    I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    On-premises
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    PankajKumar8 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Senior System Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
    Real User
    Top 5
    Easy to manage and has responsive and knowledgeable technical support, but needs more automation capabilities and integration with third-party tools
    Pros and Cons
    • "What I like most about Cisco Intersight is its manageability."
    • "An area for improvement in Cisco Intersight is automation. It needs more automation capabilities. Apart from enhanced automation, I want Cisco Intersight to integrate with third-party monitoring tools in its next release."

    What is our primary use case?

    We're using Cisco Intersight for performance monitoring, such as checking the hardware, plus performance management. We couldn't do performance monitoring with just the Cisco UCS Manager.

    What is most valuable?

    What I like most about Cisco Intersight is its manageability.

    What needs improvement?

    An area for improvement in Cisco Intersight is automation. It needs more automation capabilities.

    Apart from enhanced automation, I want Cisco Intersight to integrate with third-party monitoring tools in its next release.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I've been using Cisco Intersight for more than two years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Based on experience, Cisco Intersight is a stable solution.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Cisco Intersight is a scalable tool that you can scale up and down according to your needs.

    How are customer service and support?

    The technical support for Cisco Intersight is knowledgeable and responsive, so my rating for the support team is four out of five.

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    We're using Cisco UCS Manager at the same time we're using Cisco Intersight. Still, with Cisco UCS Manager, we can't monitor the performance of the hardware, so we're using Cisco Intersight for that purpose.

    How was the initial setup?

    Setting up Cisco Intersight was easy, so the initial setup is a four out of five for me.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    Cisco Intersight has competitive pricing. On a scale of one to five, my rating for its pricing is four.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    We evaluated the Cisco UCS Manager.

    What other advice do I have?

    Cisco itself maintains Cisco Intersight at the ground level. You need one to two people to make some checks, but Cisco handles maintenance. Twenty people use Cisco Intersight within the company.

    My rating for Cisco Intersight is seven out of ten.

    My company is a Cisco Intersight partner.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Other
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    PauloDiniz - PeerSpot reviewer
    Sales Leader - Data Center at YSSY & Co
    Real User
    Top 5
    Allows integration with other solutions and orchestration of the data center system
    Pros and Cons
    • "I like Intersight because of the integration with HashiCorp, Kubernetes, and each cloud because Intersight is the IO module."
    • "The unique problem with Cisco Intersight is that it's not supporting some players."

    What is our primary use case?

    It's deployed on the cloud and on-prem.

    What is most valuable?

    Intersight is the best solution with the data center. I like Intersight because of the integration with HashiCorp, Kubernetes, and each cloud because Intersight is the IO module. I like the orchestration of the data center system. Cisco can be integrated with Pure Storage, Veeam, HashiCorp, and Umbrella.

    What needs improvement?

    The unique problem with Cisco Intersight is that it's not supporting some players. For example, Dell and ATP. I have a problem with integrating the existing solutions in the data center.

    I would like to see integration with the observability solution.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I've been using this solution since 2018.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    It's stable.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    The cost depends on the case. It's just the standard licensing cost. There are no additional fees. I'm happy with the pricing.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would rate this solution 9 out of 10.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Hybrid Cloud
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