We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Manager and DX Spectrum based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Technical support has been good so far. We haven't had any issues with them. We're satisfied with the level of service they provide our company."
"The hardware is very powerful and it is a stable solution."
"When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time."
"From a usability and functionality perspective, Cisco UCS Manager is very good."
"The reporting functionality will give you any report you want."
"Cisco UCS has different layers of security, and you can do multiple installations of your LIAMs on top of the server and Blade. You can install VMware, Windows Server, Hyper-V, etc."
"The interface is ergonomic and native. We can use UCS Manager to do all the configurations for the servers, including storage, networking, and all the other components we need inside the fabric. It's simple and flexible."
"The most valuable features are flexibility and management."
"It creates transparency and makes everything work by being more transparent."
"The most valuable features have been the interface and the ability to do equipment management."
"I have found the cross analysis feature to be the most valuable."
"I can use it to detect whenever things go wrong on my network."
"It covers a lot of different types of hardware. It can do a lot and saves us time."
"The capability of handling and monitoring with SNMP and working with the SNMP traps is much better than other products."
"Some of the most valuable features are it's highly scalable, the carrier is great, and if something has SNMP, it can monitor it. It's a great network fault management solution."
"All networks (or network equipment) are monitored through CA Spectrum."
"There is room for improvement in the software part of Cisco UCS Manager. It should be more user-friendly, especially when creating policies."
"The integration with other solutions could be better. I think Cisco can only integrate using Intersight. There is a second interface available as a SaaS platform, in the cloud, or on-premise. It's based on the Redfish protocol, which is standard for all the B-series servers in the market. We can integrate other solutions using API."
"I found it a bit of a challenge to get training on UCSM. I've been trying to get that for some time now. I feel like I have to figure it out a lot of things myself. For years I've to log calls with support whenever I've got challenges that I cannot resolve. If I had some training or more manuals, I'd be better able to handle more things on my own."
"Cisco UCS Manager is not a scalable solution because once you have 160 blades, it cannot be expanded more."
"Upgrading the firmware is a difficult procedure."
"Getting a CLI report on routers, switches, or any other CLI configuration device is difficult."
"We have three data centers and if we could manage all three data centers using one interface, it would be great."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to their security."
"Integration with some other tools, and integration with some Network Packet Broker, need some improvement."
"It doesn’t give you performance metrics: You need CA eHealth for this."
"It needs better integration with other CA products."
"A better integration with the UIM, as far as being able to do root cause analysis and that type of analytics."
"From the users perspective the looks and feel of dashboards of Spectrum would be easier to use and for understanding as APM will be in 10.5 version which we saw in CA World."
"We have a lot of different monitoring tools in the background, so orchestration has been a little bit of a challenge."
"Technical support for this product is not so good. It needs improvement."
"The GIS map feature needs to be enhanced and synced with topology views of containers and global collections."
Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 29th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 16th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 115 reviews. Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Manager writes "Used to manage servers, monitor or manage firmware upgrades, and push policies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Zabbix and Datadog, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes. See our Cisco UCS Manager vs. DX Spectrum report.
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